Major Oil Spill Kills Birds, Pollutes Beaches in Occupied Crimea

Oil reaching the open sea following an accident during the loading of a tanker in west Russia has coalesced into a slick the size of a medium-sized city. Accoring to new reports... Read more »

Zelenskyy on Donetsk withdrawal demand from Russia: Putin wants gift of territory he can’t conquer for years while losses mount

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||;w[q].push([“_mgc.load”])})(window,”_mgq”); Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected the concept of territorial concessions to Russia, arguing that such exchanges would not guarantee lasting peace. The comments follow reports from the Wall Street Journal in... Read more »

Trump Offers More US Troops to Poland’s President

US President Donald Trump offered Wednesday to send more troops to Poland as he welcomed the country’s new nationalist president Karol Nawrocki to the White House with a military flyover. Trump also... Read more »

Ukraine destroys Russian speedboat, allegedly hits railway in Russia’s Rostov Oblast

Key developments on Sept. 3: Ukraine destroys Russian speedboat as it attempts to land troops, Navy says, shares footageUkrainian drones allegedly hit railway in Russia’s Rostov Oblast, 26 trains delayedUkraine plans to... Read more »

Global political paralysis: why Russia’s frozen assets have still not been confiscated

In the past week, leading European Union officials have repeatedly referred to Russia’s frozen assets, and not without reason. The EU, together with the G7 countries, remains the custodian of hundreds of... Read more »

Russia injures 5, targets Ukraine’s energy grid in overnight strikes across multiple regions

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Russia launched a wave of drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities overnight on Sept. 3, targeting regions in western and... Read more »

Russian marines rushed to save the Pokrovsk offensive—HIMARS had other ideas

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||;w[q].push([“_mgc.load”])})(window,”_mgq”); Desperate to staunch the bloodletting around Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, the Kremlin rushed in reinforcements. A lot of them. But those reinforcements—the best of Russia’s available naval infantry and... Read more »

Ukrainian forces clear another village near Pokrovsk, military says

Key developments on Sept. 2: Ukraine liberates another village near Pokrovsk, military saysRussia open to ‘cooperation’ with Ukraine, US at occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Putin claimsAbout 2,000 North Korean soldiers killed fighting... Read more »

Yanukovych’s stunt in Russian media shows Kremlin doesn’t understand Ukraine, experts say

Ukraine’s former pro-Kremlin President Viktor Yanukovych seemingly resurfaced publicly for the first time in years on Sept. 1, claiming that he had always backed Ukraine’s path toward the European Union. The statement... Read more »

Day 1,282: one of Russia’s largest missile, drone attacks kills 23 in Kyiv

One of Russia’s largest missile and drone attacks kills 23 in Kyiv. Ukraine’s defense intelligence hits Russia’s Buyan-M class corvette with drones. Russia sets a new record for war spending. One of... Read more »