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Rescue workers try to put out a fire at the Dormition Cathedral of thousand-year-old Monastery of Caves, also known as Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, following a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15. AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

Russia’s strike on centuries‑old Ukrainian monastery complex reveals its growing desperation

This attack has been widely understood as a Russian attempt to eradicate Ukrainian identity, and target a site that is extremely spiritually important to Ukrainians.
A new study across 18 European countries indicates more pro-Kremlin sentiment toward the Russia-Ukraine war is not rare. People gather (pictured) at a protest march in support of Russia in Larnaca (Cyprus) in 2022. kirill_makarov / Shutterstock

What is driving Europe’s pro‑Russian supporters and their stance on the Russo‑Ukrainian conflict?

Research carried out across 18 European countries takes a closer look at pro-Russian support on the continent.
A man holds a placard labelling Russian leader Vladimir Putin the ‘czar of death’ during an anti-war demonstration in Berlin, Germany, in 2024. Filip Singer / EPA

The Russian resistance no one is talking about

Russians do not fall into a single, neat, complicit mass.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte finds his alliance between Iran and a hard place. AP Photo/Virginia Mayo

NATO’s internal cohesion is being threatened (again) – but in pushing for support on Iran, Trump may risk eroding US influence on the alliance

NATO members have been divided before. But the war in Iran could prove particularly troublesome for an alliance founded at the beginning of the Cold War.
Smoke rises over downtown Kyiv after a Russian missile attack in July 2024. Sergiy Palamarchuk / Shutterstock

Ukraine war: after four surprising years, where does it go next? Experts give their view

The Ukraine war enters its fifth year and there are no signs that the fighting will end anytime soon.
The head of Russia’s Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, named Vladimir Putin ‘chief exorcist’ in 2022 in response to the Kremlin calling for the ‘desatanisation’ of Ukraine. Maxim Shipenkov / EPA

The Ukraine war has given rise to an ‘exorcism economy’ in Russia

Thousands of Russians have travelled to monasteries and priests for exorcisms since the start of the Ukraine war.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a G7 session on Ukraine and defence co-operation during the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., on Nov. 12, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)

Peace in Ukraine? Believe it when you see it, especially if Russian demands are prioritized

Expectations for peace between Russia and Ukraine should be tempered until there’s a presidential summit between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin and until their signatures are on a treaty.

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