July 23, 2025 6:56am

Ben Borges

The State Duma, the lower chamber of Russia’s parliament, on July 22 submitted a bill that, if passed, will expand Russia’s seasonal mobilization into a year-round draft.

July 23, 2025 5:13am

Ben Borges

“We have one common trouble, one enemy. Therefore, internal contradictions should be resolved through open dialogue to achieve a single common goal — to defend our country. I am confident that Ukraine will be saved by a strong military and institutions,” Military Intelligence Chief Kyrylo Budanov said.

July 23, 2025 3:39am

Ben Borges

“Moscow is disappointed and upset that it didn’t work out with Trump… But whatever expectations Putin might have had for a good relationship with Trump, it was always going to come second to his maximalist goals in Ukraine. For Putin, the invasion of Ukraine is existential,” a former high-ranking Kremlin official said.

July 23, 2025 2:52am

Ben Borges

Thousands of Ukrainians took to the streets following the parliament's hasty decision to crush the independent anti-corruption institutions.

Protesters gathered near the Ivan Franko Theater in downtown Kyiv  — just a few blocks from the President’s Office — at 8 p.m. local time.

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July 23, 2025 2:35am

Ben Borges

The pilot safely ejected from the aircraft and is now in stable condition, according to Ukraine’s Air Force. A special commission has been appointed to investigate the incident.

July 23, 2025 12:12am

Ben Borges

Ukraine faced a watershed moment on July 22 as parliament passed, and the president signed, a bill that effectively eliminates the independence of the country's anti-corruption institutions.

The bill will subordinate the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) to the prosecutor

July 22, 2025 11:01pm

Ben Borges

Soldiers of Ukraine’s 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade recorded the shooting and their subsequent retaliation against the three Russian soldiers involved in the murder.

July 22, 2025 9:20pm

Ben Borges

Key developments on July 22:

• Russian troops enter Pokrovsk, Ukrainian 'search and destroy' operation ongoing
• Zelensky appoints delegation for peace talks with Russia in Istanbul, signals new POW swaps
• Russia recruits children into drone programs through games, education incentives, media reports
• US NATO ambassador warns China over '

July 22, 2025 9:01pm

Ben Borges

Demonstrators gathered in Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipro, and Odesa to oppose the legislation, which grants sweeping new powers to the prosecutor general over the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).

July 22, 2025 8:30pm

Ben Borges

Last week, we warned of a coming anti-democratic backslide. Now, we see it happening.

A parliamentary vote, led by President Volodymyr Zelensky’s lawmakers, today took away the independence of Ukraine’s key anti-corruption bodies -— the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s

July 22, 2025 8:22pm

Ben Borges

"Dark times ahead." "Peak of corruption." "Point of no return."

Ukrainian society sounded a code red for the country's democracy on July 22, as the final votes were tallied on a bill in Ukraine's parliament that strips independence from anti-corruption

July 22, 2025 8:07pm

Ben Borges

Moscow has launched its most ambitious weapons program since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said.

July 22, 2025 7:32pm

Ben Borges

“I think they need to be called out for their subsidizing this killing that is happening on the battlefields in Ukraine,” U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said.