Known for his social media prowess and underdog positioning in the conflict with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has become a household name around the world. Once a comedian and actor, Zelenskyy starred in “Servant of the People”–a sitcom about a schoolteacher who becomes president. In 2018, after Russia invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea, Zelenskyy actually ran…

LVIV, Ukraine — Talks between Russia and Ukraine continued just a day after Russia launched two of its closest missile attacks to NATO territory seen since the Ukraine invasion began. According to Russian Defense Ministry Spokesperson Igor Konashenkov, “long-range smart weapons attacked training centers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the settlement of Starychi and at…

Opposition on the battlefront and worldwide economic sanctions are not the only challenges facing Russia in its invasion of Ukraine. It’s also dealing with a major demographic issue at home. The defeat in World War I gutted a whole generation of young men, which then was insufficient to repopulate in that generation. The following generation…

Multiple world leaders condemned Russia for bombing a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine. The video above includes scenes from the Wednesday bombing, as well as some of the reaction from world leaders. The bombing killed three and wounded 17 others, including pregnant women, doctors and children. Russia’s Defense Ministry denied responsibility for the bombing Thursday.…

As the death toll climbs in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been pleading with Western nations for a no-fly zone above Ukraine. But NATO and the United States have denied that request. “Basically, a no-fly zone, if people understood what it means, it means World War III,” Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) told ABC. “It means…

Russia’s state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor announced it has cut access to Facebook and Twitter. Roskomnadzor has previously accused Twitter of failing to delete content banned by Russian authorities. Friday’s move, executed in line with a decision by the Russian Prosecutor General’s office, is one of several moves made by Russia to limit the information Russians…

A fire at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has been extinguished. Ukrainian officials said the fire started after Russian forces fired on it. Radiation was not released during the incident.  Терміново! pic.twitter.com/MuXfniddVT — Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 4, 2022 “Europeans, please wake up. Tell your politicians – Russian troops are shooting at a nuclear power…

In an apparent effort to shut down Ukraine’s access to the sea, Russia targeted two port cities, including the first major Ukrainian city to fall since the invasion began. In a virtual briefing Tuesday, a spokesperson for Russia’s defense ministry announced “units of Russian Armed Forces took under its entire control the regional centre of…

Russia continued its quest to take over Kyiv Tuesday, launching at least two attacks on Ukraine’s capital city. One of the attacks, targeting Kyiv’s main TV tower, killed five people. Another attack targeted a nearby Holocaust memorial. The Russian attacks on Kyiv came on the same day Russia fired what appeared to be a missile…

Five days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed an application for membership into the European Union (EU). Pictures of the signing were tweeted out by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. Video of the signing can be found above. “This is the choice of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. We more than…