The world awoke to the largest conflict in Europe since the Second World War after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine on Thursday morning – targeting key cities in an alleged bid to ‘demilitarize’ Moscow’s western neighbor.
A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that its “premature to talk” with the U.S. about the developing crisis in Ukraine amidst warnings about future human rights abuses if Moscow invades Kyiv
Multiple reports suggest thousands of Russian citizens who disagree with Vladimir Putin’s invasion are scrambling to leave their homeland as sanctions close off travel options. One prominent Russian-Israeli oligarch who fled to Israel in 2003 after being targeted by Putin announced Tuesday he will renounce his Russian citizenship. “Everything that Putin touches dies,” he said.
Putin said martial law will ensure safety and maintain public order, as well as ensure "anti-terrorist protection of critical facilities."
Videos of Russians fighting over sugar in supermarkets have emerged amongst fears of a food shortage caused by Western sanctions over Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to reports.
A court in Belarus sentenced a 20-year-old student from the eastern city of Mahiliou to 6.5 years in prison for expressing criticism Ukraine war and Alyaksandr Lukashenka, the country’s authoritarian ruler and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin
Oil prices hit $100 a barrel for the first time since 2011, following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s widely-condemned decision to invade his country’s southern neighbor, Ukraine
Although Pope Francis said on Wednesday that the prospect of war in Ukraine caused “great pain in my heart," the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics stopped short of condemning Vladimir Putin’s bloody, illegal invasion
The former German chancellor has been criticized for keeping close ties to Russia and Putin.
In the years before Moscow invaded Ukraine, Democrats enriched themselves politically and personally from oligarchs and businesses in the region while empowering Vladimir Putin with energy and technology deals