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    Trump demands 'immediate negotiations' to acquire Greenland, says war in Ukraine is Europe's problem

    Trump demands 'immediate negotiations' to acquire Greenland, says war in Ukraine is Europe's problem

    "I'm seeking immediate negotiations to once again discuss the acquisition of Greenland by the United States," U.S. President Donald Trump said.

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    Trump SEIZES Russia's "SHADOW FLEET"! China, North Korea, and Iran AGAINST NATO

    Trump SEIZES Russia's "SHADOW FLEET"! China, North Korea, and Iran AGAINST NATO

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    Drone attacks across Russia injure 13, spark fire at Afipsky oil refinery

    Multiple regions across Russia reported drone attacks. On Wednesday, January 21, an apartment building in the settlement of Novaya Adygeya, near Krasnodar, was hit. Thirteen people were injured, with seven adults and two children hospitalized, Adygea …

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    Romania moves more troops and air defenses to Ukraine border amid Russian drone incursions

    Romania is moving additional troops and military hardware closer to its border with Ukraine as Russian drones increasingly cross into the country’s eastern regions, Defense Minister Radu Miruce said, according to Digi24.

    Miruce said the Romanian …

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    Why Myroslava, Nastia left Kyiv

    Why Myroslava, Nastia left Kyiv

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    The Counteroffensive team will continue to report from Kyiv, but we support any member of their team that wants to go back to their hometowns to be with their families.

    We also offered to take any member of the team to Warsaw for a …

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Six windows on Ukraine: Love.

“What this war taught us as a society, as people, is that yes, it doesn't take you a lot to help somebody, to step in, to extend your hand to people whom you do not know. It made us more open to helping strangers, to helping each other.”

For our fifth …

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Czech government rejects Petr Pavel’s plan to send L-159 jets to Ukraine

Czech ruling parties have decided not to transfer L-159 fighter jets to Ukraine, despite President Petr Pavel’s plan to supply them quickly.

The decision not to deliver L-159 combat aircraft to Ukraine was confirmed by SPD leader and lower-house …

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🔴URGENT! Donald Trump's special address at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos!

🔴URGENT! Donald Trump's special address at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos!

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Kyiv's mismanaged winter: Energy crisis, icy streets expose city leadership failures

Kyiv's mismanaged winter: Energy crisis, icy streets expose city leadership failures

Ukraine's capital is currently facing "the most difficult" winter of the war as its energy infrastructure sustained detrimental damage and continues to undergo further Russian attacks.

Over the past weeks, snowfall and frigid temperatures have created …

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Ukraine war latest live: Severe frosts could enable mechanized Russian assaults in Donetsk Oblast, military says

Ukraine war latest live: Severe frosts could enable mechanized Russian assaults in Donetsk Oblast, military says

Live coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine with breaking news and frontline updates, updated 5 times today. Russian forces may find favorable conditions for mechanized assaults in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk Oblast due to frost and frozen ground, …
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Trump's envoys Witkoff, Kushner to meet Putin in Moscow

Trump's envoys Witkoff, Kushner to meet Putin in Moscow

"The Russians have invited us to come, and that's a significant statement from them," Witkoff said in an interview with Bloomberg TV in Davos on Jan. 21, amid a Washington-led push to broker peace between Kyiv and Moscow.

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Over half a million left Kyiv in January amid Russia's energy blitz, mayor Klitschko says

Over half a million left Kyiv in January amid Russia's energy blitz, mayor Klitschko says

Klitschko's press service told the Kyiv Independent that the 600,000 number was calculated from mobile phone billing data.

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Military invasion 'can't be ruled out,' Greenland's prime minister says amid US threats

Military invasion 'can't be ruled out,' Greenland's prime minister says amid US threats

Greenland must start preparing for the possibility of a military invasion, even though the scenario remains unlikely, the island's prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said.

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11 reported injured in southern Russia as separate drone strike hits oil refinery

11 reported injured in southern Russia as separate drone strike hits oil refinery

Eleven people were injured in an overnight attack in Russia's Republic of Adygea, while a separate drone strike sparked a fire at an oil refinery in neighboring Krasnodar Krai, local authorities and media reported Jan. 21.

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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.

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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

Trump blames Ukraine war negotiations deadlock on Moscow, Kyiv failing to align on talks

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Jan. 20 that he has been unable to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, claiming that neither side is consistently willing to agree to a deal at the same time.

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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'

Trump, Putin envoys call Davos talks on Ukraine 'very positive,' and 'constructive'

U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys met with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev in Davos on Jan. 20 to discuss Washington’s peace plan for Ukraine, with both sides describing the talks as constructive.

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