Some argue that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Monday visit to Belarus was an effort to persuade president Alexander Lukashenko to join a ground offensive.
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.
Many young Ukrainians who left the war, were split from their families, and are still living in uncertainty. Diana Kryvorotko, 16, found refuge with a couple in Germany, but she is still unsure of when she will see her mother again.
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
Since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine in February, Poland has emerged as a crucial NATO ally in containing Moscow’s aggression and an indispensable ally of the United States in the region. Over 7 million Ukrainians have fled across the Polish border.
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
Millions of lives and homes have been destroyed as a result of Russia’s conflict in Ukraine, and many people have been forced to adapt and innovate in order to survive the never-ending devastation wrought by constant attacks
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.