
A senior U.S. envoy involved in efforts to end Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine has displayed a lack of basic understanding of Ukraine's political system and the war itself while speaking to reporters, the Kyiv Independent has learned.
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Amy B. Zegart

A senior U.S. envoy involved in efforts to end Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine has displayed a lack of basic understanding of Ukraine's political system and the war itself while speaking to reporters, the Kyiv Independent has learned.
The …
Russian forces have spent the past year and a half trying to seize the city of Pokrovsk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, concentrating about 150,000 troops in the area, according to the Ukrainian military.
Around Pokrovsk, Russian forces are focused on …

Just over 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Kyiv, the Hostomel animal shelter is trying to keep more than 700 cats and dogs alive and warm as Russia's attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure leave the country facing rolling outages, scarce heat, and …
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is prepared for a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha says.
Sybiha confirmed Zelensky’s readiness to meet Putin to address the most sensitive …


Ukraine is set to receive fighter jets and air-defense missiles as part of a new military aid package from France. Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said the country expects additional Mirage 2000-5 aircraft soon, a move he said will significantly …

Russia has tightened control over information about its battlefield losses in Ukraine, cutting off data and closing one public loophole after another. The effort has not stopped the evidence of the dead from surfacing.
As 2025 came to an end, Western …

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has detained a deep-cover Belarusian KGB agent in Kyiv who allegedly tried to infiltrate the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), the agency said.
The arrest was carried out together with the DIU’s internal security …
Russia’s shadow fleet will no longer be allowed into the Baltic Sea. An official letter says growing interference with satellite navigation in European waters “originating from the Russian Federation” is creating risks. As a result, ships that …
Russia’s Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, in a briefing on January 27, claimed Russian forces had captured Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi. The claim was rejected not only by Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, but also by pro-Kremlin …

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said that, at this stage, a direct agreement between Ukraine and Russia to end Russia’s war of aggression is not under discussion.
“Speaking strictly about this 20-point framework (an agreement to end the war …
Ukrainian officials accuse Russia of targeting civilians after a passenger train carrying nearly 300 people was struck in the Kharkiv region on January 27.
The Russian military used attack drones to hit the train, according to Ukraine’s state rail …
