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Ukraine war latest: Ukraine destroys half of Russia's 'key' Pantsir air defense systems, security service says

Key developments on Feb. 14-15: * Ukraine destroys half of Russia's 'key' Pantsir air defense systems, security service says * Ukraine hits Russia's BK-16 landing craft in Crimea and other targets in Russian-occupied territories, military says * Zelensky, Rubio discuss air defense for Ukraine, possibility of leader-level peace talks * Territorial concessions by Ukraine won't bring peace, Zelensky says in Munich * Ukraine сonfirms strike on oil terminal in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, hits air

Europe's new gamble on Russia's exiles, explained

Nearly four years after Russia's expulsion from the Council of Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has launched a new platform for dialogue with exiled Russian forces. The move is a major shift in how Europe engages with Russian opposition figures at a time when Moscow remains isolated from the continent's main human rights body and the war in Ukraine continues with no clear end in sight. The 15 participants of the Russian PACE platform published their first joint statement on Feb. 6, wh

Ukraine and Russia in the Epstein files | Ukraine This Week

In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, the Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur examines how Ukraine appears in recently released Jeffrey Epstein files. The files reference flight arrangements for models linked to Kyiv agencies, a failed real estate deal in Lviv, and brief mentions of Ukraine’s 2019 presidential election.

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Russia appeared to confirm on Feb. 13 the existence of a sweeping U.S.-Russia economic proposal known in Kyiv as the "Dmitriev package," days after President Volodymyr Zelensky first disclosed it publicly. The Ukrainian president said on Feb. 6 that intelligence had briefed him on what he described as a roughly $12 trillion framework for large-scale economic cooperation between Moscow and Washington. "Intelligence showed me the so-called 'Dmitriev package' that he presented in the U.S. — it am

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