Russia on Saturday issued a stern warning to Ukraine, saying it will respond to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attempts to strike the Belgorod Region with American ATACMS operational-tactical missiles.
As the war in Ukraine grinds into its third year, the shifting dynamics of international politics and battlefield realities could make 2025 a pivotal year.
In an exclusive interaction with Ritwik Mukherjee of The Statesman, Srikrishna G Kulkarni, chairperson, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC), outlines how the first national institute for post graduate studies and research in management, has evolved and emerged as an international centre of excellence in all facets of management education.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that 1,358 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians returned to their homes from Russian captivity in 2024.
Efforts to end the devastating war that has been going on for three years may have failed so far, but at the Mahakumbh on the sands of Sangam, foreign saints from Russia and Ukraine will come face to face in the same camp to chant and meditate for peace.
Ukraine and Russia carried out their largest prisoner swap since February 2022, the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War has said.
Russia has fired nearly 300 missiles and more than 200 Shahed combat drones against Ukraine since December 29, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Urging Congress to release more funds for providing military aid to Ukraine, the US State Secretary said that "Congress needs to act in the new year".
Ukraine has tripled the production of weapons and military equipment this year, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
The headlines continue to focus on the war in Gaza, a conflict so horrific that it has overshadowed the war in Ukraine.
