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Poland

Poland strengthens its border fence with Russia to keep migrants out

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said the razor wire fence along the border with the Russian exclave Kaliningrad would be reinforced again.

30/04/2023

Poland

Moscow reacts angrily after Poland shuts down Russian school in Warsaw

Poland says there is a big disparity in the number of diplomatic buildings each has in the other's country.

29/04/2023

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Russians rehearse for Moscow's annual victory parade

Russians remember World War II each year with a victory parade on May 9th. Although events have been called off in some cities near the Ukraine border, soldiers have been rehearsing for the event in Moscow.

28/04/2023

World News

Russia and Turkey celebrate the opening of a new atomic energy plant

Construction work on a Russian nuclear power plant in Turkey marks a major milestone despite sanctions imposed by western allies after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

28/04/2023

Culture news

Post-invasion fashion: Moscow's old Zara store opens its doors as Maag

A Lebanese clothing brand called Maag has taken over a flagship store site in Moscow that had been vacated by Spanish brand Zara when it ceased operations in Russia. Zara, and other brands owned by the same company, sold their shop sites to a Russian business after withdrawing from the country.

28/04/2023

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Watch: Deadly strike hits apartment building in Uman

Soldiers, locals and emergency crews searched through the rubble outside for more victims, while residents removed belongings out of the damaged building.

28/04/2023

World News

Euroviews. Divorce from Putin’s fossil fuels can't result in toxic EU-US marriage

We cannot let the continued energy crisis be used to further strip away any hope we have for stopping the worst impacts of climate change, Anusha Narayanan and Tal Harris write.

28/04/2023

USA

Who are the fugitive Russians wanted by the FBI?

US intelligence agents are after scores of Russians in connection with dastardly global plots and outright criminality.

27/04/2023

Ukraine

One dead and over 20 injured in Russian missile attack on Mykolaiv

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian missile attack on Mykolaiv that killed at least one and injured over 20 others, including a child, was a 'crime against humanity.

27/04/2023

World News

Why is Russia's Wagner Group of mercenaries in Sudan?

Experts claim that the Wagner Group is in Sudan to provide Russia with access to resources and help it fund the war in Ukraine.

27/04/2023

Russia

EU 'becoming militarised', claims Russian FM

Russia's top diplomat said there is now "very little difference" between the EU and NATO.

26/04/2023

Ukraine

War in Ukraine: Russia failed to achieve its offensive goals, says ISW

Learn more about the situation in Ukraine, as the UK defence ministry reports that Russian casualties have fallen by 30%.

25/04/2023

Russia

Europe pays tribute to Kremlin critics

The Council of Europe paid tribute on Monday to Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza and to other Russian and Belarusian political prisoners.

24/04/2023

Ukraine

Where are the strongest and weakest Russian forces in Ukraine?

Russian forces are operating in decentralized and largely degraded formations throughout the theatre and the current pattern of deployment suggests that most available units are already online and engaged.

24/04/2023

World News

Europe's military spending soars, fuelled by Ukraine war

Western and Central European states spent some €313 billion on their military forces last year, according to SIPRI.

24/04/2023

Finland

Arming an archipelago: Is time running out for Europe's oldest DMZ?

Finland's incoming government faces calls from within its own ranks to remilitarise the Åland Islands in case of future Russian aggression.

24/04/2023

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Volunteers from Ukraine’s Spartan assault brigade are training hard

As rumours of a counter-offensive grow, recruits to Ukraine's National Guard are training near Kharkiv, practising the skills they'll need to win, but also to protect themselves in the line of fire.

23/04/2023

Russia

More explosives found after Russia bombed its own city

Seventeen apartment buildings in Belgorod were cleared by an unexploded bomb alert on Saturday as engineers cleared an area accidentally bombed by one of its own planes this week.

22/04/2023

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Ukraine grain deal fails as Russia garners support

Poland and Hungary are among five EU countries which complain that Ukranian grain is undercutting their own farmers and industries.

21/04/2023

Ukraine

Mines and mud: Russian and Ukrainian troops battle risky conditions

Kremlin-affiliated mil bloggers claim that Russian forces are attempting to advance towards Stupochky, some 14 km southwest of Bakhmut, while Wagner Group forces continue to attack Ukrainian forces from their central, southern, and northern positions around Bakhmut.

21/04/2023