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Amy B. Zegart
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The EU has allocated the first €10 million to finance a special tribunal for the crime of aggression
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'Impossible to ban grief' — how Russia tries and fails to hide its casualties in Ukraine
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 …
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Ukrainian Railways introduces additional security measures after deadly Russian attack on passenger train in Kharkiv Oblast
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Ukraine arrests alleged Belarusian KGB agent after attempt to infiltrate Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence
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 …
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14 countries close the Baltic Sea to Russia’s shadow fleet, vow to detain stateless tankers
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 …
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Russia’s top general falsely claims capture of Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi, pro-Kremlin bloggers push back
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 …
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Syrian president arrives in Moscow for talks with Putin
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Ukraine: U.S. to sign separate deals with Kyiv and Moscow amid dispute over Donbas-linked guarantees
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 …
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Russia strikes passenger train in Kharkiv region with 'Shahed' drones
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 …
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Drones over railway stations and monasteries – Putin's terror crosses all red lines
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WOW! WATCH Details of Real Hell near Krasnodar: Russian Missiles Hit Their Own | Live Stream
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Russia says it's ready for Zelensky-Putin meeting — but only if Ukraine's president travels to Moscow
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Six windows on Ukraine: Acceptance.
“Acceptance is learning how to live, even when grief never leaves.”
For our fifth season, Ukrainian Spaces returns to its beginnings, revisiting six Ukrainians from the 2022 inaugural season to see how war, time, and resistance have reshaped their …
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Ukraine war latest live: SBU releases greatest hits video of 2025 drone strikes on Russian aircraft
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Ukraine targets oil depot in Russia's Voronezh Oblast, strikes several military facilities in occupied territories, General Staff says
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Shelling of Zaporizhzhia: consequences of Russia’s attack on a residential district #shorts
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Spain escorts shadow fleet vessel sanctioned for carrying Russian oil, Reuters reports
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Chart of the week: The different paths of Eastern Europe's civil society
In Eastern Europe, shifting global orders have been a lived experience for decades. Just over thirty years ago, the end of communism and the retreat of Russian dominance paved the way for market economies and pluralistic societies, sometimes …
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Pro-Ukrainian partisans sabotage substation in Russia's Udmurt Republic, disrupt power supply to military‑industrial plant, group claims
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Explosions rock Kyiv as Russia launches drones, missiles targeting multiple Ukrainian regions
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Russia has suffered 'more losses than any major power' since World War II, report says
Smuggler balloons disrupt Vilnius Airport again in 'most intense' wave recorded this year
On the night of January 27-28, 2026, Lithuanian authorities recorded the most intense wave this year of smuggler balloons launched from Belarus, with 42 flights detected on radar overnight. Vilnius Airport was forced to close repeatedly due to the …