Anastasiya Buchkouska, a 20-year-old student from western Ukraine, gently brushes away layers of snow and ice from her father’s grave. She pauses, looking up at the photograph fixed to the gravestone. His face bears a striking resemblance to hers. When her father was younger, he had served in the military. When Russia launched its full-scale … Read more‘Trauma does not define us’: Living with loss in wartime Ukraine
United States special envoy Steve Witkoff has said he held “productive and constructive meetings” with Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev in Florida, as President Donald Trump’s administration presses to end Russia’s nearly four-year war in Ukraine. “We are encouraged by this meeting that Russia is working toward securing peace in Ukraine,” wrote Witkoff in a … Read moreUS envoy Witkoff says Ukraine talks with Russia ‘productive’
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Saturday in Milan to protest the deployment of ICE agents during the upcoming Winter Olympics, unbothered by the fact that agents would be stationed in a control room and not operating on the streets. The protest in Piazza XXV Aprile, a square named for the date of Italy’s liberation from Nazi … Read moreMilan protests decry ‘creeping fascism’ of ICE role at Winter Olympics
The United Nations nuclear watchdog has held a special session on Ukraine amid growing fears that Russian attacks on its energy facilities could trigger a nuclear accident. Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said at the start of Friday’s extraordinary board meeting in Vienna that the war in Ukraine posed “the … Read moreUN nuclear watchdog discusses Ukraine nuclear safety risks