Crimean Peninsula
A top EU official pledges military support for Ukraine’s sovereignty against Russia’s invasion
KYIV, Ukraine | European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen marked Ukraine’s annual Statehood Day on Wednesday in Kyiv, pledging continued military and financial support for the country’s sovereignty as it holds out against Russia’s 4-year-old full-scale invasion. Ukraine has been under threat since Russian forces illegally annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, followed eight […]
Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries plunge Russia into a summer fuel crisis
The lines are growing at Russian gas stations — and so is the frustration and uncertainty as several months of Ukrainian attacks have set oil refineries ablaze and choked supplies for motorists across the vast country. Fuel rationing has been introduced in many regions, with hourslong queues of cars snaking beside roads. Social media videos […]