Sipping a $12 beer in one of the world’s wealthiest capitals, Andrei Medvedev reflected on the question hanging over him since he left the battlefields of Ukraine: Is he a hero or a war criminal? He claims to have deserted from Russia’s notorious Wagner mercenary force during the monumental battle for the Ukrainian city of […]
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Russia-Ukraine War: Russia Pours Fighters Into Battle for Bakhmut
A land mine warning sign next to a road in Izium, Ukraine, in September.Credit…Juan Barreto/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The Ukrainian military has deployed thousands of antipersonnel mines in battle in apparent violation of an international treaty barring their use, according to a report by Human Rights Watch published on Tuesday. The report said that […]
Russian Fighters Claim Control of Key Village Near Bakhmut: Live Updates
Ukraine’s interior minister, Denys Monastyrsky, in the town of Borodianka after Ukrainian forces retook it last year.Credit…Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency, via Getty Images The helicopter crash that killed top Ukrainian officials on Wednesday created a void atop a cabinet ministry critical to the war just as Kyiv prepares for a possible Russian offensive in the spring […]