Ukraine and the US are to hold crunch peace talks in Saudi Arabia from tomorrow following a tense few weeks in which ...

Russian troops are collapsing the northern part of the Ukrainian salient in Kursk Oblast after intensified operations in the area that follow the U.S. blocking intelligence sharing with Kyiv, ...

First came the illegal annexation of Crimea in March 2014, then the fall of parts of the eastern region of Donbas ... Looking at a map of Ukraine before February 2014, it is a stark reminder ...

Russian forces have slowly expanded the amount of territory they control over the past year, mostly in the east of Ukraine ... changes not reflected in the maps.

It also borders its giant neighbor Russia to the east. 2014 invasion and Crimea annexation Russian forces invaded Ukraine in 2014, seizing Crimea, a peninsula extending from its southern coast.

This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples include disputes between Ukraine and Russia, Taiwan and China ...