Ukraine

Deputy head of Russian Navy killed by Ukraine in Kursk area, says Moscow

At least 10 other senior Russian commanders have been killed in action or assassinated by Kyiv since the start of the war.

 A view shows flowers placed in front of a board with a photograph of killed Major General Mikhail Gudkov, in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia, July 3, 2025
 Activist Darya Kozyreva, who was found guilty of repeatedly discrediting the Russian armed forces in the course of Russia-Ukraine military conflict and arrested in the courtroom, is forced into a police car in Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 18, 2025

Jailed Russian dissidents call for mass prisoner release as part of a peace deal with Ukraine

 Firefighters work at the site of a warehouse hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine June 3, 2025.

North Korea to send 30,000 soldiers to frontlines as Washington weighs support for Ukraine – report

 Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna speaking with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar in Estonia, July 2, 2025.

Sa'ar tells Estonian officials there are positive signs for a breakthrough in hostage talks


‘Silver passport’ stirs emotion as German FM reunites with Jewish - Ukrainian war orphans

Johann “Jo” Wadephul, paid an emotional visit Thursday to the Mishpacha Ukraina orphanage, whose children Berlin helped evacuate under fire three years ago.

 Germany’s foreign minister Johann “Jo” Wadephul visited  the Mishpacha Ukraina orphanage

US halts some missile shipments to Ukraine over low stockpiles, sources say

The Pentagon said it was providing President Donald Trump with options to continue military aid to Ukraine in line with the goal of ending Russia's war there.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a press conference, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 4, 2025.

Bat Yam holds memorial for Ukrainian family slain by Iranian missile

Addressed by representatives of the Ukrainian mission to Israel as well as Bat Yam mayor Zvika Brut, mourners viewed the five coffins on display in front of the crash site.

 Bat Yam municipality held a memorial ceremony for a family of five Ukrainians, slain by an Iranian ballistic missile on June 30, 2025.

Ukraine F-16 pilot killed in large-scale Russian attack, Zelensky calls for US help

An Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilot died in a crash while repelling a Russian air attack that involved hundreds of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles.

 Ukrainian F-16 fighting aircrafts are seen in the air during marking the Day of the Ukrainian Air Forces, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location, Ukraine August 4, 2024

Anti-Israel activists damage tanks destined for Ukraine at Belgian arms factory

CEO Freddy Versluys estimated that the activists had caused nearly €1 million in damages and set production back by at least a month.

Dozens of German-made Leopard 1 tanks and other armoured vehicles, owned by Freddy Versluys the CEO of Belgian defence company OIP Land Systems, are seen in a hangar in Tournais, Belgium January 31, 2023.

Zhitomyr orphanage boys who fled Ukraine mark bar mitzvah milestone in Ashkelon

Five teenage boys who escaped the first week of Russia’s 2022 invasion celebrated their bar mitzvahs this week in Ashkelon.

 Five teenage boys who escaped the first week of Russia’s 2022 invasion celebrated their bar mitzvah this week in Ashkelon

Grapevine June 20, 2025: An Arab tragedy

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG offers words of sympathy to grieving husband and father Raja Khatib.

Remains of Ukrainian cancer patient's mother found in Bat Yam beneath rubble

The family arrived in Israel from Ukraine on a medical tourist visa in December 2022 and became an integral part of the Bat Yam community.

 Maria Pashkorovia, a Ukrainian citizen living in Bat Yam was killed by an Iranian missile strike.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump and Musk’s ugly breakup

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump stand before the White House covered in cracks in an illustrative picture.

Ukrainian child in Israel for Leukemia treatment killed in Bat Yam bombing, mother missing

Borik's mother, 30-year-old Maria Pashkorovia, is one of the handful of Israelis still considered missing following the Iranian attack on a Bat Yam residential building.

 Home Front Command forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Bat Yam, central Israel. June 15, 2025.

Trump, Putin share calls for strikes between Israel and Iran to stop post-50 minute phone call

Trump, for his part, described events in the Middle East as "very alarming," according to Ushakov, the Kremlin's aid.

 FILE PHOTO: Daily newspapers with covers, dedicated to the recent phone call of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, are laid out at a newsstand in a street in Moscow, Russia, February 13, 2025.