Amy B. Zegart
Russia launched a large-scale overnight attack on Friday, January 30, hitting Ukraine with 111 drones and one Iskander-M ballistic missile, Ukraine’s Air Force said.
The Ukrainian military reported strikes from the missile and 25 strike drones at 15 …
A date and location for a second round of talks have not yet been set, reports Ukrainian political journalist Yulia Zabelina on Telegram.
Zabelina said that on January 29, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky disclosed new details off the record. …
A compromise on Donbas has not yet been reached, and Ukraine is not prepared to accept decisions that would violate its territorial integrity.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine will not give up Donbas or the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant …
There were no strikes on energy facilities overnight, but there were more attacks on logistics. Drone strikes on urban residential areas also continue.
During the energy truce, Russian occupying forces have reoriented their strikes toward Ukrainian …
Russian troops are preparing a decisive strike on Dronivka while wearing down Ukrainian airborne units with night attacks by small groups, Ukraine’s 81st Separate Airmobile Brigade of the 7th Air Assault Corps said on January 29.
The brigade reported …
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking with reporters on Friday, January 30, responded to repeated proposals from the Russian side that he travel to Moscow for talks. He said such invitations indicate a lack of serious intent to end the …
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that overnight into Friday, January 30, there were no strikes on power infrastructure, though a day earlier energy facilities in several regions were damaged by shelling. Overall, he said, there is a shift …
The Kremlin has confirmed that Russia agreed to an “energy truce,” during which it will refrain from striking Ukraine at the request of Donald Trump. The pause will last until February 1, when a deep freeze is forecast to peak in Ukraine.
The truce …
US President Donald Trump made a personal request to Russian president Vladimir Putin to refrain from striking Kyiv until February 1, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters at a Friday briefing.
“Indeed, President Trump made a personal …
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Upon entering Daria’s apartment in a large complex in Rusanivka on Kyiv’s left bank, a faint smell of gas lingers in the cold, dim rooms. After Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure cut heat and power across parts of the city,
