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Amy B. Zegart


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    The Kremlin Connection: Mapping #Telegram Networks in #Russia, #Ukraine, and #Belarus

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    NATO chief confident allies will commit $15 billion in US arms for Ukraine in 2026

    NATO chief confident allies will commit $15 billion in US arms for Ukraine in 2026

    "I'm absolutely confident that the money will be there," Rutte said during a press conference alongside President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv when asked about the figure requested by Ukraine.

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    German Defense Minister warns Ukraine will be 'dead tomorrow' without Western support

    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 …

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    Ukraine's Foreign Minister calls FIFA president a 'moral degenerate' over push to reinstate Russia

    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 …

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    Ukraine war latest live: Russian FPV drone training center hit, General Staff says

    Ukraine war latest live: Russian FPV drone training center hit, General Staff says

    Live coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine with breaking news and frontline updates, updated 4 times today. A Russian first-person view (FPV) drone training center was among several targets hit by Ukrainian forces over the past day, the General …

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    Zelensky urges maximum pressure on Moscow after massive Russian strike on Ukraine’s energy

    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 …

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    Russia launches massive missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv amid severe cold

    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 …

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    Hungary sues EU over 2027 Russian gas import ban

    Hungary has filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice challenging the REPowerEU regulation that would fully ban imports of Russian natural gas starting in 2027, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.

    “Without Russian oil and natural gas, …

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    POWERFUL massive strike: at night, Russians attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region #shorts

    POWERFUL massive strike: at night, Russians attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region #shorts

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    Zelenskyy and Rutte honored the memory of fallen Ukrainian defenders #shorts

    Zelenskyy and Rutte honored the memory of fallen Ukrainian defenders #shorts

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    US says 3 Ukraine investment projects achievable in 2026 under joint fund

    US says 3 Ukraine investment projects achievable in 2026 under joint fund

    The U.S. believes launching three projects under a joint U.S.-Ukrainian investment fund created under the so-called minerals deal last year is achievable, but ambitious, a senior U.S. official told reporters on Feb. 2.

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    NATO chief arrives in Kyiv as Russia bombards Ukraine

    NATO chief arrives in Kyiv as Russia bombards Ukraine

    Rutte spoke at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament.

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    How Ukraine appears in the latest Epstein files

    How Ukraine appears in the latest Epstein files

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Jan. 31 published over 3 million documents in accordance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

    Some of them had a direct connection to Ukraine.

    The files linked to late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey …

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    West agrees to respond militarily to Russia's ceasefire violations in Ukraine, FT reports

    West agrees to respond militarily to Russia's ceasefire violations in Ukraine, FT reports

    A more extensive Russian attack would trigger a coordinated Western-led military response backed by U.S. forces, initiated 72 hours after the initial breach, the Financial Times reported.

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    SHELLING OF KYIV: Russians carried out a MASSIVE strike #shorts

    SHELLING OF KYIV: Russians carried out a MASSIVE strike #shorts

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    Ukraine designates Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization

    Ukraine stands with the Iranian people ready to fight for their freedom and is therefore recognizing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, Zelensky said in his nightly video address.

    All terrorists deserve equal …

    Rail Baltica: EU coordinator urges Latvia to take decisions

    EU coordinator for the North Sea-Baltic Corridor urges Latvia to finalize decisions on Rail Baltica scope, sequencing, and funding by early 2026 to meet the EU 2030 target.

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    Poland detains Defence Ministry employee suspected of collaborating with Russia, Onet reports

    On 3 February 2026, Polish authorities detained a male employee of the Polish Defence Ministry early in the day on suspicion of collaborating with Russian intelligence services. The news, reported by the Polish website Onet citing unnamed sources, …

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    FOI study reveals increasing complexity in European espionage from 2008-2024 with wider spy typologies and modern methods, urging vigilance and adaptation.

    The Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) published research analyzing espionage cases in Europe from 2008 to 2024 across more than 20 countries, commissioned by Swedish Security Service, FRA, and MUST. It shows that espionage activities have evolved …

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    Attempted Sabotage of German Navy Ships: Two Men Arrested

    On February 3, 2026, German authorities announced the arrest of two men suspected of attempting to sabotage German Navy ships in the Hamburg harbor. The suspects, a 37-year-old Romanian and a 54-year-old Greek, allegedly worked in the harbor and …

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    'Russians chose a freezing February night' — Damaged buildings, casualties reported as Russia resumes large-scale strikes on Kyiv

    'Russians chose a freezing February night' — Damaged buildings, casualties reported as Russia resumes large-scale strikes on Kyiv

    Russian forces launched a mass ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight on Feb. 3, striking multiple residential buildings across the city and injuring at least three people, officials said.

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    Russia’s exhaustion could open a strategic window for Ukraine in 2026, analyst says

    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 …

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    'Moral degenerate' — Ukraine slams FIFA president for supporting Russia's return

    'Moral degenerate' — Ukraine slams FIFA president for supporting Russia's return

    "Six-hundred seventy-nine Ukrainian girls and boys will never be able to play football — Russia killed them," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said after FIFA President Gianni Infantino backed lifting the ban on Russian athletes.

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    Center for Strategic and International Studies: China helped Russia triple Iskander missile production, skirting sanctions

    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 …

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    ❗️ PUTIN's surname is mentioned 1,056 times in the EPSTEIN files #shorts

    ❗️ PUTIN's surname is mentioned 1,056 times in the EPSTEIN files #shorts

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