The cheerful image from Kiev was “certainly not appropriate,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser says Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has expressed remorse after posing for an upbeat photo with a glass of champagne in her hand during a trip to Ukraine in late July.

The Spanish capital could help Kiev deal with shortage of manpower on battlefield, the official suggested The city of Madrid could provide transport for Ukrainian men who could be deported to their home country and then enrolled into the military to fight against Russia, the mayor of the city told Russian pranksters, who were posing…

With Kiev’s defenses unraveling, the narrative surrounding the country’s leader has suddenly changed in Western media By Glenn Diesen, Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway and an editor at the Russia in Global Affairs journal. Follow him on Twitter @glenndiesen.