Amy B. Zegart
The Netherlands will send the remainder of the 24 F-16 fighter jets it had promised to Ukraine on May 26, Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said on the Dutch broadcaster WNL on May 25.
Ukraine received its first F-16 jets from the Netherlands …
Russia has lost around 981,850 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on May 26.
The number includes 1,000 casualties that Russian forces suffered …
Russian independent media outlet Mediazona, in collaboration with the BBC Russian service, has confirmed the identities of 109,625 Russian military personnel killed in Ukraine.
The publications' latest report covers the period of February 24, 2022 to …
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on May 25 that three new sanction packages have officially taken effect, following their approval by Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.
In a Facebook post, Zelensky outlined the scope of the latest …
Germany’s Chief of Defense, Carsten Breuer, has issued a directive ordering the German military to be fully equipped with weapons and materials by 2029, citing concerns that Russia could be capable of attacking NATO territory by then.
The internal …
U.S. President Donald Trump voiced strong disapproval of Russia’s weekend bombardment of Ukraine, telling reporters that he’s “not happy with Putin.”
“He’s killing a lot of people,” Trump said to reporters at an airport …
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul called for additional EU sanctions against Russia on May 25 following Russia’s large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine that killed 12 and injured 79.
"(Russian President Vladimir) Putin is not …
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
A rail line was damaged in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast on May 25 after a cargo train ran over an explosive device planted underneath the tracks, regional governor Vyacheslav …
U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg became the first U.S. official to react to Russia’s overnight large-scale attack on Ukraine on May 25, calling for the end to hostilities.
“The indiscriminate …
Ukraine claims China is not merely a neutral observer but a covert participant in Russia's war against Ukraine. Reports surfaced from Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service, which officially confirmed China's involvement in supplying Russia with …
Key developments on May 24-25:
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's bank account has been frozen due to incoming payments from Russia. The account, held at Sparkasse Bank, no longer receives payments from Russian entities, according to BILD.
Schröder reportedly finds …
A Russian military commander has claimed that President Vladimir Putin’s helicopter was “at the epicenter” of a Ukrainian drone attack on May 20 in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.
The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify …
Beijing is supplying “special chemicals, gunpowder, and components” to 20 Russian military-industrial manufacturing facilities, head of Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service Oleh Ivashchenko said in an interview partially released …
The Netherlands will send the last of 24 promised F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine on Monday, May 26. Minister of Defense Ruben Brekelmans confirmed in an that "all 24 promised F-16s will soon be present in Ukraine."
Brekelmans' announcement comes as …
Ukrainian drone operators destroyed three Russian fuel tanks during a strike on a train moving through occupied areas of Zaporizhzhia Oblast on May 24, according to Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Agency (HUR).
HUR released a video of the …
Russia has amassed around 50,000 troops near the border with the Kharkiv region. As reported by Sky News, this build-up comes after Russian forces pushed Ukraine's Defense Forces out of the Kursk region. Analysts have long speculated on a Russian …
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
Several Ukrainian drones were downed by Russian air defenses on their approach to Moscow, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claimed on May 25. Sobyanin’s report comes following …
In the latest call for stronger international action against Moscow, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged allies to ramp up sanctions on Russia. This plea comes after a significant surge of overnight drone and missile attacks by Russia on …
As Kyiv completed its largest prisoner exchange of the war on May 25, exchanging 1,000 Ukrainian POWs for 1,000 Russians, some spoke out on social media to criticize authorities for failing to return certain captives.
Colonel Denys Prokopenko, …
Following a deadly overnight Russian attack on May 25, EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Mathernova described the strikes as mocking diplomatic attempts at peace.
“Russians are relentlessly stepping up the pressure. Stepping up the terror …
Russian President Vladimir Putin was aboard a helicopter caught in the "epicenter" of efforts to repel a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack during his visit to the Kursk region on May 20, reported Russian air defense division commander Yuri Dashkin. …