Russian and Ukrainian media claim the steelworks has come under heavy artillery fire and aerial bombardment Fighting has resumed at the Azovstal plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, several media outlets reported on Tuesday, with footage circulating on social media featuring plumes of smoke billowing from the steelworks. The escalation appears to put an…

Many Ukrainian servicemen see resistance as “futile” and prefer to lay down arms, Russia’s top investigator told RT Russia is holding about 2,000 Ukrainian servicemen “who have voluntarily laid down their arms,” including five brigade commanders who “were fighting against the Donbass population,” the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin announced on Tuesday.

Taipei is weighing other options after its howitzer order was left behind on American production lines amid the Ukraine crisis Taiwanese defense officials have been forced to regroup on plans for artillery forces after being told that the US has pushed back the estimated delivery date for 40 howitzer systems by at least three years…