Amy B. Zegart
Russian President Boris Yeltsin officially resigned on Dec. 31, 1999, anointing Vladimir Putin, then prime minister, as his successor.
Following the hardline stance against terrorism and the successful conduct of the Second Chechen War, Putin won the …
The Ukrainian Navy facilitated the safe passage of 9,061 civilian vessels through its sea corridor in 2024, Navy Commander Oleksii Neizhpapa said on Jan. 3.
Following Russia’s termination of the grain deal in July 2023, Ukraine opened a new …
A Ukrainian officer from the 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade, known by the call sign "Historian," spoke to reporters about the situation on the northern front of the Kharkiv area near Vovchansk, reports Ob'yektiv.
According to the officer, …
Russia launched a ballistic missile attack on Chernihiv on Jan. 3, killing one person and injuring four others, Chernihiv Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Chaus said.
The attack targeted a residential area on the outskirts of Chernihiv, causing significant …
Russia has long regarded this rugged industrial city as a strategic target. The coal mines of Pokrovsk are crucial to Ukraine’s steel industry, and the roads grant it a key transportation hub status. In the final hours of 2024, Pokrovsk's power grid, …
Authorities in Russian-occupied Transnistria began rolling blackouts on Jan. 3 after Russia’s suspension of gas exports caused emergency power outages, the so-called economic development ministry announced.
Russia’s state-controlled energy giant …
The Kremlin is poised to transfer some of its military assets from Syria to Africa, according to recent intelligence updates. Much of the military hardware stationed in Tartus is awaiting naval transport to Libya, reported the press service of the …
More than 50,000 inquiries have been submitted by Russians seeking missing soldiers through Ukraine’s “I Want to Find” project, Bohdan Okhrimenko, head of the Coordination Center Secretariat, said in an interview with ArmyInform on Jan. …
Germany should not rule out deploying Bundeswehr troops to Ukraine after the war ends, Roderich Kiesewetter, a lawmaker from the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU), said on Jan. 3, Schwäbische Zeitung reported.
Kiesewetter’s remarks …
Polish farmers launched a protest in Warsaw on Jan. 3 against agricultural imports from Ukraine and the EU policies they claim are threatening their livelihoods, the RMF24 news outlet reported.
The protest follows a series of demonstrations by Polish …
Ukraine is planning to raise more than $1 billion in 2025 to develop the so-called Danish model of funding for Ukraine’s defense production, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Jan. 3.
Denmark became the first country to offer to donate arms to …
Editor’s Note: This is issue 159 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly, covering events from Dec. 15-22, 2024. The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission.
Updated IMF Memorandum. On Dec. 20, the …
Around 38% of Ukrainians are open to conceding some of the territories while preserving independence in order to end the war with Russia as fast as possible, according to the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) survey published on Jan. …
Engineers of Metinvest, Ukraine’s largest steel producer, developed an armored protection for the control module of the Patriot air defense system, the company announced on Jan. 3.
Ukraine has received at least three Patriot systems from Germany, one …
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Russian media are spreading a statement by Putin about the number of Ukrainians in Russia and in temporarily occupied territories: “As many Ukrainians live in Russia as in Ukraine, or …
Poland has not invited Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Hungary’s ambassador to the opening event of Warsaw’s presidency of the EU Council on Jan. 3, Reuters reported, citing Polish Deputy European Affairs Minister Magdalena …
Russia is planning to ship some military equipment and weapons from the Tartus naval base in Syria to Libya, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) claimed on Jan. 3.
Rebels overthrew the Russia-backed regime of former Syrian dictator Bashar …
On the Kursk direction, the “Siversk” Operational Tactical Group (OTG) units captured Kruglenkoe, taking positions in the villages previously held by North Korean and Russian forces. Ukrainian Defense Forces also advanced east of Pogrebki along the …
Ukrainian men living in Poland have begun receiving fake military draft notices, threatening them with legal repercussions if they evade service, the Polish RMF24 news outlet reported on Jan. 3.
Poland’s Office for Foreigners, which the letter …
The next Ramstein-format summit of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) will take place on Jan. 9, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported on Jan. 3, citing the U.S. Air Force.
The meeting will be the first since the leader-level summit …
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation into suspected desertion and abuse of authority in the French-trained 155th “Anne of Kyiv” Mechanized Brigade, the bureau confirmed for Suspilne on Jan. 2.
The …
A Moscow court ordered Russia’s most popular search engine Yandex to remove photos of an oil refinery in one of the Russian regions from online maps due to the threat of Ukrainian drone attacks, Russian state-controlled TASS news agency …
Russia has recruited 140,000 to 180,000 prisoners to fight in a full-scale war against Ukraine as of November 2024, Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SZRU) said on Jan. 2.
Moscow has been recruiting convicts for its war since summer 2022, …
Ukraine’s incursion in Russia’s Kursk Oblast is a “very strong trump card in any negotiations,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview on Ukrainian television released on Jan. 2.
“Especially with countries that …
Russian attacks against Ukraine killed two people and injured at least 13 others over the past day, regional authorities said on Jan. 3.
Ukrainian forces downed 60 out of 93 drones, including Shahed-type ones, launched by Russia overnight, the Air …
