The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine has initiated a criminal investigation regarding the alleged execution of nine Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia’s Kursk region.
Ukraine’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha appealed to the international community to focus on the frequent cases of torture and execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russia and to take immediate action in this regard.
Russian prosecutors have pressed charges in absentia against Vasyl Maliuk, chief of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) of organizing in 2023 a “terrorist attack” on the Crimea bridge that connects the temporarily occupied peninsula with mainland Russia.
A joint effort by Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian-based partisan groups has exposed the brutal and inhumane ongoing practice of Russia using vulnerable, mentally disabled children to build weapons for the war of aggression against Ukraine.
Officials from South Korea and Ukraine continue to identify North Korean military personnel who are already fighting in Ukraine and training in Russia for possible future deployments alongside Russian troops.
European countries would find it more beneficial to allow Ukraine’s Armed Forces to strike military targets deep within Russia than to continue saturating Ukraine with air defense systems to counter massive Russian attacks.
According to Estonian intelligence, strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on artillery ammunition depots in Russia will further exacerbate the Russians' ammunition shortage.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said that granting permission to Ukraine to use long-range weapons against targets inside Russia is legally possible, but this decision depends on each member state of the alliance.
Russia will most likely be invited to the second Peace Summit, but this does not mean Ukraine will necessarily conduct direct bilateral negotiations with the aggressor state. Instead, negotiations can be run through intermediaries.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said that Russia, Iran and China continue to be responsible for most of the influence efforts targeting U.S. voters ahead of voting day in the November 5 presidential election.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has welcomed a joint statement by Canada and France regarding the return of Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia.
Russia shifts its precious metals strategy, adding silver to state reserves alongside gold, platinum, and palladium—potentially impacting global markets as central banks reconsider silver's value.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said the upcoming meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the level of leaders is very important, but the permission to lift restrictions on deep strikes inside Russia should be expected from each NATO country, rather than from the alliance as a whole.
In the current era of geopolitical turbulence, Europe must build up its own defense capabilities and be ready for a military confrontation with Russia in the next six to eight years.