Category: war

Ukrainian Forces Come Under Renewed Russian Attack in Key Eastern City

KYIV/SLOVIANSK, Ukraine—Ukrainian troops holding out in the ruins of Sievierodonetsk came under renewed heavy assault on Wednesday from Russian forces who see the capture of the industrial city as key to control of the surrounding Luhansk region. Turkey hosted Russia’s foreign minister to discuss a U.N. plan to open a corridor in the Black Sea…


Battle for Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk Ebbs and Flows Through City Streets

KYIV—Intense fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces raged in the streets of the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Monday in a pivotal battle for advantage in eastern Ukraine, the provincial governor said. The Ukrainian defenders had over the weekend regained control over about half the city just as the Russians appeared on the verge of…


Russia Strikes Kyiv for First Time in Weeks as Battle Rages in East

KYIV—Russia struck Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with missiles early on Sunday for the first time in more than a month, while Ukrainian officials said a counter-attack on the main battlefield in the east had retaken half of the city of Sievierodonetsk. Dark smoke could be seen from many miles away after the attack on two outlying…


Two Reuters Journalists Injured, Driver Killed in East Ukraine

Two Reuters journalists were injured and a driver killed on Friday after the vehicle they were in came under fire while heading to the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, the latest battle line in Russia’s assault on Ukraine. Photographer Alexander Ermochenko and cameraman Pavel Klimov were traveling in a car provided by Russia-backed forces on…


Ukraine Says Russian Troops Are Trying to Cut Access to Sievierodonetsk

KYIV—Kyiv said on Saturday Moscow had reinforced its troops around Sievierodonetsk and attempted to cut off Ukraine’s access to the industrial city, the focus of a Russian offensive to take the eastern Donbass region. Serhiy Gaidai, governor of Luhansk Province, said Russian forces were blowing up bridges across the Siverskyi Donets river to prevent Ukraine…


German Exports Bounce Back in April From Ukraine War Impact

BERLIN—German exports rose more than forecast in April, as Europe’s biggest economy relied on trade with the United States and the euro area to recover from the initial impact of the war in Ukraine, government data showed on Friday. Exports rose 4.4 percent from the previous month, the Federal Statistical Office said, almost three times…


Russia Limits Exports of Noble Gases, a Key Ingredient for Making Chips

Sanctions-hit Russia has limited exports of noble gases such as neon, a key ingredient for making chips, until the end of 2022 to strengthen its market position, its trade ministry said on Thursday. Russia’s export curbs could worsen the supply crunch in the global chips market. Ukraine was one of the world’s largest suppliers of…


Russia: No Let-Up in Ukraine Until Goals Met

MOSCOW—The Kremlin says it will press on with its military operations in Ukraine until its goals are met. Asked how the Kremlin views progress in Ukraine 100 days into the war Friday, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian troops have succeeded their main task of protecting civilians in areas on Ukraine’s east controlled…


What Were They Fighting For? The Stories Behind Early Americans’ Motivation to Join the Revolutionary War

Modern American society still talks about and references the American Revolution all the time. Its battlefields are well preserved and marked, its literature is still invoked in modern political campaigns and speeches, its symbols and quotes and prominent figures are everywhere in stone and bronze and steel and ink—at least for now. Perhaps the individual…


The Russo-Ukrainian War: A New Opportunity for Demagogues to Destroy Freedoms at Home

Commentary  Politicians thoroughly enjoy times of war. Periods of bellicosity are when the most power-hungry members of the political class indulge in their most depraved political fantasies. The Russo-Ukrainian War has been no exception to this trend. Since World War II, Western politicians have taken advantage of the largest conventional military conflict on European soil…