Ukraine

Order, history and politics

23.June 2026 Jacek Lepjarc / DW

How Poland and Ukraine found themselves in the biggest conflict since the beginning of the war

Polish President Karol Nawrocki stripped Volodymyr Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, which provoked a sharp reaction from Kiev and opened the deepest crisis in relations between the two countries since the beginning of the war in Ukraine

Russian-Ukrainian conflict

18.June 2026 IN THE

Ukraine carried out a massive drone attack on Moscow, burning refinery (video)

Ukraine carried out one of the largest drone attacks on Moscow in the last two years. Footage on social media shows drones hitting the key Gazpromneft oil refinery and one of Moscow's largest markets, Sadovod.

G7 Summit

17.June 2026 IN THE

The G7 promised new military aid to Ukraine and increased sanctions against Russia

G7 leaders adopted a joint declaration of support for Ukraine, announced additional military aid and tightening of sanctions against Russia, including in the energy sector

The war in Ukraine

03.June 2026 MLJ

Donetsk: At least seven dead in a Ukrainian drone attack on a bus

At least seven people were killed and ten were injured in an attack by a Ukrainian drone on a bus in the Donetsk region, the local authorities of that region in the east of Ukraine, which is mostly controlled by Russia, announced today.

The war in Ukraine

31.May 2026. B. B.

Ukrainian killer robots are sowing fear among Russian troops

Ukrainians learned from Russian prisoners of war that their enemy calls these robots "silent death". Each of which carries a large amount of explosives on a four-wheeled chassis

The war in Ukraine

29.May 2026. A.P

Romania: Russian drone crashed, F-16 fighters raised

A Russian drone launched into Ukraine crashed into a residential building in Romania. Bucharest is asking NATO for an urgent delivery of modern anti-missile systems

The war in Ukraine

22.May 2026. B. B.

Ukrainian army: "We killed two hundred Russians"

Ukrainian claims about such a large number of victims could not be independently verified. The Russian side has not yet made an official announcement regarding these attacks

Bilateral relations

19.May 2026. KS

Who will lead the Ukrainian delegation visiting Belgrade?

First, it was rumored that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was coming to Belgrade, then that his visit was postponed, and the Ukrainian media are now writing about the visit, but with another leader of the delegation.

Vladimir Putin with crossed fingers, in the background of the flag of Russia

The war in Ukraine

07.May 2026. B. B.

Moscow called on diplomats to leave Kyiv due to an "imminent strike" in retaliation

Moscow has called on diplomatic missions to ensure a timely evacuation from Kiev, considering the "inevitable strike" of the Russian armed forces on that city, and as a sign of retaliation. At the same time, Ukrainian drone attacks on targets deep in Russian territory are becoming more intense

Chernobyl

26.April 2026 Aleksandra Indjuhova/DW

Pripyat, 40 years later

It has been 40 years since the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded

A woman cries at a soldier's funeral in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine

15.April 2026 Anja Mihic

The deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II

Russia has lost 1,3 million soldiers since the start of the invasion in 2022, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced. This is just one in a series of claims about the number of victims in the war in Ukraine. Why can't we trust anyone with certainty

Russia and Ukraine

11.April 2026 KS

Easter truce on the Ukrainian front

The truce will last 32 hours and will begin on Saturday, April 11, the day before Orthodox Easter

European Union

20.March 2026. Nenad Krajcer / DW

They won't be able to stand next to me: Orban blocked a loan of 90 billion euros for Ukraine

Colleagues from the European Union are once again furious with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who blocked a loan to Ukraine worth 90 billion euros. Why? Well, because he can put his personal interests before unity within the EU

Relatives of Kenyans who died fighting on the side of Russia in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine

16.March 2026. Simone Schlindwein (DW)

Russia is recruiting Africans to die in Ukraine

All over Africa, Russia is recruiting men for war - usually fraudulently. The death rate is high - they are cannon fodder. Families are trying to bring the bodies of the dead to bury them

The war in Ukraine

14.March 2026. Oleksandra Indyuchkova/DW

Joystick war in Ukraine

Are robots and drones already fighting for people? These devices are now feared in war more than tanks and guns

Near East

13.March 2026. S. Ć.

Damaged Golestan Palace and other landmarks of Iran

UNESCO has confirmed that at least four cultural and historical sites were damaged in the attacks on Iran. More than 500 landmarks were damaged in Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine

07.March 2026. KS

War in Ukraine: Massive Russian Airstrikes

In the shadow of the new conflict in the Middle East, fighting continues on the Ukrainian-Russian front. Moscow has confirmed that it carried out massive strikes on Ukrainian military and energy infrastructure

Apocalypse tomorrow

04.March 2026. BB

Fear of doomsday: Booming sales of survival kits

More and more people are preparing for a small or large apocalypse, so it is estimated that the market for survival kits will exceed US$ 1,62 billion by 2028 and grow to US$ 26,7 billion by 2031

European Union

24.February 2026. NM

Ukraine without electricity and financial aid: Slovakia and Hungary are undermining the wartime unity of the EU

Slovakia suspended the supply of electricity to Ukraine, while the European Union's foreign ministers, due to Hungary's opposition, did not reach an agreement on the 20th package of sanctions against Russia, nor on a loan of 90 billion euros

Four years of war in Ukraine

23.February 2026. Daria Ninko

Anger and determination: Two-thirds of Ukrainians do not want to make concessions to Russia

Shelled energy infrastructure, minus 25 in Kiev and the fourth year of exhausting war. However, most Ukrainians say they are ready to endure as long as necessary. Research and testimonies from the field reveal where this resilience comes from - from anger, losses, but also the vision of a future European Ukraine

19.February 2026. B. B.

The former head of the Ukrainian army on the conflict with Zelenskyi: Tensions started immediately after the invasion

The former head of the Ukrainian army and Zelensky's most serious opponent in the eventual presidential elections spoke for the first time about their deep rift

The war in Ukraine

12.February 2026. NM

Lavrov: The relations between Putin and Trump are excellent, we will do everything to keep it that way

The relationship between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump is excellent, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said

Interview: UPC Archbishop Silvester Stojčev

12.February 2026. Jelena Jorgacevic

We must not allow self-isolation

"In order to find a sustainable form of existence of Orthodoxy in Ukraine in the future, it is necessary to start a calm and open discussion about this issue with other local Churches. The longer we all together refuse such a discussion, the more complex the solution of this problem will be in the future"

Archbishop Sylvester of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

From the new issue

11.February 2026. JJ / KS

Orthodoxy in schism: Ukrainian knot without an easy resolution

The conflict between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate breaks out most deeply in Ukraine, where two church structures operate in parallel. Archbishop Sylvester of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in an interview for "Vreme" talks about the severance of ties with Moscow, the absence of dialogue with Constantinople and the danger of church isolation

Rusija

06.February 2026. B. B.

Assassination in Moscow: Another man of the Russian military intelligence service was seriously wounded

Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev was hospitalized on Friday with multiple gunshot wounds. The victim of the assassination in Moscow is the second man of the Russian military intelligence agency GRU

Books

05.February 2026. Jaroslav Pecnik

The meaning of history and the price of freedom

Serhii Plokhy, Doors of Europe: history of Ukraine
translation from English by Slaven Kale
Central Europe, Zagreb, 2025.

Russian TOS-1A multi-barrel rocket launcher fires towards Ukrainian positions

The war in Ukraine

04.February 2026. B. B.

While peace talks are being held in Abu Dhabi, Russia continues to bombard Ukraine

Delegations from Moscow and Kiev in the United Arab Emirates were joined by American officials. Another round of peace negotiations has begun