6+ hour, 19+ min ago  (1356+ words) Major General Roman Demurchiev has served as commander of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, fighting in Ukraine. On October 18, 2022, roughly eight months after Russia's launched its all-out war on Ukraine, a high-ranking Russian officer texted several messages to his wife,…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (565+ words) Ukrainian and Russian officials met for a second day of US-brokered talks to end Russia's four-year all-out war as the lead White House envoy said there had been "meaningful progress." The February 17-18 meetings in Geneva -- the third round of trilateral…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (998+ words) Fish. Chicken. Pasta. Meat. It's all a lot more expensive in the central Russian city of Ufa, and Vera, a 63-year-old retiree, is unhappy. "Nothing has gotten cheaper. Everything is getting more expensive, a little bit every day," she told…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (63+ words) Amid Russian Strikes And Power Cuts, Ukraine Turns To Yurts And Plov'Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Central Asians living in Ukraine have brought some ancestral traditions to help those facing freezing winter and power cuts. Russian air assaults may have…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (65+ words) Russian Officer Deserted By Shooting Himself To Avoid Fighting In Ukraine'Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Russian officer Yevgeny Korobov participated in the invasion of Ukraine. Deciding to get out of there, he shot himself in the leg and ended up…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1027+ words) The casualty count in the Kremlin's war against Ukraine could reach 2 million by spring, with nearly 1.2 million Russian forces killed, wounded, or missing -- including some 325,000 dead -- since Moscow launched the full-scale invasion in February 2022, the Center for Strategic and International…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (371+ words) Ukrainian officials said at least three people were killed in overnight Russian strikes that targeted residential buildings in the eastern city of Kramatorsk. The February 8 attacks included heavy "glide" bombs, officials said, weapons that Russia has used to devastate both…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (506+ words) In remarks released by his office on February 7, Zelenskyy said Washington had proposed a new round of talks between Ukraine and Russia to take place in Miami in a week " and that Kyiv had agreed to participate. Moscow and Washington…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago  (1627+ words) A quick drive southeast of the embattled Ukrainian city of Kupyansk, on the opposite banks of the Oskil River, is the smaller, similarly named town of Kupyansk-Vuzloviy. In November 2025, Russia's top military commander claimed the bigger Kupyansk had been recaptured…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (270+ words) Several of Russia's most prominent TV personalities, including Pavel Zarubin, a state TV reporter known for fawning reporting on -- and nearly unfettered access to -- President Vladimir Putin, were targeted in the European Union's newest package of sanctions. The proposed measures…...