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11 reported injured in southern Russia as separate drone strike hits oil refinery
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Russian strikes push Ukraine’s power grid to brink as Germany pledges 60 million euros in aid
Ongoing Russian strikes across Ukraine have pushed the country’s infrastructure and energy supply to the brink of “collapse,” Germany’s Foreign Ministry said.
A ministry spokesperson said Germany has allocated an additional 60 million euros in …
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Russian air-defense missile appears to hit apartment building near Krasnodar as pro-Kremlin media blames Ukraine
By the evening of January 20, a large fire broke out in a residential building in the settlement of Novaya Adygeya in Russia’s Krasnodar region after a series of explosions. Preliminary reports indicate an air-defense missile struck a residential …
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Ukraine holds the line amid ‘grueling standoff’ on the Pokrovsk axis, Syrskyi says
The operational situation on the Pokrovsk axis remains extremely tense, but Ukraine’s Armed Forces are holding the line and preventing Russian forces from breaking through toward the western edge of Donetsk region.
In a post on Facebook, …
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Lukashenko agrees to join Trump’s Peace Council
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday, January 20, signed a document to join the “Peace Council”, a body created by US President Donald Trump to help broker a settlement in the Gaza Strip and around the world, reported Belarusian state …
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Trump blames Ukraine war negotiations deadlock on Moscow, Kyiv failing to align on talks
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Ukraine unveils new Octopus interceptor drone, plans mass production with the UK
A new version of the domestically built Octopus interceptor drone has been developed for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and has already been shown to a UK delegation, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said.
According to the Ministry, Octopus was developed …
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Russia tests Zircon missile in Ukraine amid mass strike targeting Kyiv's energy infrastructure
On January 20, Russia launched another mass attack on Ukraine, this time using the hypersonic Zircon and training missiles designed to overload Ukrainian air defenses. Military expert Andriy Kramarov said on Radio NV that the main strike again …
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Moscow falls 56% short in recruiting contract soldiers as officials say ‘all kinds of riffraff’ are applying
Officials in the Moscow mayor’s office acknowledged that many Russians who come to Unified conscription centers for military service should be seeing a psychiatrist instead.
Moscow posted one of the lowest figures in Russia for recruiting volunteers …
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Last-minute Patriot and NASAMS deliveries help Ukraine repel mass Russian strike, Zelensky says
Ukraine’s air defenses shot down 342 aerial targets overnight, including 27 ballistic and cruise missiles. Still, there is a serious need for interceptor missiles for air-defense systems.
Air-defense missiles arrived in Ukraine a day before the …
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Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov likens Russia’s Crimea annexation to Trump's ambitions in Greenland
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov compared Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea to the situation involving Greenland and the United States.
Speaking Tuesday, January 20, at a year-end 2025 news conference, Lavrov said: “Put the people of …
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Trump, Putin envoys call Davos talks on Ukraine 'very positive,' and 'constructive'
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Ukrainian Navy outlines problems with Russia’s Zircon missile after strike on Ukraine
In the early hours of January 20, Russia, among other weapons, attacked Ukraine with a Zircon anti-ship missile. It was launched from Crimea and flew toward Vinnytsia.
Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said in in interview with UNIAN that …
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🧨 KUPYANSK TRAP: 27 eliminated Russians per one Ukrainian! Occupier's equipment OBLITERATED
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Ukrainian writer and translator Andriy Lyubka mobilizes to join Armed Forces
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Political instability in Chechnya: the leader's death threatens the clan order #shorts
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🤫 MYSTERY OF THE HOSPITAL IN CHECHNYA: What is being HIDDEN about Adam Kadyrov's condition?
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TRUMP'S "PEACE COUNCIL" – invites BOTH UKRAINE AND RUSSIA?! Europe EXPOSES Kremlin's spy networks
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Weapons from Iran are no longer reaching Russia – a blow to Putin's fleet #shorts
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'We're getting to the fun' — Minerals deal to see first investments in 3-6 months
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What English translations miss about Bulgakov — and why it matters in Ukraine
Twentieth-century author Mikhail Bulgakov is celebrated worldwide for his satirical genius and his defiance of Soviet power, most famously through works like "The Master and Margarita" and "White Guard."
In Ukraine, his legacy is far more complicated. …
