The torture rooms in the battered Ukrainian city of Kupiansk have been empty for months. But Moscow’s advancing forces are just five miles away.
Author: Valerie Hopkins
As Russia Strikes Ports, Ukraine Scrambles to Continue Grain Exports
Their grain and sunflower oil once helped feed the world. Now, even their backup routes to the international market have become targets.
Zelensky and Erdogan Discuss Collapsed Ukraine Grain Deal
The Ukrainian leader said he had spoken with the NATO chief and the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a key mediator between Russia and Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began last February.
Mariupol State University Holds Graduation at Its Campus in Exile
Mariupol State University, an oasis amid the war, has graduated its newest class, more than a year after fleeing its devastated home city.
Wagner Fighters Are Training Forces in Belarus, Defense Ministry Says
Television news footage of a training exercise involving the Russian mercenaries offered a rare, if vague, glimpse of the group after its failed mutiny last month.
Lukashenko Says Prigozhin Is in Russia, as Wagner Mystery Deepens
After the mercenary boss staged a brief insurrection in Russia, the leader of Belarus said his country had taken him in, but now says the Wagner leader was in St. Petersburg and then “maybe he went to Moscow.”
Russia Drops Criminal Charges Against Prigozhin After Wagner Rebellion
The Russian authorities said that Wagner members would face no criminal charges for the mutiny and would hand over equipment, but the fate of the group’s thousands of fighters was unclear.
Putin Says Russia Is United Behind Him, After Ending Wagner Rebellion
President Vladimir V. Putin spoke angrily of those who want “Russians to fight each other,” but his former ally, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, said the mutiny he led was not a coup attempt.