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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.

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.

Europe

Inside the network deporting Ukrainian children to Russia

Open-source data investigations and social media channels like Telegram are playing a key role in spreading awareness not only about Maria Lvova-Belova, but a bigger structure of re-education camps, transport routes, deportation strategies and the network deporting Ukrainian children to Russia.

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.

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Ukraine

Russia using drones to save ammunition in Ukraine

The Institute for the Study of War says Russian forces are using Shahed drones to degrade the offset of their ammunition since September 2022.

Europe News

US wants prosecution of Russia's crimes to create deterrent effect

The crime of aggression targets the individual who is in ultimate control of the political and military action of a state.

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WATCH: Russians fired on central market in Kherson

The Russian Federation shelled the Central Market area in Kherson on Tuesday morning.

Ukraine

Putin visits Russian troops fighting in Ukraine

A video released by the Kremlin early Tuesday showed Putin visiting the command post for Russian forces in the southern Kherson region, and receiving reports from the top military brass.

Russia

Could Wagner boss Prigozhin become Russia's next president?

Analysts say Prigozhin might - or might not - want Russia's top job: but describe him as entrepreneurial, opportunistic and ruthless.

Russia

Kremlin critic Kara-Murza sentenced to 25 years in prison

Vladimir Kara-Murza has rejected the charges against him as political and likened the judicial proceedings against him to the show trials during the rule of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.

Ukraine

'Unprecedented bloody battles' in Bakhmut: reports

Russia's Defence Ministry on Sunday claimed that units from the Wagner mercenary group had captured two neighbourhoods in the embattled eastern city.

Russia

Euroviews. When Russia calls others 'Nazis', it should be looking at itself

The Kremlin's need to justify the war grew to embrace the most radical voices, including those peddling Nazi creed, as its ideologues became hell-bent on normalising the aggression, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

Ukraine

War in Ukraine: Russia develops its defences in Zaporizhzhia region

Russia has completed three layers of defensive zones across approximately 120 kilometres of the region, according to the UK's Ministry of Defence

Turkey

Turkey: Navigating through geopolitical waters with no clear course

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is waiting for his Russian counterpart to visit his country – but he appears to be navigating the waters of geopolitics without a clear course.

Russia

Wagner boss trying to 'seize control' of Russian political party

The leader of 'A Just Russia' party has called Wagner a "heroic military formation".

Finland

How Finland's NATO membership will change security in the Baltics

Finland has joined NATO. But what does that actually mean? And are there risks that come with NATO membership? Euronews asked the experts to find out.

Belarus

Putin says Belarus storage facility for nuclear weapons ready by July

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin holds talks with his Belarus counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, on expanding political, military, and economic ties between the two countries.

Ukraine

Kramatorsk residents try to rebuild after severe flooding

A broken spillway gate caused major flooding in the town of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine, affecting around 200 households.

World News

Volodymyr Zelenskyy boosts ties with Poland, warns of peril in Bakhmut

President Andrzej Duda promised that Poland would keep helping Ukraine fight off Russia's aggression, but he also acknowledged at a joint news conference with Zelesnkyy that the relationship was complicated.

Russia

Nuclear weapons in Belarus: Putin's warning to Poland

Belarusian soldiers are already in Russia receiving training to use the Iskander-M missile system, capable of carrying nuclear warheads. Putin is advancing with his plan despite condemnation from the West, to send a warning to Poland, one of his great critics.