War in Ukraine

Russia insists that it fully supplies Ukrainian prisoners of war with food and medical care. Yet, investigations reveal a different reality—evidence of systematic, widespread torture and abuse.

Pokrovsk, a key target in Russia’s strategy to capture Ukraine’s Donbas, faces an urgent evacuation deadline. With Russian troops advancing to within 10 kilometers and artillery fire intensifying, authorities warn that residents have less than two weeks to flee their homes.

According to reports, Iran was in talks with Russia on trading ballistic missiles for US dollars and food. Now, it’s attacking US military bases in the Middle East. But what’s actually in Iran’s arsenal?

The Minsk agreements were meant to silence the guns in Ukraine’s east. Yet Moscow shattered its promise of peace the moment the ink dried—paving the way for Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Russia continues to relentlessly target civilians while waging a full-scale and aggressive war in Ukraine. Just this week's attacks showed the rising death toll. How many civilians has Russia killed since the full-scale invasion in February 2022 began?

In May 2024, President Zelensky y signed a bill allowing convicts to join the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This created huge enthusiasm among existing brigades—for months, recruitment officers were rushing from prison to prison to hire potential warriors. We traveled to Donbas to meet one of the new battalions, consisting mostly of ex-convicts.