Russia pummels Kyiv ahead of NATO summit
KYIV – Russia carried out its fourth large-scale airborne attack on Kyiv this month, not including the daily localized drone strikes. As of midday on June 23, at least seven civilians have been killed...
View ArticleReports: NATO agrees to raise defense spending to 5 percent of GDP
NATO countries have agreed to increase their annual defense and security spending to 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) – the value of a country’s goods and services – by 2035. The decision was...
View ArticlePresident Zelenskyy: No nuclear weapons proliferation in today’s world
“Norway’s Minister of Defense visited Ukraine. A decision has been reached to invest $400 million in our production – new funding, primarily for drones,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in...
View ArticlePavlo Sadokha: Kremlin militarizes children in Spain’s largest Canary Island
Russian-backed organizations are running Soviet-style military-patriotic games for children on the Spanish island of Tenerife, in what experts warn is a broader Kremlin to militarize youth and export...
View ArticleUkrainians in Spain and Netherlands demand NATO membership amid summit
The Ukrainian community in the Netherlands held a demonstration ahead of the NATO Summit that is taking place in The Hague on June 24–25. Their nation’s blue-and-yellow flags filled the streets of the...
View ArticlePresident Zelenskyy: Life itself is the main target of Russian attacks
“Right now, today, in Ukraine, in the city of Dnipro, people are receiving help after a Russian ballistic missile strike. 16 people have been killed, and more than 100 have been injured,” said...
View ArticleRussians ban Ukrainian language in occupied territories as part of broader...
Russia has banned the teaching of the Ukrainian language in schools in the occupied territories of Ukraine, Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported, calling it a continuation of Russia’s...
View ArticleBritain arms Ukraine with frozen Russian assets for first time
The United Kingdom for the first time says it is ready to provide Ukraine with a military aid package funded by interest earned from frozen Russian assets, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced,...
View ArticleUkraine and Council of Europe agree to create tribunal for Russian aggression
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset have signed an agreement to establish a Special Tribunal to investigate the crime of aggression...
View ArticlePresident Zelenskyy: The Hague is waiting for justice to be delivered
“Ukrainian lives must be protected, and I thank everyone who supports our defense. But justice matters too,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an address to the Representatives of the...
View ArticleUN: Russia’s violations against Ukrainian children surges 105% in one year
Violations of children’s rights in Ukraine this year have sharply escalated, rising by 105 percent in the past year, according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The UN has once again added...
View ArticlePutin tightens grip on history education to advance imperial agenda
Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin has assumed direct control over the rewriting of history in textbooks, underscoring his increasingly authoritarian rule and the Kremlin’s drive to impose an imperialist...
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