Russia

In the past year, the war in Ukraine has become one of the most prominent conflicts in eastern Europe.

Former US Navy SEAL Daniel W. Swift was recently killed by Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine. Characterized by the military as an active deserter, he was 35 years old and leaves behind four children.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been under tremendous pressure to supply Leopard tanks to Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine is approaching its first anniversary.

On Monday, Belarus declared that the joint air force drills it is embarking on with Russia are meant for defensive purposes.

On Wednesday, the tragic helicopter crash that took the lives of multiple high-ranking Ukrainian officials left a vacancy at the top of a ministry that is essential to the war effort just as Kyiv anticipates a likely Russian assault in the upcoming spring and is still suffering from constant artillery strikes on its cities.

High-ranking military personnel from the United States and Ukraine held an in-person meeting for the first time.

In the Donetsk region, Ukrainian troops are getting a Polish self-propelled howitzer Krab ready to fire on Russian positions at the frontline.

Russia and Belarus have started combined military drills, causing alarm in Kyiv that a new attack is on the horizon.

Ukraine has stated that its military is still standing up to Russia in the fight for Soledar.

Ukraine’s military launched a devastating strike on New Year’s Day hitting a building housing recently mobilised Russian soldiers in the occupied region of Donetsk.

The United Kingdom claims Russia now has the majority of control over the town of Soledar, which had previously been bombarded with salt mines.