Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. European officials are debating whether Russian pipeline gas sales to the EU should be restarted as part of a potential settlement to end the war against Ukraine, according to people familiar with discussions. Advocates […]
An Australian man who was feared dead after being captured by Russian forces is alive, foreign minister Penny Wong has announced. Oscar Jenkins, 32a teacher who signed up to fight for Ukraine against Russia, was taken captive in December last year. A video showed him being struck by a Russian interrogator, sparking fears for his […]
Russians seek cover under the wreckage of their vehicles in Kursk. 36th Marine Brigade capture Russian air assault forces attacked the Ukrainian garrison in western Russia’s Kursk Oblast on or just before Saturday, rolling eight BMD infantry fighting vehicles along the very same roads—around the village of Viktorovka—they’ve been using since November for assaults on […]
A Russian drone bombs a Ukrainian M-2 in Pogrebki. Russian defense ministry capture A picturesque church in Pogrebki, a village in western Russia’s Kursk Oblast, towers over a chaotic battleground. Ukrainian forces are determined to push their way past the Church of Saint Michael. Russian forces are determined to stop them. Armored vehicles blast away […]
Oil spill in the Kerch Strait. Dozens of sea mammals have been found dead since last month’s Russian oil tanker spill in the Black Sea, a dolphin rescue center said Sunday, as authorities raced to contain the disaster. The spill began on December 15, when two aging Russian tankers were caught in a storm off […]
Russian state newspaper Izvestia says one of its freelance reporters has been killed in a drone strike near the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Moscow accused Ukraine’s military of deliberately targeting Alexander Martemyanov. Ukraine has not commented. Izvestia said a civilian vehicle carrying Martemyanov had been struck as it travelled on a highway […]
The Mitte Combined Heat and Power (CHP) natural gas power plant, operated by Vattenfall AB, in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ukraine halted the flow of Russian gas to several European countries on New Year’s Day, bringing an end to Moscow’s decades-long dominance over Europe’s energy markets. […]
Getty Images On New Year’s Day, Russian gas stopped flowing through Ukraine. Kyiv is calling it a “historic” day as its refusal to extend a transit agreement with Russia’s Gazprom has halted the return flow of cash to fund the full-scale invasion of Ukraine But in neighbouring Moldova, the move threatens to cause a crisis. […]
The US has issued sanctions on organizations in Russia and Iran for attempting to interfere with the 2024 presidential election. The Treasury Department said on Tuesday that the groups tried to “stoke socio-political tensions” and influence voters. One group, the Moscow-based Center for Geopolitical Expertise, has ties to Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), and built […]
Stepped up attacks by Russia are heightening longstanding concerns over how Ukraine manages its military and countering assumptions that Moscow’s offensive would slow, soldiers and military analysts say.
