Berlin replaced Russian gas with costlier alternatives, with the country’s industrial sector bearing the brunt of higher prices Germany’s decisions since the start of the Ukraine conflict nearly two years ago have cost the country more than €200 billion ($216 billion), the president of the German Institute for Economic Research, Marcel Fratzscher, has estimated. The…

General Aleksandr Syrsky is the commander in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, but his stepson Ivan has endorsed Russia. The younger Syrsky was filmed wearing a “Z” t-shirt on Tuesday at the Russian consulate in Sydney.

The area was the scene of heavy fighting back in 2014, but Kiev managed to hold it against local rebels On Saturday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Avdeevka – long an important stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) northwest of Donetsk city – had been liberated. The area had been seen…