Ukraine holds deposits of 22 out of 34 minerals the EU classifies as critical. Many are in parts controlled by Russia.

Fighting has blazed in Toretsk for many months, while Russia has headed south of Pokrovsk to avoid battles through the Ukrainian stronghold city.

But several also expressed hope that the two could repair their breach, underscoring Europe’s reluctance ... front line in the Dnipro region of eastern Ukraine last month.Credit ...

With the three-year anniversary of Russia’s illegal invasion approaching and president Vladimir Putin’s forces pushing ...

More than 50 per cent of Ukraine’s critical rare earth mineral resources are in regions illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin ...

Steve Bannon says splitting Russia and China “will change the course of the 21st century”, though it might require a third ...

European leaders met in London to form a plan to help end the war in Ukraine. But even potential peacekeepers face political and economic hurdles. By Mark Landler and Jeanna Smialek Mark Landler ...

Officials in Ukraine and Europe had feared the ... and Ukrainian control of territory in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region as of Tuesday. A map produced by the Institute for the Study of War ...

Zelensky, speaking on the second day of the Munich Security Conference, said Ukraine's three-year fight ... "Not the kind of peace that's going to have Eastern Europe in conflict just a couple ...

In a war dominated by the unexpected, few imagined Ukraine’s fourth year at war would so firmly question the security of all of Europe. The most basic tenets have crumbled in this war .

Russia still holds the eastern and southern provinces ... Russia’s immediate victory is not on the ground in Ukraine but on the map of Europe. Putin attacked Europe at its weakest point ...