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City and administrative centre of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
The Russia–Ukraine war began with Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, driven by Kremlin leadership seeking to control Ukrainian territory and political orientation; Moscow’s aim...
The war in Ukraine grew out of a decade-long escalation that began with Ukraine’s 2014 political upheaval, Russia’s seizure and annexation of Crimea, and an eight-year low-intensity war in the Donbas ...
Since the Soviet breakup in 1991, major conflicts that sources attribute to Russian state action include the two Chechen wars (1994–2009 period), the 2008 Russo–Georgian War over South Ossetia and Abk...
The Donbas is a historical, industrial region made of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts that has lain predominantly within Ukraine since 1991 but has been the focal point of armed conflict and partial Russi...
Russia does not hold lawful title to the Donbas under widely accepted international law standards, and the self-styled authorities Moscow backs in Donetsk and Luhansk lack recognized legitimacy outsid...
Ethnic Ukrainians formed a majority in Donbas according to pre-war censuses — about 57–58% in Donetsk and Luhansk versus roughly 38–39% ethnic Russians — yet Russian became the dominant urban language...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has accepted Russia’s counter‑claims alleging Ukraine committed genocide in Donbas and found the counter‑claims admissible, giving Russia until December 2027 t...
The I and Minsk II accords reshaped the into a politically fraught “frozen” dispute rather than delivering a durable peace: they reduced the intensity of large-scale offensive operations but left core...
The Ukraine–Russia war traces back to a contest over Ukraine’s orientation and territories that erupted into open conflict after Russia’s covert seizure of Crimea in 2014 and expanded dramatically whe...
There is no record in the supplied reporting or databases that specifically confirms a soldier named "Zhikharev Ilya Oleksiyovich" of the 3rd Assault Brigade went missing in Novovodyane, Luhansk on Se...
There is no reporting in the provided sources that specifically confirms or documents a Ukrainian soldier named "Zhikharev Ilya Oleksiyovich" of the 3rd Assault Brigade as missing since Sept. 29, 2025...
Tensions between Russia and Ukraine before 2014 grew from two intertwined strands: Ukraine’s post‑Soviet pivot toward Europe and recurrent Russian interventions to defend its strategic and cultural in...
Available reporting shows President Trump has pushed a U.S. 28‑point peace proposal that would require Ukraine to cede territory and that U.S. envoys met Putin in Moscow; multiple outlets describe Tru...
Vladimir Putin’s full‑scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was driven by Kremlin aims to seize Ukrainian territory, install a friendly government and to weaken NATO and Western influence — not m...
Vladimir Putin frames the Ukraine war as a long-term effort to secure territory he calls historic or strategic, repeatedly stating Russia will seize Donetsk and Luhansk “by military or other means” if...
Unresolved territorial disputes — Russia’s 2014 annexation and ongoing occupation of Crimea and parts of Donbas — are repeatedly cited by analysts and NATO-adjacent institutions as a major practical a...
The central claim — that Kupyansk has emerged as a key battleground in Russia’s current push to expand occupation in Donetsk Oblast — is partly true on battlefield terms but inaccurate on geography. ,...