French authorities have placed the captain of the oil tanker GRINCH (IMO: 9288851) — a vessel tied to Russia’s “shadow fleet” and sailing from Murmansk - in custody, BFM TV reported, citing the Marseille prosecutor’s office.
According to Marseille …
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French authorities have placed the captain of the oil tanker GRINCH (IMO: 9288851) — a vessel tied to Russia’s “shadow fleet” and sailing from Murmansk - in custody, BFM TV reported, citing the Marseille prosecutor’s office.
According to Marseille …
Russian forces are continuing attempts to breach Ukrainian defenses in the Kharkiv region, with fighting ongoing near Vovchansk and Kupyansk.
The Russians are trying to capture more ground to establish a “buffer zone,” Viktor Tregubov, head of …

Russia’s war against Ukraine is the result of indifference by key world powers, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Speaking at a ceremony in Vilnius on Sunday marking the memory of those killed in the 1863–1864 January Uprising, Zelensky …
Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has appointed Serhiy “Flash” Beskrestnov as his adviser on defense technology.
Beskrestnov, one of Ukraine’s most prominent military bloggers and a radio technology specialist, has joined the new minister’s team as …



Key developments on Jan. 24-25:
Russia sent not a diplomat but a professional Kremlin “fixer” to the Abu Dhabi talks - a figure who for years has operated on some of the grittiest fronts of President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy, according to media reports.
The Abu Dhabi meeting …
The oil tanker GRINCH (IMO: 9288851), sanctioned by the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States and linked to Russia’s “shadow fleet,” has been brought to the southern coast of France and placed at the disposal of the Marseille …

Over the past week, Russian forces launched more than 1,700 attack drones, over 1,380 guided aerial bombs and 69 missiles of various types at Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday, January 25. According to the Ukrainian president, …
