War commemoration ceasefire shows ‘strange and inappropriate’ Russian logic, says Zelenskiy
Top Ukrainian negotiator arrives in Miami for news talks with US representatives on moving towards peace accords
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Ukraine’s greatest hope? To be able to have a boring life
Worldview: Tragic Ukraine is a borderland for Russia and for the West, historian Yaroslav Hrytsak says
Armenia, wedged between east and west, plays footsie with Europe
Yerevan letter: A former Soviet republic takes tentative steps to cut its dependence on Moscow
Ukraine: 27 killed in latest Russian attacks before Kyiv deadline on proposed ceasefire
Not an option for Russia to halt strikes for one day for military parade while continuing strikes, says Zelenskiy
Vladimir Putin retreats to bunkers as Kremlin tightens security amid assassination fears
Security around Russia’s president tightens after audacious drone attacks from Ukraine
‘The goal is to know our enemy’: why a Ukrainian university now offers Russian studies
Recent evening at PEN Ukraine was dedicated to identity of people from occupied Donetsk
Putin declares two-day ceasefire for war commemoration, Zelenskiy announces his own one
Russia said any attempt by Ukraine to disrupt the celebrations would prompt retaliation
Ukrainian police raid draft offices over suspicions men bribing their way out of war duty
Russian drone attacks on port infrastructure up tenfold in first four months of 2026, Kyiv confirmed
Canada contribution and Iran backdrop give Armenia summit feeling of Trump-therapy session
Decision to host eighth European Political Community meeting in Yerevan a notable statement and red rag to Moscow
US move on long-range missiles creates problems for Europe
Fear US will withdraw weapons faster than Europe can develop alternatives
Drone strikes Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant’s radiation control lab
International Atomic Energy Agency warns of safety risks and requests access to assess damage
Further fuel protests expected before the autumn Budget, spokesmen say
One, James Geoghegan, says Government package of supports will be running out by July
Attack drones have captured the most disturbing images of war I’ve seen
There is something undeniably sinister in the combination of intimacy and detachment in footage taken by ‘first person view’ drones
How Russia lost its way in the Sahara
Losses to Malian militants by Wagner Group’s successor call in to question Moscow’s military adventurism
Ukraine and Iran use economics to battle military superpowers
If we’re living in a new Darwinian age, the big powers are not having it all their own way
Ukraine expands oil strikes on Russia as Putin proposes brief ceasefire
Russian president wants pause in conflict to mark ‘victory day’ but Zelenskiy is pushing for longer break
What Ukrainians really think of Trump, Europe and Russia after four years of war
Country’s leading polling firm finds most Ukrainians do not support either side in the US-Iran war
TikTok MEP’s viral videos face real-world test in the ballot box
YouTube influencer Fidias Panayiotou wants to upend politics in Cyprus
Top Ukrainian official questions Irish move to phase out housing supports
Government move ‘will not solve problems that existed before’ people fleeing Russian invasion arrived, says deputy head of Zelenskiy’s office
The fight to save historic Cossack boats from war in Ukraine: ‘They are as fragile as oil paintings’
Ukraine’s Khortytsia National Reserve houses boats and artefacts retrieved from the Dnipro by archaeologists
Iran and US allowed Russian billionaire-owned superyacht to cross Strait of Hormuz
Vessel, worth more than $500m, crossed strait on approved route in compliance with international maritime law
‘Right to be forgotten’ for cancer patients in insurance market to be enshrined in law
Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien to outline road transporters support scheme to Cabinet
The Ukrainian grandfathers on the front line
Men in their 50s and 60s are filling the ranks — driven by duty, history and a fear of national extinction
State-funded Ukrainian hotel accommodation to be wound down over next 12 months
EU has accommodated almost five million people under the Temporary Protection Directive since Russia’s invasion
Surviving in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine: ‘I live underground. I work underground. I sleep underground’
Nearly three-quarters of the Zaporizhzhia region is occupied by Russian forces, forcing many to live underground
I was playing a board game with my four-year-old son in Dublin when I received a threat from Moscow
Though nothing compared with Ukraine’s suffering, in Russia the invasion has detonated a quieter, more insidious kind of destruction
Iran war has drained US supplies of critical and costly weapons
Shortages have forced Pentagon to rush bombs, missiles and other hardware to the Middle East from commands in Asia and Europe
Redistribution of jet fuel among EU member states under consideration
Commission proposes cutting energy taxes in response to crisis driven by Iran war
EU provisionally approves €90bn loan to Ukraine and new Moscow sanctions
Hungary lifts aid veto after Russian oil flows resume through Druzhba pipeline
Nuclear Weapons - An International History by David Holloway: Serious treatment of the fundamentally absurd
A salutary warning of the dangers of carelessness and miscalculation in the conduct of international affairs
Investor qualms ease on weapons makers as global conflicts rise
Will the State’s sovereign wealth fund follow Germany’s example as defence spending rises?
‘I survived a tank hit. That’s bad ass’: British amputee chooses to stay in Ukraine after strike
Eddy Scott says ‘overarching theme of my story is luck’ following drone strike in Ukraine
Bulgaria’s likely next leader is friendly toward Russia but no Viktor Orbán
Early returns point to election win for former president Rumen Radev’s centre-left Progressive Bulgaria party
The Wizard of the Kremlin review: Jude Law lends gravitas to this clunky drama
Too often the film feels like a prestige television series compressed into an unwieldy feature length
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