Ukraine

Butterfly effect: How Russia's Ukraine war enabled Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre - opinion

The path from Kyiv to Gaza is not a straight line, but a series of butterfly wings that destabilized a fragile global system until it reached its breaking point.

A view shows destroyed tanks near the village of Heorhiivka (Georgiyevka), in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, July 16, 2025.
Yuval Cohen Harounoff.

Ran Cohen Harounoff: Helping children thrive amid crises worldwide - interview

Municipal workers remove debris next to damaged cars outside an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike on Thursday, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine February 26, 2026

US, Ukraine discuss post-war reconstruction as Russia pummels grid

Components of SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile system are on display during a news briefing, organized by Russian defence and foreign ministries, at Patriot Expocentre near Moscow, Russia January 23, 2019.

Ukraine images suggest Russia used missile that led US to leave nuclear pact


Trump declines to take sides between Vance, Rubio in 2028 successor debate

Trump also endorsed a MAGA prosecutor in Georgia against Marjorie Taylor Greene, stepped back from a major media merger fight between Netflix and Warner Bros, and faced Human Rights Watch criticism.

US President Donald Trump (C), Vice President JD Vance (L) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) pictured in the White House, November 6, 2025; illustrative.

Zelensky says Russia ignored US peace efforts with overnight energy strikes

"We expect a response from the United States to the Russian strikes," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a press conference with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Polish President Karol Nawrocki at the Presidential Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, January 25, 2026.

US envoy Witkoff to hold talks with Russia, Ukraine this week, says White House

White House officials say Steve Witkoff will travel to Abu Dhabi this week for talks with Russian and Ukrainian representatives.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Saint Petersburg, Russia April 11, 2025.

Zelensky says a new round of trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia to take place in Abu Dhabi

"Europe surprised me a lot, because it is undermining the foundations of its existence by its own actions. It's just amazing," said Russia's Security Council deputy chairman, Dmitry Medvedev.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky waits to welcome Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 4, 2025.

Dnipro chief rabbi: Joy in being Jewish restored post-Soviet Dnipro Jewry

When Kaminetsky arrived in the Closed City in 1990, the years of pogroms, Nazi conquest, and Soviet oppression had reduced almost fifty synagogues to one small house of worship.

Dnipro, Ukraine in January 2026.

When evil returns to Europe: The cost of Russia's dehumanizing war on Ukraine - opinion

The war against Ukraine is not merely a territorial conflict: It is a deliberate assault on identity, on culture, and on the very right of a sovereign nation to exist.

A UKRAINIAN woman is seen lighting candles to heat the bathroom and prevent the water in the pipes from freezing amid power outages in Kyiv (Illustrative).

Russian strike hit home of Kryvyi Rih Chabad rabbi, mikveh damaged

Rabbi Liron Edri, a Chabad emissary who leads the Jewish community in Kryvyi Rih, said the blast caused extensive damage to the property and surrounding facilities. 

A Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih damaged the home of the local Chabad rabbi and a nearby mikveh (ritual bath). January 29.

Putin agrees to Trump request not to fire on Kyiv for a week

"It was very nice. A lot of people said, 'Don't waste the call, you're not going to get that.' And he did it," Trump added.

US President Trump meets with Russian President Putin in Alaska, August 15, 2025

US has told Ukraine it must sign peace deal with Russia to get security guarantees, source says

US security guarantees are considered by Ukraine as the linchpin for any settlement ending Russia's four-year-old invasion of Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as US Vice President JD Vance reacts at the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 28, 2025.

From Ukraine to Gaza, war's ecological toll sparks ecocide accountability push

As conflicts from Ukraine to Gaza ravage ecosystems, momentum is building to recognize environmental destruction as a war crime

Plumes of smoke rise after the IDF carried out house demolitions in the northern Gaza Strip in January. It is believed that between 80,000 and 200,000 tons of munitions were fired or dropped on Gaza over two years of war.