Category: DW News

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia’s military operation in Ukraine was necessary because the West was “preparing for the invasion of our land, including Crimea.” [more…]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, along with other Ukrainian officials, said Russian forces are gradually being pushed away from areas surrounding the major northeastern city of [more…]

Ukraine is proposing a prisoner swap as it tries to resolve a bloody standoff at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. The plan would see [more…]

The president and prime minister of Finland released a joint statement on Thursday laying out their intention to bring Finland into the NATO alliance following [more…]

A thousand bodies have been recovered near the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, in recent days, with many of the killings possibly amounting to war crimes amid [more…]

At the recent annual parade to mark Russia’s wartime victory over Nazi Germany, Vladimir Putin looked like a man pushed close to the limit of [more…]

Finland’s president and prime minister have called for the country to apply for NATO membership as soon as possible. In a joint statement, Sauli Niinisto [more…]

DW correspondent in Kyiv Fanny Facsar said Ukraine’s counteroffensive in the east of the country “seems to be working.” Facsar said there has been “fierce” [more…]

Some cryptocurrency billionaires have lost over half their wealth over the last weeks as skittish investors pull their cash out of the notoriously risky asset. [more…]

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone on Friday to discuss stalled Ukraine peace talks, both governments confirmed. Putin [more…]