Interview

As Shakhtar Donetsk and Crystal Palace prepare to step onto the pitch in London, May 7, the game tells a bigger story. Speaking to two British voices embedded in Ukrainian football, one thing is clear: football is more than sport; it is solidarity, stretching from the UK to Ukraine.

Olha and Dmytro’s love story began alongside Ukraine’s darkest chapters: Mariupol, Azovstal, Olenivka, captivity. They’d only meet by chance after returning home.

“Shredder” lay for 16 hours with tourniquets cutting into both legs, Russian FPV drones circling above. When he woke up and realized his legs were gone, he cracked a joke. What followed was a system designed to make sure he wouldn’t be left behind.

Ukraine is working toward putting Vladimir Putin and Russia’s top leadership on trial through a Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression, reviving a legal concept not used at this level since the Nuremberg Trials.

Carrying the scars of years in Russian captivity and a bullet lodged in his heart, combat medic “Bizon” saved civilians during Russia’s recent drone attack on Lviv. This is his story.

What the Gripen fighter jet was built to do, what it could offer Ukraine, and one former Swedish Air Force pilot’s view of two nations united by yellow and blue.

While Russia is taking lives, others are doing everything they can to save them. Every day, thousands of combat medics and doctors make their utmost effort to preserve the lives and health of Ukraine’s defenders. In evacuation vehicles, at stabilization points, and in hospitals, their mission remains unchanged—to ensure their patients survive. We spoke with four medics about the challenges they face.

As Russia exports record levels of crude oil through its so-called “Shadow Fleet,” consisting of poorly insured, improperly maintained, ships and operating in violation of international maritime law. As a result, security concerns in the Baltic Sea are rising. Could the fleet be restricted—or even blocked—from operating there?

After Russia seized Crimea, the peninsula has been transformed from a tourist haven into a tightly controlled military zone. Repression has deepened, dissent is criminalized, and daily life unfolds under surveillance.

Europe has invested billions in tanks, aircraft, and cyber defense. But another domain is often overlooked: cognition. In this interview with Spanish Colonel Juan Bustamante, we explore how Russia’s doctrine of information warfare leverages disinformation and polarization to reshape the battlefield.

“Either we stop Putin here, or we will have to confront him directly in the Baltics or elsewhere”—Italian Senator Carlo Calenda visits Kyiv on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

As Russia’s full-scale war nears its fourth year, Sweden keeps stepping up to support Ukraine. In an exclusive interview, Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard outlines new aid for 2026 and highlights growing military cooperation—including plans to train Ukrainian pilots on Swedish jets.