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Amy B. Zegart
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Russian drone hits civilian car in Odesa Oblast, killing mother and injuring 3 children, governor says
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Zelensky arrives in Poland for official visit
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Putin, the people, or both? The unresolved question of responsibility in Russia
About the author: Archil Jangirashvili is a Georgian lawyer and academic specializing in law, political ethics, and human rights.
The question of whether Russian society bears responsibility for Vladimir Putin’s actions has been raised repeatedly …
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Man who couldn’t evacuate from Kupiansk for a month after stepping on mine gets treatment in Kharkiv
UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Dec. 18 — A man from Kupiansk who got injured on a mine while running away from Russian drones was transported to Kharkiv and treated there, reported Kharkiv military hospital on Facebook. Before that, he couldn’t evacuate from …
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Russia’s Oreshnik ballistic missile deployed to Belarus, Lukashenko says
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Putin claims Russia has 'liberated' 300 settlements in Ukraine, says offensive could accelerate
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that in 2025 his forces captured more than 300 settlements in Ukraine and said the Russian military can “increase the pace” along key fronts.
Putin’s comments about the Russian military’s “successes” in the …
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Ukraine warns of Russian recruitment of teenagers in expanding hybrid war
The Kremlin’s hybrid war against Ukraine extends beyond the battlefield to internal destabilization efforts. Approximately 200 Ukrainian teenagers await trial at Kyiv’s Lukyanivka remand center on charges of treason tied to aiding Russian …
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Nearly 60% of Ukrainians see Zelensky as responsible for his associate's role in major corruption scandal, poll shows
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Zelensky supports online voting in future presidential election
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Frankenburg Technologies Successfully Tests "Frankenburg Mark 1" Missile at Ādaži Military Base
On December 18, 2025, at the Ādaži military base in Latvia, Frakenburg Technologies conducted successful tests of its newly-developed “Frankenburg Mark 1” guided missile. This missile, designed for mass production using commercially …
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30,000 Russian losses per month – US “platinum” guarantees and a new phase of the war
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❗️Russians are allocating record budgets not for peace, but for war, says Zelenskyy #shorts
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❗️Without the tranche in spring, Ukraine will significantly reduce drone production, says Zelenskyy
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Ukraine war latest live: Ukrainian forces say they counterattacked near Lyman — and wiped out a Russian regiment
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Ukraine retakes 90% of Kupyansk and gains ground near Pokrovsk
Russia has built up a force of roughly 710,000 troops for a strategic offensive but has yet to achieve meaningful operational gains, Ukraine’s top general said.
Ukrainian troops have regained control of nearly 90% of the city of Kupyansk in the …
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I build robots to save lives: Here’s why Europe must invest in Ukraine’s civil security
About the author: Cyril Kabbara is the founder and CEO of Shark Robotics.
This week, my company, Shark Robotics, a French high-tech scale-up and a world leader in civil protection robotics, delivered 40 Colossus robots to Ukraine’s State Emergency …
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Orban says he wrote to Putin, fearing Russia’s response to EU plan to use frozen assets for Ukraine
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has acknowledged that he personally reached out to Vladimir Putin for clarification, saying he was concerned about Moscow’s reaction to European Union actions.
Orban said he sent a letter to Putin asking how …
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EU imposes new sanctions on Russia's 'shadow fleet'
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Ukrainian forces counterattack near Lyman, claim Russian regiment destroyed
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Sweden’s navy says armed guards are appearing on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ vessels
Uniformed service members and armed men - believed to be private security contractors — have been spotted on tankers carrying oil from Russia, Marko Petkovic, the head of operations for the Swedish Navy, said on the Swedish broadcaster SVT Nyheter. …
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SBU says drones hit Russian equipment worth hundreds of millions at Belbek airfield in occupied Crimea
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Ukrainian delegation to visit US for peace talks on Dec. 19-20, Zelensky says
Seventeen young male migrants from Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia were detained after illegally crossing the Poland-Lithuania border, carrying passes from a Latvian foreigner center.
On December 18, 2025, at approximately 10:25 UTC, Polish Border Guard units stationed at Sejny interdicted 17 young male migrants after they illegally crossed the border between Poland and Lithuania. The migrants originate from Eritrea, Sudan, …