Amy B. Zegart
Team Ukraine is set to compete in the 2025 Invictus Games, which officially began on Feb. 8 in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada. The team, consisting of 35 injured Ukrainian soldiers—the largest Ukrainian delegation yet — arrived in Canada on Jan. 31 …
Russia has yet to see any positive developments from the new U.S. administration regarding disarmament, Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, said on Feb. 9.
He noted that while Moscow remains open to …
Russia’s state-controlled telecom giant Rostelecom announced on Feb. 8 that one of its underwater cables in the Baltic Sea had been damaged due to an “external impact.”
The company did not specify the cause of the damage but confirmed …
NATO Military Committee Chair Giuseppe Cavo Dragone met with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Feb. 8 during his visit to Ukraine. The two toured a long-range weapons plant and held a meeting to discuss ongoing military assistance.
Ukraine has relied on …
The band Ziferblat was selected to represent Ukraine at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest following their victory at the national selection process on Feb. 8.
Held annually, Eurovision is the world’s largest music competition. Alyona Alyona …
The UK is allocating 25 million pounds ($31 million) to launch a social recovery initiative in Ukraine called the SPIRIT program, the British government announced on Feb. 8.
Announced during Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s visit to Kyiv, the program …
Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi highlighted key military achievements during his first year in office, including long-range strikes, technological advancements, and NATO-standard training, in a Facebook post on Feb. 8.
According to the statement, …
North Korea is expected to begin drone production this year with Russian technical assistance, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Feb. 8, citing undisclosed sources.
The agreement will allow North Korea to develop and mass-produce several …
The Ukrainian military is planning to introduce “special contracts” to recruit volunteers aged 18 to 24, who are exempt from mobilization, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Reuters published on Feb. 7.
The remarks …
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan, who oversaw the court’s arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin in March 2023 over Moscow’s deportation of Ukrainian children, was named in the U.S.' as-of-now unpublic …
On February 7, 2025, Ukrainian families of defenders captured and detained in Russian-controlled territories and Russia itself gathered outside the International …
Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a Feb. 8 interview that discussions over Germany potentially deploying its peacekeeping troops to Ukraine are “premature and inappropriate.”
He told the German newspaper RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) …
Ukraine’s military said on Feb. 8 that it had downed a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft near the town of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast.
“One more Russian attack aircraft has been lost in the Toretsk direction thanks to our air defense …
In a long-anticipated shift, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania disconnected from the Russian power grid on Saturday, February 8, in a significant step toward deeper integration with the European Union and enhanced security.
"We have achieved the goal …
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President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Feb. 7 …
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Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania disconnected their energy systems from Russia’s electric power grid on Feb. 8 in “another historic day for European integration,” the Estonian Foreign Ministry said.
“This legacy of occupation …
Ukraine’s Air Force reported on Feb. 8 that air defense had shot down 67 Russian Shahed and other drones across the country overnight.
The drone attack targeted Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, …
An oil refinery in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast was among the targets of a Ukrainian overnight drone strike on Feb. 8, Russian local authorities claimed.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that 36 Ukrainian drones had been shot down by air …
