Amy B. Zegart
Germany has condemned Russia’s refusal to compromise after a second round of talks in Abu Dhabi between Russian and Ukrainian representatives mediated by the United States.
Moscow is “stubbornly insisting” on its position on a “decisive territorial …
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it has detained a Russian agent serving in the air defense system of Mykolaiv region - a soldier who allegedly fed information to the Russians while on duty at a combat post.
The arrest was carried out with the …
Since mid-2025, Russia has fundamentally reshaped its long-range strike campaign against Ukrainian critical infrastructure. Very large missile salvos have disappeared, replaced by sustained pressure built around mass drone swarms, smaller missile …
On the Kherson axis, Russian forces are regrouping and have been forced to abandon some positions.
Russian troops have begun retreating from select positions in Ukraine’s Kherson region under pressure from the country’s Defense Forces, according to …
The European Union is working on a 20th package of sanctions against Russia that will target the aggressor’s energy revenues, its shadow fleet and sanctions-evasion networks. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul stressed that such steps are needed …
Russian forces are stepping up pressure and bringing in reserves along the Pokrovsk and Ocheretyne axes of the front, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said Monday, January 26, on Telegram after visit to …
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a conference call on the country’s energy situation, saying the most difficult conditions remain in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, as well as in the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia regions.
The …
A new Russian law requires Ukrainian children in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine to obtain Russian international passports to travel abroad; experts say the move complicates efforts to flee the occupation.
A law that took effect Jan. 20 bars …
In the Kramatorsk district of Donetsk region, Ukrainian forces eliminated a foreign mercenary from the Philippines fighting for Russia, underscoring what Kyiv’s military intelligence calls the Kremlin’s criminal practice of recruiting migrants and …
Kyiv residents reported seeing Russian Shahed drones on January 26, with at least one drone flying over the city center and then the Left Bank. Minutes later, additional UAVs were sighted, with observers noting the aircraft might have been equipped …
Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Andriy Yermak as head of the President’s Office almost two months ago, on November 28. Yermak had promised to head to the front lines, but, as it turns out, he has not joined the Defense Forces.
After his dismissal from …
U.S. officials leading the talks are convinced that Russian negotiators have taken a more pragmatic tone behind closed doors than Moscow's public hardline rhetoric suggests, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The Kremlin has …
