The North Pontic region, which encompasses present-day Ukraine, was for centuries a crossroads of migration from multiple ...

Pokrovsk has been dubbed a "fortress" city, key for Ukraine's logistics and a long-time stronghold for Kyiv in the east.

Ukrainian soldiers are describing fierce clashes as Russian forces try to retake territory in the Kursk region that could be ...

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