CONTRACTS OF DEATH OP-ED: How Africans were lured to fight for Russia and sent to Ukraine’s deadliest fronts

African prisoners of war reveal how they ended up fighting in Russia’s war in Ukraine, and how they survived the hellish front line.

Exclusive: At a launch site in the Ukrainian countryside, members of the elite ‘Magyar’s Birds’ brigade are turning Russia’s vast size into a weakness Sparrows were cheeping as the sun set over a field of tall yellow sunflowers when a moped-like growl suddenly disturbed the evening calm. The noise rose, dipped, and ros

New technology is allowing Ukraine's drone operators to pilot drones hundreds or thousands of miles from the front lines, but for now at least, operations still need soldiers to set up the drones closer to the danger. Maks Muravsky/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images Russia hunts drone pilots, so Ukraine is pulling

Valero Energy Thursday reported its highest quarterly profit since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and beat Wall Street expectations, as oil market disruptions in the Middle East increased demand for U.S. fuel exports and sent its refining margins soaring.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that a family of five had been killed at home in the latest in a series of large-scale aerial assaults by Moscow.

Ukraine’s drone attacks continue to target Russian online retailer Wildberries’ facilities, causing injuries and evacuations. Learn more about the ongoing

Russia launched a massive overnight missile and drone assault on Ukraine on July 30, killing seven people and injuring at least 30, as strikes hit cities and communities from Kyiv to Lviv and the Dnipropetrovsk region. The barrage sparked fires, destroyed residential buildings, and left emergency crews searching throug

On July 18, Ukrainian forces began striking the logistics warehouses of Wildberries, Russia’s largest online marketplace. By July 29, drones had hit 11 of the marketplace’s warehouses. Much of the stock burned, and sellers suffered losses — some of them losing millions of rubles. The marketplace has already announced r