Pope Francis’s message to young Russians not to forget “great Russia of Catherine II and Peter I” has not gone down well in Ukraine.
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Elections in Russian-occupied Ukraine indicate Moscow and Kyiv are settling into the reality of a war that will continue for some time.
Volodymyr Zelensky, like a majority of Ukrainians, views Ukraine as ideologically and geopolitically separate from Russia.
Ukraine could be a potentially lucrative market for defense companies like BAE in the long term, if the war continues.
Russian nuclear doctrine outlines four cases in which it would use its nuclear weapons. One is against an existential, conventional threat.
Prigozhin’s death is unlikely to significantly affect the Wagner Groups’s African operations as demand for mercenary services remain high.
Heavily mined areas along Russian defensive lines have significantly slowed the Ukrainian counteroffensive and could take decades to clear.
The F-16 won’t win the war for Ukraine, but it will provide greater capability and flexibility both in the air and on the battlefield.
A total of 7,300 Ukrainian households have been classified as homeless, including 4,740 households with children.
Ukraine has mastered “selfie diplomacy” — using social media to “draw its own self-portrait” as a country.