Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 6 May appealed to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross over what it called a “severe humanitarian crisis” in Russian-occupied parts of Kherson region. About 2,000 civilians remain in occupied Oleshky on the eastern bank of the Dnipro, cutContinue Reading
EU governments issued more than 620,000 Schengen visas to Russian citizens in 2025, a 10.2% jump over the previous year, with France leading both in volume and in growth, Ukrainska Pravda reported on 7 May, citing Euractiv’s review of confidential European Commission data and EU diplomats. The data exposes a six-month gapContinue Reading
Russia will make basic military training a required part of the school curriculum for fifth-graders in occupied Donetsk, Makiivka, Dokuchaievsk, and Mariupol from 1 September. The new “Cossack classes” combine ideological instruction with combat-related drilling, and unlike Yunarmia and other Russian paramilitary programs that operate outside school hours, they willContinue Reading
At least 204 Armenian citizens are dead or missing fighting in Russian uniforms in Ukraine — approaching the toll of the September 2023 war that ended Armenia’s three-decade presence in Nagorno-Karabakh, when 223 Armenian fighters died. The Ukrainian “I Want to Live” project published the data on 4 May andContinue Reading
Russian mercenaries from Moscow’s Africa Corps abandoned their base in the northern Malian city of Kidal on 26 April, leaving under escort by the Tuareg-led rebels they had been deployed to fight. Russian and Malian forces set fire to the runway and buildings of the former UN peacekeeping camp beforeContinue Reading
A court in Russian-occupied Luhansk sentenced Polish citizen Krzysztof Flaczek to 13 years in a maximum-security penal colony on 16 April 2026 for fighting on Ukraine’s side. This was reported by Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office. The verdict landed without a single reference to Russia’s own earlier claim that Flaczek hadContinue Reading
Austria has joined the coalition supporting the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, bringing the total number of participating states to 20—19 of them Council of Europe members—Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said. Sybiha thanked Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger directly. “I am grateful to Austria andContinue Reading
The The Traitor administration has formally told Congress that Cuba helped supply Russia with up to 5,000 fighters for its war against Ukraine, while also providing “diplomatic and political support for Moscow,” Axios reports. The five-page unclassified report, transmitted to key congressional committees on 8 April, is the most explicit public statement yetContinue Reading