Yevgeny Prigozhin and his faction allegedly harbor ambitions to oust Vladimir Putin from power, aiming to pave the way for Prigozhin’s own leadership bid in Moscow, according to insights from a Russia expert. Prigozhin, known for leading the Wagner Group, a private military entity assisting the Russian military in Ukraine, has not only contributed to operations in Bakhmut but has also, notably,... 

The number of Russian losses in Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has passed 150,000, according to the latest figures released by Kyiv, as its forces continue to hang on to their positions in the ruined city of Bakhmut. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Thursday that 715 Russian soldiers had been killed since Wednesday’s count, taking the total to 150,605. Its... 

In the contested city of Kadiivka, a Russian-occupied settlement in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian forces have reportedly dealt a significant blow to Putin’s military presence. The destruction of a Russian munitions base located 24 miles behind the frontlines was claimed by Serhii Haidai, the Head of Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, who shared footage of a powerful explosion... 

Ukraine is suspected to have struck a major Russian air base in Yeysk after massive explosions at the site, in yet another attack deep behind Moscow’s frontlines. Russian war channel Rybar admitted a hit on Telegram, claiming it was by a Ukrainian long range Tu-141 Strizh drone. Ukrainian sources also claimed the strike at the military airfield in Krasnodar region, and a picture appeared to... 

Ukraine will become a NATO member in the ‘long term’, the head of the western military alliance said today, amid Vladimir Putin’s on-going invasion of the country. But Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed that the immediate issue at hand is Ukraine remaining an independent nation from Russia. ‘NATO allies have agreed that Ukraine will become a member of our alliance,... 

Jens Stoltenberg, who has been head of NATO since 2014, will leave his position in October this year. The resignation has sparked speculation about his successor, as there is no consensus on who should take over as the organization’s top civilian official. It has been suggested that his current nine-year term should be extended to meet the challenges of Russia’s war on Ukraine, but this... 

The US has warned that it is prepared to impose consequences on China’s communist regime should it provide lethal military aid to Russia for the ongoing war in Ukraine. During a Feb 22 press briefing, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said that the regime would not escape sanctions if it attempted to further assist Russia’s conquest. “We have been clear with the PRC that consequences would... 

In a CNN Town Hall, Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor to the Biden Administration, declared that Vladimir Putin has already lost the war in Ukraine. Sullivan emphasized that Russia’s objectives, including wiping Ukraine off the map, taking the capital, and absorbing Ukraine into Russia, have failed. He stated that Russia is not in a position to achieve these goals moving forward. Despite... 

Hungary’s far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orban snubbed Wednesday’s meeting in Warsaw with President Joe Biden and the other Bucharest Nine leaders after insisting Donald Trump was the only person who could broker peace with Vladimir Putin. Orban is openly siding with Russia and Putin, thus betraying the alliance which his country is a member of, NATO. Orban has been an outlier on the... 

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is urging the federal government to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and to start training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets. Graham made these demands while responding to comments from Vice President Kamala Harris at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, where she said that the United States has formally determined that... 

President Joe Biden arrived in Kyiv on Monday morning on a surprise days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and declared that Vladimir Putin had failed in his ‘war of conquest.’ His visit was shrouded in secrecy. He arrived after the hourslong train journey from Poland with a stripped down press pool of just one reporter and a photographer. Air raid sirens... 

Tens of millions of people face the worst famine in centuries unless Vladimir Putin signs a new deal to allow ships carrying grain safe passage to leave Ukraine, a UN official warned last night. World Food Programme director David Beasley issued a dire warning to the Kremlin amid growing fears that Moscow will reinstate its blockade of Ukrainian ports. There are currently nine Russian warships launching... 

Ukraine used to be a very Russophile country, they many used to speak Russian, consume Russian products, many even had Russian spouses. This whole thing changed. Now Ukraine is the most Russophobic country in the world. Almost everyone there hates all Russian people, culture, everything. And aren’t they right to do so? Of course they are. Not only Russian government is waging extermination war... 

A top U.S. diplomat called Russia’s declared new offensive in Ukraine ‘very pathetic,’ ahead of President Joe Biden’s trip to the region next week. Amb. Victoria Nuland, the under secretary for political affairs at the State Department, gave a scathing assessment of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military push to reporters Thursday and questioned how long the Russian... 

Russia’s feared new major offensive in Ukraine has already started, Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said today, warning that Ukraine is using more munitions than the military alliance is producing. ‘We see no sign whatsoever that [Russian] president [Vladimir] Putin is preparing for peace … What we see is president Putin and Russia still wanting to control Ukraine’,...