Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

who died "while performing a combat mission" in an F-16 on April 12, the air force said. Another pilot, named by Ukraine as Oleksiy Mes, died while "repelling a massive Russian combined air and ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Captain Pavlo Ivanov, aged 26, died on Apr. 12, 2025, during a combat mission flying ... number of F-16s delivered to Ukraine is unclear.

Russia holds a sizable advantage over Ukraine on troop numbers and weaponry yet the two sides have fought to a standstill. Russia this spring has ramped up attacks on civilian targets while ...

Since Russia widened its war on Ukraine 37 months ago, Russian forces have lost no fewer than 3,200 tanks in combat ... losing around 950 tanks to Russian action, receiving another 850 or so ...

“We are systematically transforming the Armed Forces of Ukraine to enhance their combat effectiveness,” Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said. Barhylevych will now serve as the general inspector ...

European countries should “absolutely” be introducing conscription to combat the threat of Russian ... about the trajectory of the war in Ukraine. Latvia reintroduced compulsory military ...