With some 4.7 million sites blocked and Western platforms throttled, VPNs have become “a way of life” for tens of millions of Russians seeking access to social media, games, and independent news.

To hear multiple Western and some Ukrainian commentators say it, the Russian-Ukrainian war has reached a turning point in the past month or so, and it favors Kyiv. As early as April 1, 2026, Kateryna ...

Monaco investigators increasingly suspect Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) was behind the June 29 bombing that gravely injured sanctioned Ukrainian‑born businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, viewing it more ...

Russia: +28,409 square miles. 12% of Ukraine. (Area roughly equivalent to half the size of the U.S. state of Iowa). Total area of all Ukrainian territory Russia presently controls, including Crimea ...

12% of Ukraine. (Area roughly equivalent to half the U.S. state of Illinois.) +29,026 square miles. 12% of Ukraine. (Area roughly equivalent to half the U.S. state of Illinois.) Total area of all ...

Amid U.S. pressure to accept a 28-point peace plan 2 that would require ceding territory, reducing Ukraine’s military, and abandoning NATO ambitions, Zelenskyy declared Ukraine is facing “one of the ...

Russia is pressuring Belarus to deepen its role in the Ukraine war, seeking to use Belarusian territory both as a springboard for expanded operations in Ukraine and for hybrid actions against NATO ...

Russia: +29,083 square miles. 12% of Ukraine. (Area roughly equivalent to half the U.S. state of Illinois). Total area of all Ukrainian territory Russia presently controls, including Crimea and parts ...