Ukraine
As arms imports spike, Ukraine boosts domestic weapon production
Ukraine became the world’s largest importer of major arms from 2020 to 2024, with its imports increasing nearly a hundredfold compared to the prior five years. The country has also reformed its own arms industry, ramping up production since Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Ukraine
View from Bucha: 'Peace' for Russia means no Ukrainians left
Exactly three years ago, in early March 2022, satellite images showed the first mass grave of civilians in Bucha, a town in the Kyiv region. It was on the grounds of the Church of St Andrew, where now there is the Wall of Remembrance for the civilians killed by Russian troops during the occupation.