Although it has been extended by two more weeks, the decision to end the visa program is disappointing given heavy fighting continues and the humanitarian crisis worsens.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, with Vladimir Putin, accused the West of supporting Nazi ideas in May 2022.
Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images
What do Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova and Kazakhstan have in common with Ukraine? Russian allegations that they are all overrun by Nazis.
This was the first time Russia, China and the west have come face to face since the invasion of Ukraine. It did not go well.
Rescue workers stand on the rubble following a Russian rocket attack on a residential apartment block, in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine on July 10, 2022.
(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Those on the political left are conflicted: Supporting military aid to Ukraine involves siding with U.S. imperialism, but opposing military aid means condoning Russian atrocities in Ukraine.
A museum in Trostyanets, destroyed during the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.
(Shutterstock)
Cultural artifacts are at risk of destruction during war, but Ukrainian archivists, curators and librarians have been working to protect them during the war.
A man stands in a crater after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 1, 2022.
(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
The EU must play the biggest role in ending the war in Ukraine. Peace negotiators should take a systematic approach that focuses first on where there is likely to be agreement.
Workers fill bags with fertiliser in Morocco’s northern city of Meknes.
Photo by Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images
This lull before the next phase of a long attritional campaign will be a test of Ukrainian resolve, Russia’s ability to resupply, and the West’s strategic patience.
In memoriam: an artwork in tribute to the victims of the massacres in Bucha in April.
EPA-EFE/Roman Pilipey
Despite vague results of what the shuttle diplomacy will contribute to the world, at least the visits resemble Indonesia’s, if not Jokowi’s, own interest.
Set in Ukraine in 2014, Solntsepyok’s propaganda is designed to confuse, entertain and overwhelm the audience.
Giving Russia the finger: drinkers in Kyiv enjoy the iconic image of defiance from Russia’s capture of Snake Island early in the war.
EPA-EFE/Oleg Petrasyuk
Beyond a symbolic win, reclaiming Snake Island has strategic repercussions, from the opening of a safe corridor to the diplomatic confrontation between Moscow and the west.
A heartening 70% of British voters want to allow Ukrainians into the UK but only 50% feel the same way about Afghans. And the difference is even starker among those who vote Conservative.
People wait for Ukrainian nationals fleeing the ongoing war to arrive at Trudeau Airport in Montréal on May 29, 2022.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
US plans to add more combat-ready forces in eastern Europe to send a strong message to Russia.
A Russian foreign debt will have limited implications for global financial markets but will affect Russia’s credit risk profile.
Yuri Kochetkov/EPA-EFE