NATO defense budget could surpass Russia's tenfold if Europe matches Poland's spending, Tusk says President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 15 that Ukraine's military now comprises 880,000 ...

She said the Russian ambassador was summoned by the foreign ministry earlier this week. Jenkins, a teacher from Melbourne, was serving alongside Ukraine's military when he was captured by Russia ...

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The Russian army is strengthening its positions in villages around the key eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk in an attempt to encircle it and lay siege to a vital transport hub linking embattled ...

Ukrainian intelligence had offered a $1 million bribe to a Russian military unit stationed near Gorlovka, aiming to get them to retreat. The FSB discovered the plan and turned the tables ...

Australian media reported on Wednesday that Mr Jenkins had probably died in Russian captivity, citing Ukrainian military sources. A sergeant known as “Gump” who fought alongside Mr Jenkins in ...

Mr Zelensky did not give their names but the Ukrainian intelligence service claimed that one of them carried a Russian military ID card issued in the name of a person from the Tuva republic bordering ...

The Russian Defense Ministry also confirmed the swap and said the released soldiers, who were currently in Belarus for medical treatment, would be transported to Russia. Polish Prime Minister ...

Ukraine has found “irrefutable evidence” of North Korea’s involvement in Russia’s war against his country, president Volodymyr Zelensky said this week as he announced the capture of two ...