Alleged instances of Russian troops laying down their arms are becoming an increasingly familiar sight in Ukraine. The latest footage is reported to have been short in Kherson Oblast amid Kyiv’s ongoing counteroffensive. Meanwhile, Some conscripts are now...

"It’s a zugzwang in chess. When every move you do, you’re getting into a worse position on the chessboard. In Ukraine, we are prepared for that." Is this the beginning of the end for Putin? #TimesRadio asks former Ukrainian diplomat Alexander Khara.

"Putin's point of view is once the referendums have taken place...those territories will be part of Russia. So any Ukrainian attack on them supported by the West, is an attack on Russia itself." Putin has announced a partial mobilisation, conscription of...

Referendums in Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye, and Kherson are set to happen on September 23-27. Many people believe that this is a sign of Russia technically acknowledging its defeat, since they can't protect these territories physically. Russia hints the...