Amy B. Zegart
Russian attacks against Ukraine killed one person and injured at least 36 others over the past day, regional authorities said on Jan. 5.
Ukrainian forces downed 61 out of 103 drones, including the Shahed-type ones, launched by Russia overnight, the …
Russia has lost 796,490 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 Jan. 5.
This number includes 1,730 casualties Russian forces suffered just over …
Oleksii Halionka, a 72-year-old Ukrainian educator and philologist, was killed on 3 January 2025 when a Russian missile hit his home in Chernihiv.
The attack, involving three ballistic missiles, struck residential areas, killing Halionka, injuring …
Former military officer Anatoliy Kozel, also known by his call sign "Kupol", has issued stark warnings that several major Ukrainian cities could face occupation by 2025 if current trends continue. In an interview with Ukrainian Witness, Kozel, …
Georgian citizens are being urged to participate in a nationwide strike on Jan. 15 to demand the release of detained protestors and to call for new elections, Protest 24 posted on Facebook.
The strike, organized by Protest 24, will begin at 3 p.m. and …
Russian commander Konstantin Nagayko, who was involved in the 2023 missile strike on Hroza, is in critical condition following an explosion, the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) reported on January 4.
According to the agency, the explosion occurred …
Roderich Kiesewetter, defense spokesperson for Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), said saidthat Chancellor Olaf Scholz could meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin before Germany’s parliamentary elections on Feb. 23. …
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In On Tyranny, the first of Snyder’s 20 lessons is: “Do not obey in advance.” To many, media owners’ decisions to accommodate Trump seem textbook rule violations, instances of “anticipatory obedience”, which “teaches power what it can do”. source
Russia’s Izvestia newspaper reported on Jan. 4 that a Ukrainian “kamikaze” drone attack killed one of its freelance reporters, Alexander Martemyanov, while he was traveling on a highway in occupied eastern Ukraine.
According to …
This month, Ukraine is poised to receive its initial shipment of French Mirage 2000-5F fighter jets, potentially arriving as early as January 2025. According to Avions Legendaires, France is expected to send the first batch of these fourth-generation …
The Swedish armored vehicles have found their new home.
President Volodymyr Zelensky reported significant losses among Russian and North Korean forces during recent clashes in Russia’s southern Kursk region.
“In battles yesterday and today near a single village, Makhnovka, in Kursk region, the …
A coalition of Western countries is set to convene for the 25th meeting at the U.S. Air Force Base in Ramstein, Germany, on January 7. According to Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is slated to …
Russian forces continue their advance in the Donetsk region, drawing closer to the city of Pokrovsk. On Friday, January 3, the Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState identified the settlements of Dachne, Novy Trud, and Volkove as captured. These areas lie …
A Russian military officer, involved in the killing of civilians in the village of Hroza, Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, is now in critical condition following an explosion, reported the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of …
On January 4, Ukrainian drones targeted Russia's largest maritime trade port in the Leningrad region, a strategic defense plant "Avangard" in the Smolensk region, and the Baltimor military airfield in the Voronezh region, reports the Telegram channel …
Taiwanese company Rung Cheng Suspenparts Co., Ltd. (brand TRC) has emerged as a key supplier in Russia's military efforts, specifically in the creation of precision-guided bombs (KAB) devastating Ukrainian front-line settlements, reports Ukrainian …
The Georgian government is planning to deport 25 foreigners for participating in mass protests in November and December 2024, News Georgia reported on Jan. 4, citing a Georgian Interior Ministry statement.
The pro-Russian Georgian Dream party claimed …
On Saturday, January 4, coinciding with the birthday of Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine's Defense Intelligence, hackers from the intelligence agency launched a cyberattack on the Russian company RegionTransService LLC. The attack reportedly took …
Russia struck a multi-story residential building in the Svesa village in Sumy Oblast on Jan. 4, injuring at least three people, including two children, the local military administration reported.
Sumy Oblast borders Russia’s Bryansk, Kursk, and …
Vadim Krasnoselsky, the head of the Russia-led breakaway Transnistria region in Moldova, urged residents on Jan. 3 to heat their stoves with wood whenever possible amid gas shortages.
Russia’s state-controlled energy giant Gazprom halted gas …
Last winter as Olena Morozova braced for a long and arduous trip to Ukrainian-controlled territory from her Russian-occupied home in Lysychansk in Luhansk Oblast, her friends were traveling in the opposite direction.
The friends — a family with two …
Russian troops are disguising themselves as civilians to bypass Ukrainian military positions in the Toretsk sector of the front line in Donetsk Oblast, commander of the mortar battery of the presidential brigade, call sign “Mozok” …
Moscow has cut off gas supplies to Moldova, leaving the occupied Transnistria region without heating, hot water, and partially without electricity.
As of January 1, Russia halted its gas delivery to Moldova, triggering a severe humanitarian crisis in …
