At the northern end of the Black Sea, Crimea sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, having been at various times in its long history either coveted, conquered or controlled by various powers.
Developments in the Ukraine-U.S. relationship have regularly made headline news in Taiwan lately. Many in Taiwan compare Ukraine's fate to its own, as China continues to threaten an invasion.
In a meeting with the British Prime Minister, Trump said reaching a peace deal would be the "difficult part." He said security would be made easier by a U.S. deal with Ukraine on critical minerals.
After meetings in Israel, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Saudi Arabia to push President Trump's plan for Gaza and to meet with Russian counterparts on steps to ending the war in Ukraine.
The war has reached a critical point. A real peace seems unlikely, but a ceasefire is possible, most experts agree. The question is whether it can be achieved without placing Ukraine in further peril.
The deployment raises the potential for the North Koreans to join Russian forces in Ukraine and suggests expanded military ties between the two nations as Moscow seeks weapons and troops.
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba's resignation offer comes days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned about an imminent Cabinet reshuffle.
We're using new geopolitical and military terms — and resurrecting and revising old ones — to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a conflict in which information is treated as another battlefield.
An NPR analysis of security footage and photos following the attack on Europe's largest nuclear power plant shows that many of the plant's critical safety systems were in the field of Russian fire.
The reported Russian effort to find Syrians with urban combat experience is the latest indication that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is not going as planned.
U.S. soldiers are deploying to Europe amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, some with barely a week's notice to ensure bills would be paid and make arrangements for relatives to take care of their children and pets. Dozens of soldiers from the Army's 3rd Infantry Division based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, boarded a charter flight Wednesday to Germany.
Monday on Political Rewind: Former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn offers his insights on Ukraine. Then we talk to Mercer University professor Christ Grant, who watched the crisis unfold while in Ukraine earlier this year, and Ukrainian native Tetiana Lendiel.
The invasion of Ukraine occurred despite weeks of diplomatic efforts, including calls between President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin and European leaders' visits to Putin in Moscow.
