Recruiting soldiers and forcing them to fight on the side of the occupier is a war crime. DW spoke to Ukrainians and human rights activists about how Russians pressure residents to serve in the military.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said North Korean soldiers are "heroes" after Pyongyang officially admitted for the first time that it had sent troops to fight in Russia's Kursk region
Michael Gloss, the son of a high-ranking CIA official, was killed during the fighting in Ukraine, according to American and Russian media. The CIA confirmed the death, but said it was a "private family tragedy"
About 21.000 Ukrainian soldiers are classified as deserters. Many return to the front to avoid prosecution. This is a story about them
The White House has confirmed that the United States will temporarily suspend military aid to Ukraine, while Trump insists that Kiev show greater commitment to peace talks with Moscow. This decision comes after Zelensky did not agree to a deal on the exploitation of rare minerals and after he said that the end of the war with Russia is "very far away".
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington, where he will hold a series of meetings with American officials.
US President Donald Trump said that Ukraine should never have started a war with Ukraine. He wants to negotiate peace terms bilaterally with Vladimir Putin, bypassing Zelensky and a completely surprised Europe
While European leaders in Paris try to reach a unified position on the future of Ukraine, US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are planning peace talks - without Europe's participation
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation in which they expressed their readiness to start negotiations on a peaceful solution to the Ukrainian conflict. Trump then spoke with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, confirming that Kiev also wants a deal. However, the fighting on the front does not subside, while Europe seeks inclusion in the peace process
At the height of the war in Ukraine, the "Alcatraz" unit was formed in the Donetsk region, made up of former prisoners who decided to earn their freedom with weapons.
The Russian army continues to advance in eastern Ukraine, but Pokrovsk, as an important transport hub, remains intact. Experts believe that the strategy of avoiding street fighting is part of a wider plan to cut the logistics lines of Ukrainian troops
According to Russian Telegram channels, Živković was allegedly killed in the fighting in Kursk, a part of Russia that is under the control of Ukrainian forces.
Ukrainian Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko rated this decision as historic. The export of gas via Ukraine to Europe has been stopped since 08:00 Moscow time
The Presidents of Serbia and Ukraine, Aleksandar Vučić and Volodymyr Zelenskiy, discussed important issues concerning bilateral relations and the European path of their countries.
More and more Ukrainians are ready to consider negotiations with Russia, but refuse to see them as an opportunity for territorial concessions. Experts point out that any agreement would have to include international guarantees
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said today in Dubrovnik that the invitation to Ukraine for NATO membership would represent a step towards peace because Russia would suffer a geopolitical defeat.
Pressure is growing for NATO to expand its air defenses to the west of Ukraine, but fears of an escalation of the conflict with Russia are limiting reactions
At least seven people were killed and dozens wounded when rockets and drones were fired at more than half of Ukraine's regions. The President of Ukraine announced a response to the Russian attack. "We are preparing, both in connection with the use of F-16, and in connection with the operation in the Kursk region, we continue our actions in the mentioned districts exactly as Ukraine needs," said the President of Ukraine
The aggressor forces broke through the first line of defense with a completely unexpected attack, advanced fifty kilometers in depth and thirty in width. They advance unstoppably towards Kursk, practically undisturbed by the few half-trained recruits who surrender in dozens and hundreds. No, this is not the beginning of the report of the Soviet Supreme Command from the summer of 1941, but the factual situation from August of this year, when Ukraine, despite being under strong pressure from the Russian army in the Donbass, found as many as seven fresh brigades and with a surprise strike in the Kursk region transferred the war to the territory of the central of Russia
Ukrainian forces have breached the Russian border and seized some western parts of Russia's Kursk region, in an attack that could be aimed at gaining the upper hand in possible ceasefire talks. Deputy Minister of Energy Oleksandar Hale was detained in Ukraine for accepting bribes
