Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his country’s army is facing “a really difficult situation” in eastern regions where troops are battling to hold at bay an intense Russian push along parts of the front line.
Ukraine’s parliament voted to dismiss the infrastructure and agriculture ministers, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy overhauls his government to manage an economy reeling under a third year of war.
Russia on Thursday wrapped itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, as President Vladimir Putin celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II by hailing his forces fighting in Ukraine and blasting the West for fueling conflicts around the world.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Hungary late Wednesday, the final stop on his five-day European tour, where he’s expected to finalize a number of agreements with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that will deepen China’s economic footprint in the region.
Britain will expel Russia’s defense attaché over spying allegations as part of several measures the government announced Wednesday to target Moscow’s intelligence gathering operations in the U.K.
Russian university leaders are imbuing the country’s education system with patriotism to favor Putin, quashing Western influences and dissent.
The Russian missile and drone strikes, which lasted more than three hours, targeted energy infrastructure in six Ukrainian regions.
Kosovo’s foreign minister said that her country is convinced that Russia must lose the war in Ukraine for conflict not to spread further in Europe. She said her young nation’s support for Ukraine is unconditional even though Kyiv has not recognized Kosovo’s independence.
A Moscow court rejected Wednesday an appeal filed by a Russian deputy defense minister’s lawyers who sought to have him moved from prison to house arrest as he faces bribery charges.
China and European Union candidate Serbia signed an agreement on to build a “shared future,” making the Balkan country the first in Europe to agree on such a document with Beijing.