President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that without Ukraine, Europe could face a full-scale Russian occupation due to Moscow’s numerical advantage in forces, he said in a segment of an interview with The Guardian published on Feb. 12.
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Europe faces 'total' Russian occupation without Ukraine's army, Zelensky says
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Defense Minister Umerov meets Pentagon chief Hegseth for the first time
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov met with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for the first time on Feb. 12 on the sidelines of the Ramstein-format meeting in Brussels.
The 26th summit of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) is the …
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Russian missile attack on Kyiv damages state-run TV channel's office
A Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv on Feb. 12 damaged the office of the state news channels Freedom TV and Dim, the news channels announced.
The office sustained damage to windows and equipment, but the channels said they remain operational. …
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'People were killed inside Presidential Office' — Zelensky comments on Russia's assassination attempts in 2022
An attempt to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky at the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 resulted in people being killed inside the Presidential Office, Zelensky said in a segment of an interview with The Guardian published …
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Russia's sanctioned ex-central bank official takes up in-person IMF duties in Washington
Former Russian Deputy Central Bank Governor Ksenia Yudaeva, who is under U.S. sanctions, is working in person at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, Russia’s state news agency TASS reported on Feb. 11.
Yudaeva has …
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Coordinating allied support — Umerov lists Ukraine's priorities at Ramstein-format summit
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has begun his work at the 26th Ramstein-format Ukrainian Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting in Brussels on Feb. 12, the first event of its kind not chaired by the U.S.
The meeting, chaired by U.K. Defense Secretary …
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Pentagon chief Hegseth arrives in Brussels ahead of Ramstein-format meeting
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Feb. 12 as the allies gather for a Ramstein-format meeting.
The U.K. has taken over the U.S.’s role in chairing the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) as …
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Russia’s war on Ukraine. 11.02.25
On the Kursk direction, fighting continued near Pogrebki, Viktorovka, Sverdlivkovo, Cherkasskya Konopelka, and Fanaseevka. The enemy advanced to the northwestern outskirts of Sverdlivkovo and attempted to advance near Cherkasskya Konopelka and within …
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Russia braces for economic crisis as it revives Covid-era committee
Russia has reactivated a special economic commission initially created during the Covid-19 pandemic to monitor struggling industries and implement relief measures, The Moscow Times reported on Feb. 11, citing Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander …
Kyiv Hit with 7 Ballistic Missiles Overnight – 6 Were Shot Down
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German Navy facing sabotage attempts since full-scale Russia-Ukraine war's start, navy chief says
Germany’s Navy has encountered repeated sabotage attempts since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, German Navy Commander-in-Chief Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack told N-TV on Feb. 11.
Kaack said the incidents …
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Trump praises Putin for US teacher's release, says it could help end Russia-Ukraine war
U.S. President Donald Trump met Marc Fogel at the White House on Feb. 11 after the U.S. schoolteacher was freed from a Russian prison in a deal negotiated between Moscow and Washington.
Fogel, arrested at a Russian airport in 2021 for possessing …
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1 killed, 14 injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over past day
Russian attacks across multiple Ukrainian regions over the past day killed at least one person and injured at least 14, including a child, regional authorities reported on Feb. 12.
Overnight, Russian forces launched 123 Shahed-type attack drones and …
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General Staff: Russia has lost 853,030 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Russia has lost 853,030 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 Feb. 12.
This number includes 1,150 casualties Russian forces suffered just over …
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Russia offers to produce advanced stealth fighter jet for Indian Air Force, Reuters reports
Russia has offered to manufacture its fifth-generation Su-57 stealth fighter jet for the Indian Air Force amid deepening ties between Moscow and New Delhi, Reuters reported on Feb. 11, citing two officials.
The fighter jet, which would be produced in …
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Fires, damage reported in Kyiv following overnight missile attacks
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
Russia launched a missile attack against Kyiv on the morning of Feb. 12.
Various officials reported that fires had broken out in the Holosiivskyi, Podilskyi, Solomianskyi, and …
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Russia may find opportunity to launch large-scale war on Europe within 5 years, Danish intelligence warns
Russia may find the opportunity to launch a large-scale war on Europe within five years, if Moscow “perceives NATO as militarily weakened or politically divided,” an unclassified intelligence assessment from the Danish Defense …
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Ukraine will no longer create new brigades, official says
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Hungarian deputy FM arrives in Ukraine, demands explanation for 'slander campaign'
Hungarian Deputy Foreign Minister Levente Magyar criticized Ukrainian officials for a so-called “slanderous campaign” against Hungary in a visit to Kyiv on Feb. 11.
Hungarian authorities have criticized Ukraine in the past, often repeating …
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Latvia's State Security Service monitors pro-Kremlin anti-Baltic conference speakers in Moscow
A pseudo-scientific conference titled ‘Russian ethnocide in the Baltic States’ was held on February 12, 2025, in Moscow, organized by the Institute of CIS countries and featuring pro-Kremlin speakers who fled Latvia and face criminal …
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US, UK, Australia sanction Russian cyber firm Zservers over ransomware attacks
The United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia jointly imposed sanctions on the Russian cyber company Zservers for its role in ransomware attacks, the U.S. Treasury Department announced on Feb. 11.
Zservers, a bulletproof hosting (BPH) services …
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Foreign Ministry denounces corruption allegations made by Tucker Carlson
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi denied corruption allegations by far-right American commentator Tucker Carlson in a social media post on Feb. 11.
Carlson had earlier claimed that U.S. weapons sent to Ukraine are resold on the black …
Endless Cycles of Combat: Life on the Frontlines of Pokrovsk
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Trump envoy who negotiated prisoner release secretly assigned to help end Ukraine war, NYT reports
Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, has been secretly tasked with helping negotiate an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine, the New York Times (NYT) reported on Feb. 11, citing undisclosed …