Ukraine

A woman cries at a soldier's funeral in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine

15.April 2026. Anja Mihic

The deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II

Russia has lost 1,3 million soldiers since the start of the invasion in 2022, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced. This is just one in a series of claims about the number of victims in the war in Ukraine. Why can't we trust anyone with certainty

Russia and Ukraine

11.April 2026. KS

Easter truce on the Ukrainian front

The truce will last 32 hours and will begin on Saturday, April 11, the day before Orthodox Easter

European Union

20.march 2026 Nenad Krajcer / DW

They won't be able to stand next to me: Orban blocked a loan of 90 billion euros for Ukraine

Colleagues from the European Union are once again furious with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who blocked a loan to Ukraine worth 90 billion euros. Why? Well, because he can put his personal interests before unity within the EU

Relatives of Kenyans who died fighting on the side of Russia in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine

16.march 2026 Simone Schlindwein (DW)

Russia is recruiting Africans to die in Ukraine

All over Africa, Russia is recruiting men for war - usually fraudulently. The death rate is high - they are cannon fodder. Families are trying to bring the bodies of the dead to bury them

The war in Ukraine

14.march 2026 Oleksandra Indyuchkova/DW

Joystick war in Ukraine

Are robots and drones already fighting for people? These devices are now feared in war more than tanks and guns

Near East

13.march 2026 S. Ć.

Damaged Golestan Palace and other landmarks of Iran

UNESCO has confirmed that at least four cultural and historical sites were damaged in the attacks on Iran. More than 500 landmarks were damaged in Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine

07.march 2026 KS

War in Ukraine: Massive Russian Airstrikes

In the shadow of the new conflict in the Middle East, fighting continues on the Ukrainian-Russian front. Moscow has confirmed that it carried out massive strikes on Ukrainian military and energy infrastructure

Apocalypse tomorrow

04.march 2026 BB

Fear of doomsday: Booming sales of survival kits

More and more people are preparing for a small or large apocalypse, so it is estimated that the market for survival kits will exceed US$ 1,62 billion by 2028 and grow to US$ 26,7 billion by 2031

European Union

24.February 2026. NM

Ukraine without electricity and financial aid: Slovakia and Hungary are undermining the wartime unity of the EU

Slovakia suspended the supply of electricity to Ukraine, while the European Union's foreign ministers, due to Hungary's opposition, did not reach an agreement on the 20th package of sanctions against Russia, nor on a loan of 90 billion euros

Four years of war in Ukraine

23.February 2026. Daria Ninko

Anger and determination: Two-thirds of Ukrainians do not want to make concessions to Russia

Shelled energy infrastructure, minus 25 in Kiev and the fourth year of exhausting war. However, most Ukrainians say they are ready to endure as long as necessary. Research and testimonies from the field reveal where this resilience comes from - from anger, losses, but also the vision of a future European Ukraine

19.February 2026. B. B.

The former head of the Ukrainian army on the conflict with Zelenskyi: Tensions started immediately after the invasion

The former head of the Ukrainian army and Zelensky's most serious opponent in the eventual presidential elections spoke for the first time about their deep rift

The war in Ukraine

12.February 2026. NM

Lavrov: The relations between Putin and Trump are excellent, we will do everything to keep it that way

The relationship between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump is excellent, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said

Interview: UPC Archbishop Silvester Stojčev

12.February 2026. Jelena Jorgacevic

We must not allow self-isolation

"In order to find a sustainable form of existence of Orthodoxy in Ukraine in the future, it is necessary to start a calm and open discussion about this issue with other local Churches. The longer we all together refuse such a discussion, the more complex the solution of this problem will be in the future"

Archbishop Sylvester of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

From the new issue

11.February 2026. JJ / KS

Orthodoxy in schism: Ukrainian knot without an easy resolution

The conflict between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate breaks out most deeply in Ukraine, where two church structures operate in parallel. Archbishop Sylvester of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in an interview for "Vreme" talks about the severance of ties with Moscow, the absence of dialogue with Constantinople and the danger of church isolation

Rusija

06.February 2026. B. B.

Assassination in Moscow: Another man of the Russian military intelligence service was seriously wounded

Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev was hospitalized on Friday with multiple gunshot wounds. The victim of the assassination in Moscow is the second man of the Russian military intelligence agency GRU

Books

05.February 2026. Jaroslav Pecnik

The meaning of history and the price of freedom

Serhii Plokhy, Doors of Europe: history of Ukraine
translation from English by Slaven Kale
Central Europe, Zagreb, 2025.

Russian TOS-1A multi-barrel rocket launcher fires towards Ukrainian positions

The war in Ukraine

04.February 2026. B. B.

While peace talks are being held in Abu Dhabi, Russia continues to bombard Ukraine

Delegations from Moscow and Kiev in the United Arab Emirates were joined by American officials. Another round of peace negotiations has begun

Russian-Ukrainian conflict

28.January 2026 IN THE

On average, a Russian conscript survives for 72 hours

Foreign nationals recruited by Russia for the war in Ukraine are often duped with promises of civilian and logistical jobs, then forced to sign contracts they don't understand and sent straight to the front, according to an analysis by former Ukrainian ambassador Oleksandr Levchenko.

Ukraine

15.January 2026 KS

War and morality: About 200.000 soldiers deserted

Almost four years since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, news is coming about how many Ukrainians have deserted to avoid military service. The problem was known, but not its extent

The war in Ukraine

06.January 2026 Bosko Jaksic

The fateful 10 percent

Moscow and Kiev will continue to fight for Trump's favor, and who the head of the White House will definitely side with is the million dollar question. It is only certain that the war in Ukraine was lost by the Europeans

Weapon

27.December 2025 NR

Serbian facilities of the Czech arms manufacturer: Prosperity by arming Ukraine

The company of the Czech arms manufacturer is constantly expanding and marketing companies, especially since the war in Ukraine. There are them in the USA, Germany, Ukraine and - Serbia

Drama Theater in Mariupol, Ukraine, destroyed in a Russian airstrike in 2022

The war in Ukraine

26.December 2025 B. B.

Russian fairy tale: The theater in Mariupol, destroyed, opens in 2022.

The Russian occupation authorities declared the reconstruction of the Drama Theater in Mariupol, in which several hundred people died, a sign of reconstruction, while the former actors of the theater called it "a dance on bones".

The war in Ukraine

19.December 2025 Lilia Rzhojtska (DW)

No one asks them anything: What do Ukrainians think about the peace that is being made for them?

Ukrainians want peace, according to polls, but not at any price. They say that there are "red lines" of their willingness to compromise

Help Ukraine

19.December 2025 IN THE

The EU finances Ukraine without Russian money: 90 billion euros for the next two years

Although there has been talk for months about the possibility of financing Ukraine using frozen Russian funds, the European Union has decided to secure the aid package through joint borrowing rather than confiscation of Russian assets.

The war in Ukraine

14.December 2025 S. Ć.

Zelensky: Our compromise is to give up joining NATO

At Russia's insistence, Ukraine abandoned its strategic goal of joining NATO. "It's a compromise on our part," said Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of peace talks with American envoys in Berlin.

SAD

10.December 2025 IN THE

Trump: Decadent Europe is falling apart

Donald Trump has described Europe as a continent in disintegration, European leaders as weak, and immigration as a key cause of social breakdown. He told Ukraine that it would be better if elections were called

EU and Ukraine

06.December 2025 KS

Hungarian veto on aid to Ukraine

Will the European Union find a way to help Ukraine after Hungary vetoes the issuance of Eurobonds to support the war-torn country