Articles tagged "authoritarianism"

'Pure fiction': Kremlin denies Putin and Trump discussed Ukraine by phone after election victory -- Russian missile strike on high-rise building in Kryvyi Rih kills 4, including 3 children -- Western inaction on Ukraine’s security guarantees opens door to global nuclear proliferation -- Polish PM to hold talks with leaders of UK, France, NATO on protecting Ukraine after Trump victory -- and more

EU Parliament refuses decision on budget until members commit more Patriots to Ukraine -- ‘I thought I would never walk again:’ Children injured by Russia's war learn to live with prosthetics -- 'I’d be a king in Somalia with this money:’ Foreign POWs on being lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine -- Freedom House: Ukraine on democratic path amid rising authoritarianism in region -- and more

Russia claims drone attack on Kursk Nuclear Power Plant -- First Ukrainian demining machine developed in Kharkiv -- Russia has lost at least a brigade trying to capture Avdiivka -- 'I never planned to fight against Ukraine:' Forcibly conscripted by Russia, Ukrainians await fate in POW camp -- and more

Jeremy Cushing on how the government is attacking and undermining the institutions of democracy, Blaine Stothard on ministers’ demands for total conformity of beliefs and values, & Pat Farrington on the Tories’ cynical attempts to keep hold of power