Europe preparing for war as Ukraine conflict looms large, report finds
6 months, 1 week ago

Europe preparing for war as Ukraine conflict looms large, report finds

Al Jazeera  

Global Peace Index finds Europe’s military spending is rising amid fears the war in Ukraine will expand. More than three-fourths of European countries spent more on their militaries in 2023, a report has found, as the world’s most peaceful region fears a possible expansion of Russia’s war on Ukraine. The Russia-Ukraine war has led Europe to reassess military spending levels and combat readiness, with 30 of 39 European countries recording a deterioration in this domain over the past year. “It’s been 80 years since the end of World War II, and the current crises underscore the urgency for world leaders to commit to investing in resolving these conflicts,” said Killelea.

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Europe on the Brink: A Divided Continent Girds for Trump
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Europe on the Brink: A Divided Continent Girds for Trump

Politico  

In Berlin, as much as I did in Paris earlier this autumn, I saw a European giant entangled in its own domestic troubles, unable to rise to this occasion — at least not soon. On the Rue de la Loi that runs from the heart of the city’s EU quarter to the royal palace, in front of an empty plot …

Russia-Ukraine war: EU pledges $19 bn for outgunned and outspent Kyiv
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Russia-Ukraine war: EU pledges $19 bn for outgunned and outspent Kyiv

Firstpost  

The aid comes at a critical time for Ukraine as questions grow about the future of US assistance when Donald Trump returns to power The European Union on Thursday confirmed it will provide Ukraine with €18.1 billion as part of a larger $50 billion Group of Seven loan aimed at supporting Kyiv amid its fight against Russia’s invasion. Uncertainty over …

1,000 days of Russia-Ukraine war: The human and economic cost of the conflict
1 month ago

1,000 days of Russia-Ukraine war: The human and economic cost of the conflict

Firstpost  

Death and devastation — these two words encapsulate the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, which has now entered its 1000th day. Human cost of Russia-Ukraine war The war between Russia and Ukraine has left a devastating mark on both nations, turning into a human catastrophe. A woman reacts during the All-National minute of silence in commemoration of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the …

Russia-Ukraine war: What invasion has cost Kyiv as war reaches 1,000th day
1 month ago

Russia-Ukraine war: What invasion has cost Kyiv as war reaches 1,000th day

India TV News  

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine reaches its 1,000th day on Tuesday, a grim milestone in Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two. Human toll As of August 31, 2024 the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine had documented at least 11,743 civilians killed and 24,614 wounded in Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion. Soldiers bloody death toll …

The Trajectory of the War in Ukraine: A Crucial Election Hangover
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Trajectory of the War in Ukraine: A Crucial Election Hangover

Associated Press  

The outcome of the US election will determine the trajectory of the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian leaders hope that the new administration will make decisions that will benefit their country, but there is no guarantee that this will happen. The war is one of the most divisive issues of the Nov. 5 election, and the results could have a significant …

One million are now dead or injured in the Russia-Ukraine war
3 months ago

One million are now dead or injured in the Russia-Ukraine war

Live Mint  

KYIV, UKRAINE : The number of Ukrainians and Russians killed or wounded in the grinding 2½-year war has reached roughly one million, a staggering toll that two countries struggling with shrinking prewar populations will pay far into the future. Russia’s invasions and capture of Ukrainian territory over the past decade have caused Ukraine to lose at least 10 million people …

A record number of NATO allies are hitting their defense spending target during war in Ukraine
6 months ago

A record number of NATO allies are hitting their defense spending target during war in Ukraine

LA Times  

President Biden meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office at the White House on Monday. A record 23 of NATO’s 32 member nations are hitting the Western military alliance’s defense spending target this year, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, as Russia’s war in Ukraine has raised the threat of expanding conflict in Europe. Biden spoke …

A record number of NATO allies are hitting their defense spending target during war in Ukraine
6 months ago

A record number of NATO allies are hitting their defense spending target during war in Ukraine

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A record 23 of NATO’s 32 member nations are hitting the Western military alliance’s defense spending target this year, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday, as Russia’s war in Ukraine has raised the threat of expanding conflict in Europe. Biden spoke affectionately of Stoltenberg, calling him “pal” and saying he wished that Stoltenberg, who has been NATO’s secretary …

Armed conflicts hit post-WWII record in 2023
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Armed conflicts hit post-WWII record in 2023

Al Jazeera  

More armed conflicts took place in 2023 than in any other year since the end of World War II, a new study has found. The Peace Research Institute of Oslo said 59 armed conflicts took place worldwide last year, led by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. “This development makes it increasingly difficult for actors like aid groups and civil …

The deadly costs of Russia’s war on Ukraine’s people and economy - Ukraine: The Latest
6 months, 3 weeks ago

The deadly costs of Russia’s war on Ukraine’s people and economy - Ukraine: The Latest

The Telegraph  

Listen to Ukraine: the Latest, The Telegraph’s daily podcast, using the audio player at the top of this article or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast app. Every weekday The Telegraph’s top journalists analyse the invasion from all angles - military, humanitarian, political, economic, historical - and tell you what you need to know to stay updated. With …

Two years of the Ukraine conflict: Time for the US to adopt a different worldview
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Two years of the Ukraine conflict: Time for the US to adopt a different worldview

China Daily  

A man looks at a crater formed by recent shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict near a restaurant building in Donetsk, Feb 25, 2024. Buoyed by huge ammunition flows to Kyiv, Washington racked up $80.9 billion in 2023 from selling defense articles and services and conducting security cooperation under the Foreign Military Sales system. US Secretary of State Antony …

Two years on, the cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Two years on, the cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Firstpost  

Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Two years later, there’s still no end in sight to the conflict A Ukrainian serviceman of 93rd brigade camouflages a 2S1 Gvozdika self propelled howitzer at a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine, 22 February 2024. As per Ukraine’s count, Russia has …

Ukraine's fate hinges on West as Putin rages war days before second anniversary I EXPLAINED
10 months ago

Ukraine's fate hinges on West as Putin rages war days before second anniversary I EXPLAINED

India TV News  

Kyiv: As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, the conflict will be determined not just on the battlefield but also in Western capitals and other places far from the front lines. Here are some of the factors that may influence Western support for Ukraine in the year ahead: US aid package in Congress A bill stuck in the …

Ukraine counts cost of two years of war as aid slows, Russia gains
10 months ago

Ukraine counts cost of two years of war as aid slows, Russia gains

India Today  

Ukraine marks the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion on Saturday looking more vulnerable than at any time since the early days of Europe's most deadly conflict since World War Two. Looking to the end of 2024, US elections could bring a change in president and in policy towards Ukraine and its war with Russia, clouding the outlook for the …

How Ukraine's fate in the third year of war depends largely on the West
10 months ago

How Ukraine's fate in the third year of war depends largely on the West

Firstpost  

With Ukrainian forces on the back foot, short of ammunition and forced to retreat in some areas, Kyiv’s ability to repel Russia’s invasion depends heavily on Western military, financial and political backing As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, the conflict will be determined not just on the battlefield but also in Western capitals and other places far …

Europe ‘doesn’t know how to fight wars’, says Ukraine amid military support row
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Europe ‘doesn’t know how to fight wars’, says Ukraine amid military support row

The Telegraph  

Europe “doesn’t know how to fight wars”, Ukraine’s foreign minister said in a swipe at the continent’s failure to ramp up weapons production. “Unfortunately, our friends spent too much time deliberating on how and when to ramp up their production of weapons and ammunition.” His warning came as the United States exhausted its remaining available military aid for Ukraine with …

US allies fear defeat as critical war aid for Ukraine stalls on both sides of Atlantic
1 year ago

US allies fear defeat as critical war aid for Ukraine stalls on both sides of Atlantic

Firstpost  

Beyond the catastrophic consequences for Ukraine if it loses the war, some European allies have begun to quietly consider the impact of a failure for North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II The standoff over critical aid from the United States and Europe has Ukraine’s allies contemplating something they’ve refused to imagine since …

Explained: Blood and billions, the cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine
1 year, 4 months ago

Explained: Blood and billions, the cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Live Mint  

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has left tens of thousands of dead, displaced millions and sown economic turmoil across the world in the 18 months since its launch on Feb. 24, 2022. The conflict in eastern Ukraine began in 2014 after a pro-Russian president was toppled in Ukraine's Maidan Revolution and Russia annexed Crimea, with Russian-backed forces fighting Ukraine's armed forces. …

Ukraine war reaches 500 days, UN laments 9,000 civilians killed
1 year, 5 months ago

Ukraine war reaches 500 days, UN laments 9,000 civilians killed

Al Jazeera  

More than 9,000 civilians, including 500 children, have been killed since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the United Nations has said, condemning the cost to civilians as the war in Ukraine reached the 500-day mark. The UN’s Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said in a statement on Friday that it “deplored the horrendous civilian cost of the …

Ukraine war spurs record global spending on military, Stockholm think tank says
1 year, 8 months ago

Ukraine war spurs record global spending on military, Stockholm think tank says

The Hindu  

Global military spending rose to a record last year as Russia's war in Ukraine drove the biggest annual increase in expenditure in Europe since the end of the Cold War three decades ago, a leading conflict and armaments think tank said on Monday. Ukraine's military spending rose 640% in 2022, the largest annual increase recorded in SIPRI data going back …

Why Ukraine is happier than India even during war
1 year, 9 months ago

Why Ukraine is happier than India even during war

India Today  

How satisfied or happy are you today with your life? The World Happiness Report 2023 revealed Indians are unhappier than people in countries facing war or crisis like Ukraine, Russia, Pakistan, Iraq and Srilanka. War-torn Afghanistan and Lebanon remain the two unhappiest countries in the survey, while Sri Lanka stands at 112, Pakistan 108, Iraq 98, and Ukraine 92. The …

Russia-Ukraine war and the political economy of a prolonged conflict | OPINION
1 year, 9 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war and the political economy of a prolonged conflict | OPINION

India Today  

The war started in the last week of February 2022 in Ukraine. The flag of NATO that came into existence after World War II to promote the two per cent of GDP to develop the military-industrial complex has been flying high. NATO members like Turkey have sent weapons to Ukraine, and also continued their trade with Russia. Ukraine rushed to …

What history shows: How will the war in Ukraine end?
1 year, 9 months ago

What history shows: How will the war in Ukraine end?

Al Jazeera  

Despite Ukraine’s gains against Russia, experts believe a frozen conflict or painful truce is most likely. It is the kind of conflict that Margaret Macmillan, war historian and emeritus professor at the University of Oxford, said “we didn’t think we’d see” again. “Russian standards of living could fall precipitously but they’re never going to be in a position like North …

Ukraine war in numbers: Shocking figures that define year of brutal conflict
1 year, 9 months ago

Ukraine war in numbers: Shocking figures that define year of brutal conflict

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. 4,850,000: The number of people …

The future of Ukraine
1 year, 9 months ago

The future of Ukraine

The Economist  

How to speed up debt-relief talks Cosying up to Russia and China harms South Africa, and the world They mix toughness with generosity and are a step in the right direction Energy policy has radically altered; defence, much less so After a year of fighting, what comes next? On South Korea and Ukraine, ChatGPT, corruption in Britain, Moldova, Bolivia, etymologies …

The calculus of war: Tallying Ukraine toll an elusive task
1 year, 9 months ago

The calculus of war: Tallying Ukraine toll an elusive task

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Quantifying the toll of Russia’s war in Ukraine remains an elusive goal a year into the conflict. THE CASUALTIES 8,006: Confirmed civilian deaths in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, through Feb. 15, according to the U.N. human rights office. 13,287: Civilians injured in the conflict over the last year, according to the U.N. 5,937: Russia’s most recent count, from …

The Ukraine war has shaken up a delicate post-Cold War order
1 year, 10 months ago

The Ukraine war has shaken up a delicate post-Cold War order

Live Mint  

On 24 February, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, not only provoking the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II, but also setting in motion geopolitical trends that are likely to change the contours of the post-Cold War global order. Writing in Foreign Affairs, Ukrainian historian Georgiy Kasianov underlines how contrasting historical narratives …

Global impact: 5 ways war in Ukraine has changed the world
1 year, 10 months ago

Global impact: 5 ways war in Ukraine has changed the world

Associated Press  

LONDON — War has been a catastrophe for Ukraine and a crisis for the globe. “Russia is planning for a long war,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said at the end of 2022, but the alliance was A NEW IRON CURTAIN The war has made Russia a pariah in the West. Tracey German, professor of conflict and security at King’s College …

The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine continue to change the world
1 year, 10 months ago

The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine continue to change the world

NPR  

The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine continue to change the world Loading. A year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked the largest conflict in Europe since World War II, the repercussions continue to reverberate around the world. Turkey and the United Nations brokered a deal last summer to allow Ukrainian grain to pass through Black Sea ports, but …

The world after the Ukraine war
1 year, 10 months ago

The world after the Ukraine war

Al Jazeera  

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been catastrophic. It has also unravelled Russia’s moral and strategic standing in the world, as it has become clear just how badly prepared the Russian army really is and how exaggerated Russian economic might has been. Not only has it destabilised energy markets, fuelled inflation and disrupted the supply of foods and commodities, but …

Will the war in Ukraine end this year?
1 year, 10 months ago

Will the war in Ukraine end this year?

Al Jazeera  

Amid preparations for a Russian offensive and a Ukrainian counteroffensive, various scenarios for how the war will unfold appear likely. Earlier this month, the chief of Ukraine’s National Security Council, Oleksiy Danilov, wrote in an op-ed published in the Ukrainian news outlet Ukrainska Pravda that Russia should be “de-colonised”, its statehood in the current form undone, and the independence movements …

Bleak global economic outlook amid the Ukraine proxy war
1 year, 10 months ago

Bleak global economic outlook amid the Ukraine proxy war

China Daily  

Thanks to the proxy war global growth is expected to decelerate sharply to 1.7 percent in 2023. West’s tough 2022 and darker 2023 Currently, the risk of recession casts a dark shadow over the US economy, in which rising food and energy prices, coupled with a tight labor market and the Federal Reserve’s misguided monetary responses, pushed inflation to multi-decade …

Russia’s war in Ukraine has killed ‘more than 9,000 civilians’
1 year, 11 months ago

Russia’s war in Ukraine has killed ‘more than 9,000 civilians’

Al Jazeera  

Presidential aide announces grim toll at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland as Ukraine’s first lady appeals for support. Ukrainian presidential aide Andriy Yermak announced the grim toll at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, adding: “We have registered 80,000 crimes committed by Russian invaders. “This is more important now when Russia’s aggression in Europe poses …

What awaits Ukraine in 2023?
1 year, 11 months ago

What awaits Ukraine in 2023?

Al Jazeera  

Ukrainians are confident they will win the war, but fears of a renewed Russian offensive in 2023 are growing. “The unity of the government and the public in the fight for Ukraine’s independence and freedom is the new psychological reality,” Chunikhina said, citing recent polls. Ukraine believes it will win the war The David-vs-Goliath resistance to the Russian forces that …

2022 review: Visualising how the Russia-Ukraine war unfolded
1 year, 11 months ago

2022 review: Visualising how the Russia-Ukraine war unfolded

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera looks at how the conflict unfolded on the ground, the human costs of 10 months of war and the global response. In the first month of the war, Russian forces pressed towards Ukraine’s largest cities, including the capital, Kyiv, and the second-largest city of Kharkiv. “Within four days, Ukraine nullified four months of success of the Russian army …

Amid the war in Ukraine, Eastern Europe is growing stronger
1 year, 11 months ago

Amid the war in Ukraine, Eastern Europe is growing stronger

Al Jazeera  

As 2022 is coming to a close, the war in Ukraine rages unabated. Germany’s cautious approach, banking on the notion that dense commercial links would create commonality of interest with Moscow, prevailed and was embraced by other major Western European powers, including France. That was the case even after Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and the first stage in …

Ukraine crisis is a conflict of attrition
1 year, 11 months ago

Ukraine crisis is a conflict of attrition

China Daily  

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY Editor's note: As 2022 is marked by COVID-19, international conflict, economic woes, and an increasingly urgent climate emergency, many agree it has been a challenging year. One possibility is that Russia will emerge victorious in the conflict, maintain its influence in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, and carve out a geographical buffer zone with Ukraine, creating the necessary …

NATO chief fears Ukraine war could become a wider conflict
2 years ago

NATO chief fears Ukraine war could become a wider conflict

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The head of NATO expressed worry that the fighting in Ukraine could spin out of control and become a war between Russia and NATO, according to an interview released Friday. “We are working on that every day to avoid that.” Stoltenberg, a former prime minister of Norway, said in the interview that “there is no doubt that …

Globe-changing reverberations of the Ukraine war
2 years, 2 months ago

Globe-changing reverberations of the Ukraine war

The Hindu  

The justification for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February will long be debated. After the Putin-Biden Geneva encounter in mid-2021, the high intensity of interactions between NATO members and Russia raised hopes of a detente, but Russian President Vladimir Putin chose invasion over negotiation, ignoring the degraded and inexperienced state of his armed forces, Ukraine’s military being the biggest in …

Six months of war in Ukraine — and it’s only growing more dangerous
2 years, 4 months ago

Six months of war in Ukraine — and it’s only growing more dangerous

LA Times  

A woman holds the Ukrainian flag Tuesday while looking out at a row of destroyed Russian military vehicles on display in Kyiv. Independence Day was greeted by Ukrainians with a mixture of defiance and dread, as the U.S. State Department said it had “information that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch strikes against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure and government facilities …

The Ukraine war and the return to Euro-centrism
2 years, 5 months ago

The Ukraine war and the return to Euro-centrism

The Hindu  

For centuries, Europe imagined itself to be the centre of the world — its order, politics and culture. The contemporary international order is hardly Euro-centric: dominated by the U.S., and challenged by rising great powers or superpowers, it is moving toward a multipolar order wherein Europe’s system shaping capabilities have been rather limited. War and insecurity in Europe The political …

Ending the Ukraine war in an imperfect world
2 years, 5 months ago

Ending the Ukraine war in an imperfect world

The Hindu  

The war in Ukraine has been underway for over four months. Addressing the Munich Security Conference in 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin described NATO’s decision of moving eastwards and deploying forces closer to Russian borders, “a serious provocation”. It convinced Russia of NATO’s hostility and dangled prospects for Georgia and Ukraine that NATO could not fulfil. Many U.S. scholars and …

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: NATO warns war could last years
2 years, 6 months ago

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: NATO warns war could last years

Al Jazeera  

Russia-Ukraine news from June 19: Warning of protracted war comes as Russia intensifies its assault on eastern Ukraine. We are working 💪 New Laws adopted today by the Verkhovna Rada of #Ukraine.#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/LzGtSLmIkZ — Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine – Ukrainian Parliament June 19, 2022 19 Jun 2022 - 18:47 GMT Morocco calls for ‘fair trial’ for citizen facing Ukraine …

The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine are changing the world
2 years, 7 months ago

The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine are changing the world

NPR  

The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine are changing the world Loading. Far from Russia's war in Ukraine, stores are running out of cooking oil, people are paying more at the gas pump, farmers are scrambling to buy fertilizer and nations are rethinking alliances. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has triggered seismic repercussions: a fast-moving refugee crisis, unprecedented sanctions against …

Explained | The effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the global economy
2 years, 8 months ago

Explained | The effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the global economy

The Hindu  

The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine will reportedly have major ramifications for the global economy, which is just recovering from the stress of the coronavirus pandemic. Quoting estimates from authors of a Centre for Global Development blog, the World Bank said the latest surge in food prices could push an additional 40 million people under the $1.90-per-day poverty line. …

WTO warns against dividing world economy over war in Ukraine
2 years, 8 months ago

WTO warns against dividing world economy over war in Ukraine

The Hindu  

The WTO warned Tuesday that Russia’s war in Ukraine had darkened the prospects for world trade as it sounded the alarm against the global economy dividing into rival blocs over the conflict. Restricting trade will threaten the well-being of families and businesses and make more fraught the task of building a durable economic recovery from Covid‑19.” The former Nigerian foreign …

The ‘Ukraine effect’ on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable
2 years, 8 months ago

The ‘Ukraine effect’ on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable

Al Jazeera  

The war in Ukraine will have catastrophic ripple effects on people in the poorest and most conflict-ridden corners of the world. Ukraine and Russia together export 27 percent of the world’s wheat, and Russia is a major global supplier of fertiliser. Donor budgets are facing immense pressure to reallocate funding in response to the colossal human cost of Ukraine’s conflict. …

UN chief: 2 billion people live in conflict areas today
2 years, 8 months ago

UN chief: 2 billion people live in conflict areas today

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief said Wednesday that one-quarter of humanity -- two billion people -- are living in conflict areas today and the world is facing the highest number of violent conflicts since 1945 when World War II ended. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres cited conflicts from Yemen, Syria, Myanmar and Sudan to Haiti, Africa’s Sahel, “and now the …

UN chief: Ukraine war hitting poor nations reliant on wheat
2 years, 9 months ago

UN chief: Ukraine war hitting poor nations reliant on wheat

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief warned Monday that Russia’s war on Ukraine is holding “a sword of Damocles” over the global economy, especially poor developing countries that face skyrocketing food, fuel and fertilizer prices and are now seeing their breadbasket “being bombed.” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters that “Russia and Ukraine represent more than half of the world’s …

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