#Russian aggression

As the US eyes investment, returning Europe’s largest nuclear plant—the Zaporizhzhia NPP—to Ukrainian control is key to the continent’s energy security.

Russia’s sea mining campaign turned the Black Sea into one of the “most dangerous seas in the world.” The UK just received the world’s first autonomous mine-hunting vessel — could it soon help Ukraine clear Russia’s deadly traps?

This week in Ukraine, Russian airstrikes devastated Odesa and Kherson, killing civilians and destroying homes. Along the eastern front, Ukrainian forces held ground in Pokrovsk, Toretsk, and Kupyansk amid heavy fighting. As the war grinds on, soldiers return home as veterans, medics work to stabilize the wounded, and young Ukrainians march through Kyiv — all captured in powerful images.

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, one of the Kremlin’s first targets was Mariupol. While the Ukrainian army tried to hold back the Russian advance, the city was being obliterated—tens of thousands of civilians were killed, and almost all residential buildings were reduced to rubble. Now, Moscow is attempting to convince the world that life in Mariupol has improved, portraying the destroyed city as “better than it was under Ukraine.”

In Kharkiv, a city battered by relentless Russian attacks, artists, curators, and performers refuse to leave their home. They won’t let the war silence them. Their studios double as bomb shelters, their exhibitions continue even amid blackouts, and their theaters adapt to missile alerts.