Reports suggest that Ukrainian forces have recaptured territory in the south of the country - it's their biggest breakthrough there since the start of the wa...

The Russian defense ministry says it has pulled out its troops from the strategically important town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine. And Kyiv says its soldiers have now entered the city. Lyman is in the Donetsk region, one of four that Russian President Vlad...

How is Putin's Ukraine annexation playing in Russia? | DW News

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds a press conference to address Russia's illegal annexations in Ukraine. Moscow claims the occupied eastern regions voted to join the Russian Federation in so-called referendums, which were dismissed by the west...

Russian missiles hit a convoy of vehicles carrying Ukrainian civilians near the southern city of Zaporizhzhia on Friday, killing and wounding several people, the regional governor has said. "So far, 23 dead and 28 wounded. All civilians," Starukh wrote on...

During an event to be held Friday at the Kremlin, Russia will annex four occupied regions of Ukraine in an act condemned by the global community and in violation of international law. President Vladimir Putin is expected to announce the incorporation of t...

Four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine (Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia) that held so-called "referendums" on joining Russia will be incorporated into the country on Friday, the Kremlin said.

The European Union has proposed a raft of new sanctions against Russia in response to the so-called referendums in four Ukrainian regions. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made the announcement, saying the package was designed "to make t...

Hurricane Ian brought high winds, heavy rains, storm surges and intense flooding to Florida on Wednesday, making landfall in the afternoon and moving inland through the evening. Officials were preparing a major emergency response to help those affected by...

MEPs discuss Russian propaganda with opposition journalists. Speakers invited are: - Dmitry Muratov, The Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2021, Editor-in-chief, Novaya Gazeta - Olga Rudenko, Editor-in-chief, Kyiv Independent - Michael Sheldon, Researcher, Bell...

Boris Bondarev was until May of 2022 a Russian diplomat working in the foreign ministry and posted to Moscow’s mission to the United Nations activities in Geneva. Disgusted with the war, Bondarev publicly resigned and criticized the war unleashed by Vlad...

Four Star General Petraeus told DW that Ukraine should become a NATO member after the war with Russia is over. "The success of some kind of Marshall Plan for Ukraine needs a security guarantee, otherwise it will not succeed." He doesn't see any changes af...

Ukraine is aiming to deploy more advanced weapons in its push-back against Russian forces. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine has taken deilvery of a...

The European Union's Frontex border control agency said 66,000 Russians have entered the EU in the past week. This represents a 30% increase compared with the previous week, according to the agency. It said that most of the crossings were occurring at the...

Italians have begun casting their ballots in a vote that's expected to bring seismic change. Far-right candidate Giorgia Meloni is forecast to top the poll, and become Italy's most right-wing leader since World War Two, and its first female prime minister...