Amy B. Zegart
Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte has urged the United States to continue its arms supplies to Ukraine, asserting that Europe is ready to "foot the bill."
According to Rutte, former President Trump's insistence that European allies increase their …
Russian actor Yura Borisov, who has previously starred in Russian propaganda films and illegally visited Russian-occupied Crimea, has received an Academy Award nomination for his role in the film “Anora."
Borisov is nominated in the Best …
As the situation in eastern Ukraine stagnates, Russian President Vladimir Putin may be contemplating a move to annex another country, posits analyst Anatoly Nesmiyan, also known as El Murid. He argues that a compromise between Ukraine and Russia, as …
Russian military bloggers, known as milbloggers, have responded in defiant terms to Donald Trump’s ultimatum to his Russian counterpart, describing it as “blackmail” from a U.S. president acting more like a “king of the …
In an address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Poland's Foreign Minister, Radosław Sikorski, emphasized that the financial support flowing into Ukraine—including loans based on frozen Russian assets—should suffice until 2025. According to …
A growing portion of Russia’s oil tanker fleet is being forced to reflag as U.S. and U.K. sanctions intensify pressure on Moscow’s shipping network, Bloomberg reported on Jan. 23.
The removal of these flags disrupts Russia’s oil …
A majority of Ukrainians — 57% — believe any peace agreement that does not fully restore Ukraine’s territorial integrity is destined to fail, according to a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) published on Jan. 23. …
President Donald Trump said on Jan. 23 he will ask the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to lower the price of oil, saying it would end Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine “immediately."
“If the price …
Russian authorities have funneled significant funds into creating a network of hundreds of thousands of fake social media accounts, forging news sites, and disseminating false information.
The Putin regime allocates up to two billion euros annually …
The Ukrainian documentary “Porcelain War” has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 97th Academy Awards, the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Jan. 23.
Directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava …
Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander Oleksandr Syrskyi visited the 155th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Anne of Kyiv in the Pokrovsk area. The visit was aimed at addressing challenges and learning from past deployment issues in Ukraine, Syrskyi …
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte called on the United States to continue supplying weapons to Ukraine, pledging that Europe will shoulder the financial burden, Reuters reported on Jan. 23.
“If this new Trump administration is willing to keep …
The Kyiv Independent identified a Russian military officer and three Russian-appointed officials from occupied Crimea who were responsible for the illegal removal of artworks and artifacts from two Kherson museums in the fall of 2022.
Fleeing a …
In a dramatic turn on Ukraine's Pokrovsk frontlines, the Ukrainian Forces have scored some notable successes despite relentless Russian assaults. Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army launched attacks across nearly all sectors on the Pokrovsk …
I first visited the looted museums of Kherson, a city in southern Ukraine, in May 2024. At the time, my team at the Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigations Unit and I were beginning an investigation into the illegal export of artifacts from …
Ukrainian troops positioned near the village of Velyka Novosilka in Donetsk Oblast are at risk of encirclement by Russian forces, military spokesperson Viktor Trehubov said on Jan. 23.
Russian forces are attempting to take control of access routes to …
Here is Ivan’s assessment of the current situation near Pokrovsk (as published on Twitter on 23JAN).
Operational Overview: The Velyka Novosilka Operational Direction situation continues deteriorating for OSUV Tavriva. Efforts by OTU Krasnohorivka …
Ukraine’s National Bank (NBU) announced on Jan. 23 that it will raise the key policy rate from 13.5% to 14.5% per annum starting from Jan. 24.
The Ukrainian economy was heavily hit by Russia’s full-scale war. At the start of the invasion, …
The end of the war must be a victory for U.S. President Donald Trump, not for Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview for Bloomberg TV on Jan. 22.
Zelensky’s statement comes amid Trump’s calls …
In 2022, Lithuania’s then-Culture Minister Simonas Kairys decided that performing Russian composer Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet “The Nutcracker” was no longer an appropriate way to celebrate the Christmas season. Lithuania …
Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi observed on Jan. 23 that the French-trained 155th “Anne of Kyiv” Brigade is “gradually acquiring certain combat capabilities” after reports of poor command and training.
The unit became a …
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Jan. 23 clarified his earlier comments on the number of European peacekeepers needed to maintain peace in Ukraine, saying the required numbers would depend on the size of Ukraine’s own military.
The statement comes …
The Kremlin sees nothing new in U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to impose sanctions if no deal on the war in Ukraine is reached, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Jan. 23 during his press briefing.
A day earlier, Trump said that …
A Russian cargo ship supposed to evacuate Russian military equipment from Russia’s Tartus naval base in Syria has finally docked after spending weeks drifting in the Mediterranean, MarineTraffic data showed on Jan. 22.
The Sparta II, a Russian …
