Vladimir Putin has used imperial-era language to once again signal that Russia's ambitions in Ukraine extend far beyond Crimea and the four regions it has illegally annexed. Speaking at a meeting in ...

An emboldened Russia has ramped up military offensives on two fronts in Ukraine. That is scattering Kyiv’s precious reserve ...

Russia may look like a country, but it was born an aggressive empire and never built a true civic nation. ... amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Ternopil, Ukraine December 2, 2024.

Russian official claims full control of Ukraine's Luhansk region as Putin intensifies war efforts despite Trump's ceasefire ...

Russia's "empire" will fall as different areas it lays claim to rebel over the Ukraine war, Ukraine's defense minister has said, predicting the breakup of the Russian Federation.

The Vatican sought to defend Pope Francis on Tuesday after he sparked fury in Ukraine by praising Russia's imperial rulers — a history President Vladimir Putin has invoked to justify his ongoing ...

Russia has taken full control of Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region, more than three years after President Vladimir Putin ordered thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian-backed ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes it's his destiny to recreate the Russian empire and won't back down in Ukraine, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in an interview with "Face the ...

Mikhail Zygar, a Russian author and the founding editor of an independent television station called TV Rain, has written a book, The Empire Must Die, that, among other things, tells the story of ...

Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014, one Russian phrase has haunted me. It translates to “They [Ukrainians] crucified a little boy wearing nothing but his underwear.” It sounds ...

Unfinished Empire: Russian Imperialism in Ukraine and the Near Abroad . Author: Donnacha Ó Beacháin. ISBN-13: 978-1788218016 . Publisher: Agenda Publishing. Guideline Price: £24.99.