The precise significance of US intelligence to Ukraine’s war effort has, for obvious reasons, never been spelled out in detail. But most analysts agree that it performs two important functions: helping Ukraine to plan offensive operations against Russian forces, and giving Kyiv vital advance warning of threats posed by incoming Russian drones and missiles. Satellite…
Paul Kirby Europe digital editor Reuters Ukraine’s president has few options now that the US has paused aid to Ukraine Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky is in a bind. After last Friday’s disastrous meeting in the Oval Office, it seems nothing that he says goes down well with President Donald Trump. And now the US has suspended…
Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he wants the US to “stand more firmly on our side” after his fiery White House exchange with US President Donald Trump. After arriving in the UK to take part in a European leaders’ summit, Zelensky urged the US to continue its support for Ukraine despite “the…
European officials attend extended Weimar talks on Ukraine at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Quai d’Orsay) in Paris on Feb. 12, 2025. Christophe Petit Tesson | Afp | Getty Images As the U.S. took a break (from wild overhauls in government policies and its bureaucracy), across the Atlantic, Europe was springing into action…
Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, has said it is “unrealistic” to expect Ukraine to return to its pre-2014 borders, when Russia first took control of Crimea. Speaking at a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Brussels, Hegseth said it would only be possible to establish a “durable peace” with a “realistic assessment…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the World Economic Forum in 2024. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called into question the U.S.’ commitment to its transatlantic allies, saying President Donald Trump’s decision to focus on domestic issues as his first act in office suggested he would not be concerned…
MYKOLA TYS/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock The head of Ukraine’s postal company, Ukrposhta, says they’re “breaking the rules” with their war stamps Rude gestures are rare on postage stamps, but Ukraine’s best known stamp has one. It shows a soldier raising the middle finger to a Russian warship in reference to a stand-off at Snake Island on day one…
Watch military band playing Shchedryk – also known as Carol of the Bells – using weapons as improvised instruments Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine is the birthplace of one of the world’s favourite carols, the Carol of the Bells. But there are few signs of Christmas in the city this year. Just a dusting of snow…
Facebook/Maria Troyanivska Maria was just 14 years old when she was killed by a Russian drone Maria Troyanivska had come home early the night a Russian drone hit her bedroom. “It flew in through the window, right into her room,” her mother Viktoria tells the BBC. After the explosion, she and her husband Volodymyr ran…
