After Russia invaded Ukraine in February, large-scale land warfare came back to Europe, bringing in a dangerous new era of conflict and nuclear brinksmanship.
Igor Ponochevny was living and working in Russia when he drew his first political cartoon. He started drawing under the pseudonym Alyosha Stupin in 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea.
After the US and Russia last week agreed a prisoner swap exchanging WNBA star Brittney Griner for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, officials in Washington are still reacting.
Prosthetics are made by Ukrainian-American Yakov Gradinar. So, when the war began, he was ready to help. He has helped dozens of dozens of people wounded in the war
The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, which is only 40 kilometres from the Russian border, has taken the brunt of a Russian barrage that began on February 24. Since Ukrainian forces retook the Kharkiv region two months ago, the once-ruined city of Kharkiv has begun rebuilding and now stands as a symbol to the Ukrainian people’s desire to survive
On the first day of the war in February of last year, Russian tanks lumbered into Kherson. This week’s liberation of the city was a significant victory for Ukrainian forces. But the effects of the war, which lasted for almost nine months, were catastrophic for this region
This week, an errant missile strike in the Polish town of Przewodow, which is only five kilometres from the Ukrainian border, caught the attention of the entire world, raising concerns that NATO would become involved in a war with Russia.
During the past two weeks, a conspiracy theory alleging that NATO members had donated HIV and hepatitis-infected blood to Ukraine was originally posted and spread on Weibo by “Guyan Muchan,” an influential account with more than 6 million followers.
A recent documentary on the war in Ukraine is titled Mariupol: Unlost Hope. Early in November, it had its U.S. premiere and depicts the battle through the eyes of ordinary people who were able to survive
President Alexander Lukashenko’s autocratic regime in Belarus has supported Russia throughout the war in Ukraine. Many Belarusians living outside of their country have had problems as a result of this relationship.