Alex Ovechkin is drawing criticism after appearing in a TV ad for Vladimir Putin's political party, but the NHL's career goal-scoring leader says he only "supports what's happening in Russia" and hopes the war with Ukraine will end soon.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Canada this week for his first visit to the country in nearly a year as his country copes with an onslaught of deadly airstrikes.

Expectations for peace between Russia and Ukraine should be tempered until there’s a presidential summit between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin and until their signatures are on a treaty.

Through the 1920s the fledgling Soviet Union was convinced that Britain was conniving at its destruction.

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Russia continued its near-constant drone attacks on Ukraine's capital for a third consecutive night on Aug. 29-30, with authorities repeatedly issuing air-raid alerts in Kyiv as fires were reported in...

Oleksa Drachewych explores how Russia’s use of WWII memory fuels its war against Ukraine. She traces parallels in rhetoric, war crimes, and ideology, linking Soviet history to present violence through...

Oleksa Drachewych explores how Russia’s use of WWII memory fuels its war against Ukraine. She traces parallels in rhetoric, war crimes, and ideology, linking Soviet history to present violence through...

The warning comes after new U.S. intelligence assessments indicated the Russian president could launch a limited assault.

Россия готовится к эскалации ударов по Украине, считая, что переговоры о мире зашли в тупик, сообщили источники Bloomberg, близкие к Кремлю.

Россия готовится к эскалации ударов по Украине, считая, что переговоры о мире зашли в тупик, сообщили источники Bloomberg, близкие к Кремлю.

The full extent of the casualties and damage is still being assessed.