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Amy B. Zegart


    Ukraine

    Budanov announces crackdown on AWOL and corruption at recruitment centers

    A high-level meeting was held at the Presidential Office on Bankova Street with Ukraine’s military and law enforcement leadership to address issues affecting the country’s defense readiness.

    On Saturday, January 10, an expanded session brought …

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    When did Russia really begin its aggression against Ukraine?

    When did Russia really begin its aggression against Ukraine?

    That's the question most of you probably answered instinctively: in 2014, when Vladimir Putin, exploiting political instability and the change of power in Ukraine following the Revolution of Dignity, annexed the Crimean Peninsula.

    But what if I told …

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    Ukraine's military confirms strike on oil depot in Russia's Volgograd Oblast

    Ukraine's military confirms strike on oil depot in Russia's Volgograd Oblast

    Ukrainian forces launched an overnight attack on an oil depot in Russia's Volgograd Oblast as part of efforts to reduce Moscow's offensive capabilities, Ukraine's General Staff said Jan. 10.

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    KREMLIN IN PANIC! 🔥 Russians shocked by Zelenskyy, Trump cuts off oxygen!

    KREMLIN IN PANIC! 🔥 Russians shocked by Zelenskyy, Trump cuts off oxygen!

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    ⚡️"The US hasn't seen such a leader since Lincoln" – Keith Kellogg on Zelenskyy #shorts

    ⚡️"The US hasn't seen such a leader since Lincoln" –  Keith Kellogg on Zelenskyy #shorts

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    Russia

    Ukraine air defense shoots down Russian ballistic missile over Kharkiv for the first time

    During a Russian attack, Ukraine’s air defenses destroyed a ballistic missile headed for Kharkiv, according to monitoring channels. They say this is the first such interception since the start of the full-scale invasion.

    A video published online …

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    120 DRONES & BALLISTICS! 🚀 Strike on Odesa Port and Tragedy in Donetsk Region

    120 DRONES & BALLISTICS! 🚀 Strike on Odesa Port and Tragedy in Donetsk Region

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    Ukraine condemns Iran protest crackdown, urges global pressure

    Ukraine condemns Iran protest crackdown, urges global pressure

    Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on Jan. 10 condemned Iran's crackdown on anti-government protests and called on the international community to increase pressure on Tehran, drawing parallels between its domestic repression and its conduct on the global …

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    Russia

    France plans to station 6,000 troops in Ukraine after peace deal

    French President Emmanuel Macron has informed parliament of a plan to station 6,000 French troops in Ukraine after a peace agreement is concluded. The briefing followed a closed-door meeting at the Élysée Palace on January 8 that brought together …

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    Complete failure of the Russians on the Pokrovsk front! #shorts

    Complete failure of the Russians on the Pokrovsk front! #shorts

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    ⚡️ "Russia is the source of this war and deserves all retaliatory strikes and pressure," – Zelenskyy

    ⚡️ "Russia is the source of this war and deserves all retaliatory strikes and pressure," – Zelenskyy

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    USA

    2026 KREMLIN COLLAPSE! Ukraine intelligence scams FSB $500K sting as Trump seizes Russian tankers

    2026 KREMLIN COLLAPSE! Ukraine intelligence scams FSB $500K sting as Trump seizes Russian tankers

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    Russia

    Russia’s parallel imports slump by half amid tighter controls and Kazakhstan border delays

    Parallel imports, launched by Russian authorities as an emergency measure after sanctions were imposed, are steadily shrinking in 2025.

    The mechanism that had allowed Russia’s economy to receive products from departing Western companies is rapidly …

    Ukraine

    Russia

    Ukraine holds northern Pokrovsk and controls Myrnohrad, ‘East’ grouping says

    Russian forces have been trying to seize the city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region for more than 17 months, but Ukrainian troops are holding their positions.

    Ukraine’s Forces are holding the northern part of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region and control …

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    Russia strikes energy sector: Kryvyi Rih and Dnipro under attack by drones #shorts

    Russia strikes energy sector: Kryvyi Rih and Dnipro under attack by drones #shorts

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    Russia joins China, Iran for naval drills in South Africa

    Russia joins China, Iran for naval drills in South Africa

    South Africa held on Jan. 10 the opening ceremony for Chinese-led naval exercises taking place in South African waters until Jan. 16., Bloomberg reported.

    Russia, Iran, China and South Africa are participating in the drills, called "Will for Peace …

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    Russia

    Russian officers and Kadyrov’s fighters ran arms smuggling through Crimea, hacked messages suggest

    Officers from the Russian Armed Forces’ 291st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment, working with the Chechen “Akhmat-Vostok” battalion, set up an arms-smuggling route through annexed Crimea, according to hacked correspondence published by the OSINT community …

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    Russia

    Russia has lost 19 generals in the war with Ukraine

    At least 19 Russian generals have been killed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to open-source data and reports from Russian and Ukrainian sources, reports the Insider. Not all of the deaths have …

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    Russia

    Ukraine says it hit Volgograd oil depot and high-value targets in occupied territories

    Ukraine’s military struck an oil depot in Russia’s Volgograd region and a series of high-value targets in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine overnight into Saturday, reported the General Staff.

    “As part of measures to reduce the offensive capabilities …

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    WATCH! US Army veteran on Ukraine war: front has become much tougher

    WATCH! US Army veteran on Ukraine war: front has become much tougher

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    KRYVYI RIH IN DARKNESS! 🌑 Wounded in Dnipropetrovsk region and strike in Kharkiv

    KRYVYI RIH IN DARKNESS! 🌑 Wounded in Dnipropetrovsk region and strike in Kharkiv

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    Russia

    Protests

    Russian cargo flights to Tehran amid protests spur claims Iran is moving gold to Russia

    Russian military transport aircraft have begun making regular flights to Tehran amid mass protests in Iran that have continued since late December and pose a threat to the current regime, the specialized outlet Air Cargo Week reports.

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    How Putin began taking Crimea long before 2014

    How Putin began taking Crimea long before 2014

    Russia’s takeover of Crimea did not begin in 2014. In the first part of a new documentary, The Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigation Unit looks at how Russia began moving to seize the peninsula immediately after Ukraine gained independence in …

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    Plane downed, general walks free: Russia quietly closes AZAL shootdown case

    Moscow has quietly closed the criminal case into the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) civilian jet over Chechnya by Russian air defenses - without holding accountable the Russian general who allegedly gave the order to fire.

    Azerbaijan never …

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    UK allocates $270 million for future peacekeeping force

    UK allocates $270 million for future peacekeeping force

    "We are surging investment into our preparations (...) ensuring that Britain’s Armed Forces are ready to deploy, and lead, the multinational force (in) Ukraine, because a secure Ukraine means a secure U.K.," U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey said. …