Tommy Syrmolotov

A million Russian settlers, an FSB-dominated state, and schools that drill children for war. Over twelve years of occupation, Russia has been changing who lives in Crimea, bringing in soldiers, security officials, and their families, building a society designed to hold the peninsula.

European leaders to join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in talks with US President Donald Trump in the White House on August 18, as they try to find a way to end Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s parliament approved a new wartime cabinet led by Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, completing the country’s first full government reshuffle since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.