Amy B. Zegart
The Ukrainian government approved a draft agreement with Japan to secure an 8.8 billion yen ($58 million) grant for reconstruction projects, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on Feb. 11.
The funds will be provided through the Japan International …
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov met with U.S. Ambassador Lynne Tracy in Moscow on Feb. 11, Russian state media outlet TASS reported without providing details on the content of the discussions.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry …
Ukraine’s parliament voted in favor of buying two Russian-made reactors from Bulgaria for the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant, lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak said on Feb. 11.
President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the lawmakers last week to approve …
As Ukraine nears the fourth year of full-scale war with Russia, it is launching a major army reform aimed at improving its efficiency and organization on the battlefield.
"We need the corps system," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Feb. …
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the international community has sent nearly $11 billion in humanitarian aid, with billions more from individuals, charities, and Ukrainians. The UN recently announced a new $3.3 billion …
Russia ranked 154th out of 180 countries in Transparency International’s 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index, marking its worst performance in the index’s history, the organization reported on Feb. 11.
“In order for autocratic regimes …
North Korea has provided Russia with around 200 long-range artillery pieces to boost its war effort against Ukraine, the Yonhap news agency reported on Feb. 11, citing South Korea’s Defense Ministry.
Seoul further warned that Pyongyang is likely …
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has paused the development of a Ukraine peace plan to hold consultations with European allies, The Telegraph reported on Feb. 10, citing undisclosed sources.
Keith Kellogg, Trump’s envoy for …
Russia launched an airstrike against the village of Zolochiv in Kharkiv Oblast on Feb. 11, injuring at least six people, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported.
A 12-year-old boy was among the injured. Three of the victims have been hospitalized, while the …
Russian officials are concerned that the Western sanctions are undermining Russia’s economic influence over countries in its close neighborhood and the Global South, the Financial Times reported on Feb. 10, citing a leaked government report. …
Russian attacks on multiple Ukrainian regions killed at least three civilians and injured at least 17 over the past day, regional authorities reported on Feb. 11.
Overnight, Russia launched 124 Shahed-type combat and decoy drones, according to the Air …
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
Ukrainian forces struck Russia’s Saratov oil refinery in a strike overnight on Feb. 11, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said after reports of drone attacks …
Editor’s note: This story was updated with a statement from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 10 imposing a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports, with no …
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
Russia launched an aerial strike against Ukraine’s power grid overnight on Feb. 11, forcing the country’s energy operator to implement emergency power outages, Energy …
A drone strike targeted the Saratov oil refinery in Russia’s Saratov Oblast on Feb. 11, claimed Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation.
“The Saratov Oil Refinery is one of the key facilities in …
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that Ukraine may or may not lose its sovereignty to Russia, adding he wants compensation for the provided U.S. aid regardless of how the war ends, he said in an interview with Fox News published on Feb. 10. …
Russia has lost 851,880 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. 11.
This number includes 1,390 casualties Russian forces suffered just over …
Lithuania will allocate nearly 32 million euros ($32.9 million) in 2025 to support the education of Ukrainians who have relocated to the country due to the war, Lithuanian broadcaster LRT announced on Feb. 9.
The funding will allocate 4.2 million …
U.S. Republican Congressman Joe Wilson announced his plan to introduce the Freedom First Lend-Lease Act to Congress, on Feb. 10.
Reauthorizing this program would grant U.S. President Donald Trump the authority to send Ukraine weapons through …
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is under investigation for undeclared assets in Germany, Spiegel reported on Feb. 8, citing the Frankfurt am Main Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Abramovich is widely known as the former owner of the Chelsea …
The European Union will review its multibillion-euro foreign aid program to align the distribution of funds “more closely” with its foreign policy interests, Bloomberg reported on Feb. 10.
The EU’s move coincided with the Trump …
