A widespread blackout hit Bryansk overnight after what Russian officials described as a barrage of Ukrainian Neptune missiles. While Russia’s air defenses allegedly intercepted the missiles, a power substation was still damaged. Videos from the scene …

Belgorod came under a “massive missile barrage,” with damage to the power system, said Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov on Telegram.

According to him, Ukraine’s armed forces struck Belgorod and the Belgorod district. Preliminary reports indicate no …

On February 4, 2026, Estonian security forces detained the container ship Baltic Spirit, which was traveling from Ecuador to Saint Petersburg, after it entered Estonian territorial waters for refueling and resupply. The vessel had 23 crew members, …

European security experts reported on February 4, 2026, that Russian spacecraft Luch-1 and Luch-2 intercepted messages from over a dozen key European satellites, raising risks of data compromise, satellite manipulation, or collisions. The Luch …

Ukraine’s Defense Forces inflicted some of the heaviest Russian losses in recent months during January, the Defense Ministry said on its website.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia lost more than 31,700 personnel - …

In January 2026, Russia’s armed forces used a record number of ballistic weapons against Ukraine, according to Ukrainian military analyst Oleksandr Kovalenko. Over the month, Russian forces launched 91 ballistic missiles - the highest monthly total …

In January, Russian troops captured 245 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory. According to the analytical outlet DeepState, that’s nearly half the pace of November and December last year, when Russia’s advances were significantly faster. …

by Avery Lawrence As Russia’s war against Ukraine continues, the Ukrainian economy has shown resiliency. After suffering a 28.8% GDP drop immediately after Russia’s invasion in 2022, as well as an increase in inflation, the economy has managed to …

Ukraine has showcased a new undersea drone called “Marichka,” which could pose a serious threat to the Crimean Bridge.

The Marichka kamikaze undersea drone is nearing completion. The company Akvatekhnik presented the system in an interview with the …

In 2025, Russia began to restore a Soviet-era military base in Petrozavodsk and plans to build new garrisons in Karelia near the Finnish border, Finland’s public broadcaster Yle reports, citing satellite imagery analysis and Russian regional media.

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Kyiv vitally needs Western support, because without it Ukraine “will be dead tomorrow.” The West must continue backing Ukraine even though it is costly.

Ending support would be far more expensive for Europe than maintaining it, German Defense …

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has blasted FIFA President Gianni Infantino for seeking to bring Russia back into international soccer, calling him a “moral degenerate,” he said in a post on X.

Sybiha reminded Infantino that 679 Ukrainian …

Russia launched a massive strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, using more than 70 missiles and about 450 drones, as President Volodymyr Zelensky called on partners to increase pressure on Moscow.

Overnight on February 3, at the height of a …

Overnight Tuesday, February 3, Russia launched another wave of massive, combined strikes on several regions of Ukraine, with explosions reported. Ukraine’s Air Force and officials in Kyiv and Kharkiv announced the attacks on Telegram. During the …

The Russian military is more depleted than ever, and that is already affecting the pace of its offensive.

Ukrainian military analyst Alexander Kovalenko said that despite attempts to keep up offensive operations and “sell” an image of strength to the …

China sold the Russian Federation raw materials used to make Iskander-M ballistic missiles, enabling the Russian military to receive three times more missiles in 2025 than before, analysts say. Beijing’s support helped shore up Moscow’s …

Russia’s push toward the Hulyaipole sector is stalling despite repeated attempts to break through. Ukrainian forces are destroying infiltration groups and reporting heavy enemy losses.

Ukrainian troops continue to hold back pressure from Russian …

Russia’s Security Council deputy chairman Dmitry Medvedev referenced the looming expiration of the U.S.-Russian New START strategic arms treaty and reiterated that Moscow is prepared to use nuclear weapons in line with its doctrine. He also suggested …

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed a trilateral meeting with Russia and the United States to discuss territorial issues, but the Kremlin is still insisting any negotiations take place in Moscow.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov …

On February 2, 2026, German federal prosecutors launched investigations against a corporate network accused of large-scale delivery of goods to Russia, despite these goods being listed on the EU sanctions embargo list. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office …

There has been no breakdown in the negotiation process between Ukraine and Russia that began in late January in Abu Dhabi with U.S. involvement. The next round is scheduled for February 4–5, again in the UAE capital, Ukrainian journalist Yulia …

A Russian drone struck a bus in the Pavlohrad district of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, the head of the regional military administration, Alexander Hanzha, said on Telegram.

Preliminary government figures put the death toll at 12, with seven more …

The German Federal Prosecutor’s Office arrested five suspects on February 2, 2026, involved in systematic violations of trade sanctions against Russia. The accused used a scheme of shell companies based in Lübeck and other German locations to …

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Poland has significantly increased its diplomatic and security cooperation with the Baltic and Nordic countries, including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, and Sweden. Warsaw has …

forces are looking for ways to prevent the shutdown of Starlink terminals mounted on drones attacking Ukraine. Right now, the satellite internet modules stop working after a drone exceeds a speed of 90 km/h.

According to a Russian channel run by a …

The situation in Kyiv’s power system has significantly worsened after massive Russian attacks. Strikes on January 9 and 13 forced a complete shutdown of one generating facility.

Russia’s large-scale, combined assaults across Ukraine throughout …

The number of officially registered personal bankruptcies in Russia has soared over the past year amid a deepening economic crisis, with more than 500,000 citizens declared insolvent, according to Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service.

Sverdlovsk …

Russian military propagandists acknowledge that Ukraine’s new defense minister has set in motion steps that are significantly hampering Russia’s forces.

Russian military channels are sounding the alarm: according to military channels, Ukraine’s new …

Russian forces attempted an advance on Ukrainian positions in the Pokrovsk sector, but Ukrainian units repelled the assault, according to Ukraine’s National Guard.

Ukrainian defenders eliminated roughly four platoons of Russian troops in a single …

Ukraine’s military intelligence says it carried out a successful behind-the-lines raid in the Kharkiv region, destroying a Russian ammunition depot.

A special unit of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (GUR), the Freedom of Russia Legion, blew up a …

A letter from the mother of a Russian soldier reportedly trapped near Kupyansk has surfaced on Russian war channels. The Kremlin, however, continues to insist the situation around Kupyansk is “under control,” denying any encirclement.

Pro-Kremlin …

Russia has been steadily increasing the size of its grouping on the Sumy axis at least since fall 2025 and is gradually shifting activity toward a large forested area northwest of Sumy, according to Ukrainska Pravda’s sources.

The main pressure point …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv is ready for any meeting format with Russia and the United States. He added that territorial issues can only be resolved in a personal meeting with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin.

Zelensky noted that at …

The video documentary by DW follows Carsten Breuer, Inspector General of the German Armed Forces and Germany’s highest-ranking soldier, over nine months. Breuer discusses the readiness of Russia for potential military conflict with the West in …

This article from The Cove provides an in-depth analysis of Grey Zone confrontation, describing it as a form of conflict employing non-kinetic, ambiguous, and incremental coercion that stays below the threshold of conventional war. Key features of …

The landscape of European security is shifting amid ongoing Russia-directed sabotage operations, marked by low-cost, minimally trained agents causing significant physical and financial damage across Europe from 2022 to 2025. Sabotage attacks include …

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of terrorizing Ukraine’s civilian population. In an interview with Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) on Saturday, January 31, he also questioned the Russian leader’s …

The Netherlands plans to continue military and financial support for Kyiv over the next several years and will push for the use of frozen Russian assets.

The incoming Dutch coalition government plans to provide Ukraine with €3 billion in military aid …

Ukraine’s power system is teetering on the edge: for the first time since the war began, subways in Kyiv and Kharkiv halted due to electricity disruptions. French outlet Le Monde calls it “a sign of an energy catastrophe” triggered by Russia’s …

The situation in the town of Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region - declared captured by Russia on January 27 - remains fully under the control of Ukraine’s Defense Forces, the Ukrainian outlet DeepState said Saturday, January 31, on its …

Russian “shadow fleet” tankers transiting the Black Sea have begun hugging Turkey’s coastline to avoid attacks by Ukrainian unmanned surface vessels, according to Militarnyi, which cites maritime traffic analysts and OSINT projects.

Militarnyi …

Ukraine’s military carried out a strike on a base used by Russia’s elite “BARS-Sarmat” special forces on January 29, using five attack drones near the settlement of Kyrylivka in the Zaporizhzhia region, according to RIA Pivden, which cited the “Spy …

Ukraine introduced emergency electricity shutdowns across several regions on January 31, with effects felt in the capital. Voltage problems in Kyiv prompted water supply disruptions and a temporary suspension of the metro.

Regional utilities reported …

The liquid assets of Russia’s National Wealth Fund (NWF) could be fully depleted within the next year if current oil prices persist.

Experts at the major state-owned lender Gazprombank have warned the Kremlin that the NWF is being “zeroed out” at a …

Ukraine’s military has denied Russian claims that several settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region have been occupied, saying Zlahoda, Richne and Ternuvate are not under Russian control.

The village of Zlahoda — in the Synelnykivskyi district of …

A date and location for a second round of talks have not yet been set, reports Ukrainian political journalist Yulia Zabelina on Telegram.

Zabelina said that on January 29, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky disclosed new details off the record. …

Russian troops are preparing a decisive strike on Dronivka while wearing down Ukrainian airborne units with night attacks by small groups, Ukraine’s 81st Separate Airmobile Brigade of the 7th Air Assault Corps said on January 29.

The brigade reported …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking with reporters on Friday, January 30, responded to repeated proposals from the Russian side that he travel to Moscow for talks. He said such invitations indicate a lack of serious intent to end the …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that overnight into Friday, January 30, there were no strikes on power infrastructure, though a day earlier energy facilities in several regions were damaged by shelling. Overall, he said, there is a shift …

Russian troops have taken control of most of Myrnohrad in Donetsk region, setting up a commandant’s office, artillery positions and field headquarters in the city, according to a Ukrainian marine officer speaking from the area to Ukrainska Pravda. …

Ukraine plans to marshal $120 billion for defense and security in 2026, drawing on its state budget, EU loans and assistance from international partners.

Ukrainian defense enterprises will produce more than 7 million drones of various types for the …

Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo says he is ready to resume dialogue with Moscow if Russia halts its military campaign against Ukraine.

It is not possible at the moment, but such a situation cannot last forever, Orpo told Iltalehti.

“Russia is …

German authorities have searched Deutsche Bank as part of an investigation tied to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, Spiegel reported. On Wednesday morning, about 30 officers from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), acting on orders from …

Ukraine’s President said that despite global diplomatic efforts, Russia continues to strike Ukrainian cities and is preparing a new large-scale attack. He also confirmed that Kyiv faces a difficult situation, especially with heating.

“We know the …

Monitoring channels reported around 9 p.m. that a multirole, supersonic Su-34 took off from the Russian military airfield “Maykop.” The jet was then spotted near Snake Island.

Later, Russian aviation blogger and propagandist Fighterbomber wrote that …

Gerhard Schröder and Oskar Lafontaine, once prominent German politicians, now mostly stir controversy due to their strong pro-Russian rhetoric. Schröder warns against demonizing Russia and promotes renewed energy cooperation with Russia despite 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 …

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 …

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 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 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 …

On January 21, 2026, Latvia’s State Security Service (VDD) requested prosecutors in the Latgale Regional Court to initiate a criminal case against Polina Kamļova from Rēzekne, accused of financing the Russian military with drones and equipment …

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius called Russia’s strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure “especially cynical” as the first three-way talks involving the United States took place in Abu Dhabi on January 23–24. He made the remarks on Monday, …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has extended martial law and nationwide mobilization for another 90 days.

The decisions were published Monday, January 26, on the Verkhovna Rada’s website.

Since February 2022, martial law and mobilization have …

Overnight on January 27, Russia came under drone attack: residents of the Slavyansky District in Krasnodar Krai and the city of Kursk reported a series of powerful explosions amid shelling.

The same area of Russia’s Krasnodar region was hit by drones …

A detailed Hunterbrook Media investigation published on January 27, 2026, revealed that Ubiquiti, a $33-34 billion American tech company specializing in networking equipment, is a critical supplier to Russian military communications in Ukraine. …

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 …

A BBC Ukrainecast episode with 21K views released 3 months ago discusses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s claim that Russia is using its oil tankers as covert platforms to launch reconnaissance drone operations across Europe. The report …

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 …

On 27 January 2026, Eurojust announced that a terrorist group suspected of conducting arson attacks across the European Union on behalf of a foreign intelligence service is being taken to court. The group attempted arson targeting commercial, …

Sky News published a news segment highlighting the Metropolitan Police head of counter-terrorism’s description of a Wagner Group-related arson attack as ‘an unusual case.’ The video, uploaded 3 months ago, has received over 9,000 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The European Union will completely phase out imports of Russian gas by November 1, 2027. The Council of the European Union, meeting at the level of energy ministers, confirmed the decision in Brussels on Monday, January 26 - despite opposition from …

According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US security guarantees for his country have been fully agreed.

“The document is 100 percent ready, and we are waiting for our partners to confirm the date and place of its signing,” he said Sunday, …

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 …