While Moscow’s claims could not be independently verified, Ukraine’s Separate Mechanised Brigade – a ground force formed in 2022 – confirmed withdrawing strategically from some areas to ...

Could a ceasefire deal be a disaster for Ukraine in disguise? That is the urgent question echoing in Ukrainian frontline bunkers ... and the men who live underground are skeptical about.

Russia has long been sending its felons to the frontline, while Ukraine only unveiled its prisoner recruitment drive last May, with around 6,800 freed to fight. "My motivation was mainly to defend ...