Russia-Ukraine war

A direct military conflict between NATO and Moscow will be inevitable if Western forces are sent to Ukraine, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.

The UK, Germany, Finland and Sweden all spoke up on Tuesday against French President Emmanuel Macron’s suggestion that Western troops could be deployed to Ukraine amid Russia's military operation.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has claimed that Ukraine has lost more than 444,000 soldiers since the beginning of the conflict in 2022.

Not only will the European Union miss its target to give Ukraine a million artillery shells by March, it will likely miss a revised target of 520,000, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has stated.

An Iranian newspaper has come down hard on Russia on the anniversary of the Ukraine war for perpetrating a ‘mass killing’ of hundreds of thousands of civilians and making nuclear threats against other countries.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has stated that continuing delays in arms deliveries from Kiev’s western backers are playing a major role in the loss of troops and ground in the war against Russia.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, has dismissed reports claiming that Tehran has supplied Moscow with ballistic missiles for use in the Ukraine war.

Ukrainian officials say they have received reassurances from European leaders that new aid would be forthcoming, amid concerns in Kiev about wavering Western support in its war against Russia.

The Western backers of war-torn Ukraine should step up efforts to confiscate Russian assets frozen abroad in order to aid Kiev, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has stated.

Western leaders have reportedly dismissed the possibility of reaching a negotiated peace agreement to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict before US voters go to the polls later this year, according to a report.

The “frustration” in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office is “palpable”, Politico has reported. According to the news site, the Ukrainian president is growing impatient waiting for more military aid from Washington.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has insisted that Kiev will succeed in the war and urged his countrymen to remain hopeful of victory during a speech marking the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion.

Although Tehran has the legal right to sell ballistic missiles, it has refrained from arms transactions during the Russia-Ukraine conflict to prevent an escalation of the war, the Iranian permanent mission to the United Nation has announced.

Ukraine will be free to use F-16 fighter jets it will receive from NATO against military targets 'inside Russia', or beyond Kiev's borders, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told RFE/RL in an interview.

Increased military spending prompted by Russia’s war on Ukraine and the Gaza conflict helped the British weapons manufacturer BAE Systems to record profits last year, with further growth expected in the year ahead.

Russian troops may have captured up to 1,000 Ukrainian forces during the chaotic retreat from Avdeevka over the weekend, the New York Times daily has reported, citing anonymous Ukrainian and Western sources. The newspaper described the withdrawal from the former Ukrainian stronghold in Donbass as a “devastating loss” for Kiev that “could deal a blow to already weakening morale".

Support for Ukraine among Europeans remains broad, but nearly two years after the Russian full-scale invasion barely 10% now believe it can defeat Russia, according to an EU-wide poll – with some form of “compromise settlement” seen as the most likely end point.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia has stated Russian troops would push further into Ukraine to build on their success on the battlefield after the fall of the town of Avdiivka where he said Ukrainian forcess had been forced to flee in chaos.

The longer the conflict in Ukraine drags on, “the better Russia will do”, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk believes. The billionaire has been calling for a ceasefire in Ukraine since 2022, arguing that Kiev needs to accept its loss of territory to avoid further catastrophe.

Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council and a former president of the Russian Federation, has threatened to use nuclear weapons against the US, the UK, Germany and Ukraine if Moscow loses all occupied Ukrainian territories.

US President Joe Biden has blamed this week’s fall of a Ukrainian stronghold to Russia on Republican lawmakers who refused to approve his request for $60 billion in additional aid to Kiev.

Russian soldiers have “completely captured” the city of Avdeevka, the Russian Defense Ministry has announced. Some 1,500 Ukrainian troops were killed as they retreated, leaving their weapons and equipment behind, the ministry added.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has claimed that the North Atlantic Alliance is militarily stronger than Russia, although its full-scale invasion of Ukraine has revealed certain shortcomings.

Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from the front-line city of Avdiivka, the new army chief has announced, after months of heavy fighting and little progress in repelling Russian troops in the country’s eastern front.