War in Ukraine

With Russian military losses surpassing 1.2 million, the army is destroying itself from within. Torture, executions, and terror now define life behind Russia’s front lines. Are prison sentences the safer alternative and do draft refusals actually lead there?

Amid US-mediated peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, Putin continues to invoke Donbas and the “Novorossiya,” claiming to seize it even as Russian forces fail to decisively break through Ukrainian defensive lines in the Donetsk region. What does this term mean, and what does this rhetoric reveal about Moscow’s actual intentions for “peace”?

After several rounds of talks in Abu Dhabi, two key issues remain unresolved: territory in Ukraine’s Donetsk region and the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is ready for further talks and has reached an understanding with the United States on other points. The only exception: not in Russia or Belarus.

A Russian drone strike hit a passenger train in eastern Ukraine on January 27. One serviceman turned instinct into action, organizing the evacuation of civilians and saving lives.

Since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has been bleeding manpower—losing 900 to 1,000 soldiers killed or wounded every day. By historical standards, the scale is catastrophic. In past Soviet and Russian campaigns, even a few thousand casualties could shake the regime.