Ukraine’s Jewish President Zelenskiy asks Putin: ‘How could I be a Nazi?’
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared war on Ukraine and pledged to oversee a “demilitarization and de-Nazification” of the country — which is led by a Jewish president. Hours before...
View ArticleUkraine slams West’s inaction as Russian forces bear down on Kyiv
KYIV — President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused the West of not doing enough to support Ukraine as Russian forces on Friday closed in on Kyiv, a European capital of 3 million people. Missiles rained down...
View Article‘Go fuck yourself,’ Ukrainian soldiers on Snake Island tell Russian ship...
Russian forces have killed all the soldiers who were defending Zmiinyi Island, also known as Snake Island, located in the Black Sea. In a final display of defiance, a Ukrainian soldier told the...
View ArticleZelenskiy says fate of Ukraine ‘being decided’ as fighting reaches Kyiv streets
This story was updated at 3:45 p.m. Brussels time. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that the war with Moscow had reached a decisive point as his soldiers pushed back an attack by Russian...
View ArticlePutin’s miscalculation
Watching Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine play out, it seems the Russian president has vastly underestimated and misunderstood Ukrainians and their president. Putin, a one-time KGB operative who in...
View ArticleElon Musk activates Starlink satellites to give Ukraine data backup
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has activated Starlink, his commercial internet network, in Ukraine, with “more terminals en route,” the billionaire said. Musk’s SpaceX has thousands of Starlink satellites...
View ArticlePutin puts nuclear forces on alert, Ukraine agrees to peace talks
This article was updated at 4:30 p.m. Brussels time. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his nuclear forces on high alert Sunday, in an ominous reminder that he has the power to use weapons of...
View ArticlePutin sticks to his demands, kills 11 in attack on Kharkiv
Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to give an inch in his demands from the West on Monday and instead responded to Ukrainian resistance and Western sanctions with a vicious bombardment of...
View ArticleApple joins other global giants in Russia exit
Apple products will no longer be sold in Russia, in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine. “We are deeply concerned about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and stand with all of the people who...
View ArticleUkraine says Russia firing on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, largest in...
Russian forces are “firing from all sides” at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine’s southeast, officials said in the early hours of Friday, with fire having broken out at the site. In a...
View ArticleRussia doesn’t budge in high-level talks with Ukraine
Russia is no closer to backing down from its war in Ukraine following a meeting between the two countries’ foreign ministers in Turkey on Thursday. After only a few hours, Ukrainian Foreign Minister...
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‘Either we win or we die.’ Ukrainians join resistance to fight Putin
As Russia continues its assault on Ukraine, ordinary Ukrainians are fighting back. Julia Hrytsku-Andriesh, a 36-year-old mother of two, is the founder of Help Ukraine Romania. The group, which has a...
View ArticleRussia’s Lavrov sees hope of ‘compromise’ with Kyiv as Zelenskyy signals NATO...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said there is “some hope for reaching a compromise” in talks to end Moscow’s war on Ukraine, adding that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had recently...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament President Roberta Metsola to visit Kyiv
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola is traveling to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in a show of support for the country in the wake of Russia’s invasion. “On my way to Kyiv,” Metsola tweeted late...
View ArticleZelenskyy calls out Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy for blocking Ukraine’s...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has taken aim at Western leaders who he says enabled Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine, including former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and ex-French President...
View ArticleUkraine announces capture of top Putin pal Viktor Medvedchuk
Ukrainian forces say they’ve captured Russian President Vladimir Putin’s close ally Viktor Medvedchuk, who was facing treason charges and escaped house arrest in Ukraine in the early days of the war....
View ArticlePutin wants to de-Nazify Ukraine — that’s ludicrous, say the country’s Jews
If you still believe Vladimir Putin’s propaganda that he’s trying to de-Nazify Ukraine, you should talk to Ukrainian Jews. They don’t buy a word of it. After facing deadly pogroms during the czarist...
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The mysterious case of Marina O.
In a non-descript room in a secret police station deep within a sprawling Moscow exhibition center, a Russian police officer offered Marina Ovsyannikova a cup of tea. “For some reason, I wasn’t...
View Article8 times Ukraine’s Eurovision ride got political
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion has yet to get Ukraine membership in NATO or the European Union, but it does look set to push the country to its third victory in the annual...
View ArticleZelenskyy: Macron asked Ukraine to make concessions to help Putin save face
French President Emmanuel Macron asked Ukraine to make concessions on its sovereignty to help Russian leader Vladimir Putin save face, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. In an interview...
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