Russia is holding confidential talks with European countries about terms to end the war in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with pro-Kremlin media.
Lavrov said some European leaders call the Kremlin to discuss …
Amy B. Zegart
Russia is holding confidential talks with European countries about terms to end the war in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with pro-Kremlin media.
Lavrov said some European leaders call the Kremlin to discuss …


Russia’s banking sector will inevitably need additional government support, increasing fiscal and macroeconomic pressures on the economy, Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service said.
The agency said Russia’s banking system lost key signs of …


In 2016, Natalia Zabolotna, then director of the Kyiv-based art gallery Mystetskyi Arsenal, proposed naming Kyiv’s main airport, Boryspil International Airport, after the famous avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich.
Her idea was far from eccentric. …
Ukrainian units are conducting offensive actions in roughly a quarter of combat engagements on certain sectors of the front, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said Friday during a briefing with journalists, according to Interfax-Ukraine.
“On some …
Poland and Ukraine have signed a declaration of intent to jointly produce weapons and ammunition. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the move at a joint news conference in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday, …




Unknown assailants opened fire on Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU). The senior Russian security official had been decorated by the Kremlin for …

Editor’s note: This is issue 44 of Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak’s weekly "Ukraine Reforms Tracker" covering events from Jan. 13–Feb. 6, 2026. The digest highlights steps taken in the Ukrainian parliament related to business, economics, and …
Ukraine could soon field homegrown ballistic missiles modeled on the U.S.-made ATACMS, as work continues on the FP-7 and FP-9 systems. The weapons are being designed to be more affordable, the co-founders of Ukrainian defense firm Fire Point - Iryna …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed Ukraine was the first to strike Russia’s energy infrastructure, adding that the Kremlin decided to target Ukraine’s energy facilities only in response.
He also referenced an “energy truce” with Ukraine …