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The Insider: As Russia depletes Soviet tanks and artillery, Putin’s Ukraine war drive to end by 2026
Once boasting a vast Soviet arsenal, Russia now has just 2,000 tanks left. With production stuck at 250 tanks yearly against massive battlefield losses, Moscow faces an insurmountable math problem.
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February 12, 2025
- Russian AggressionRussia offers $5,000 for attacks on Ukraine mobilization offices, undercover journalists reveal
- Ukraine offers high payments, free housing to lure young volunteers to 1-year military contract
- Russian AggressionUkrainian forces integrate infantry and drones into a united strike system
- Ukrainian former FM: Shifting Ukraine’s security guarantees onto Europe is unfair after Budapest Memorandum
- Frontline reportFrontline report: Ukrainians push deeper into Kursk, striking Russian command posts
- AnalysisThe Insider: As Russia depletes Soviet tanks and artillery, Putin’s Ukraine war drive to end by 2026
- HUR: Ukraine’s cyberattack cripples 23 Russian energy firms with insider’s help
- Trump ends Ukraine’s steel import tariff exemption two months early
- Kyiv may consider swapping seized Russian territory for occupied lands of Ukraine, Zelenskyy says
- US Republican lawmaker proposes reauthorizing lend-lease for Ukraine
- Zelenskyy: European security guarantees “not real” without US support
- ECHR finds Russia’s war censorship an effort to silence dissent
- Rubio: Ending war in Ukraine to top agenda at Munich Security Conference
- Pyongyang sent 200 long-range artillery pieces to Russia, Seoul says
- YLE: Multiple drone sightings reported near Finnish gunpowder factory
- Danish intelligence: Russia could be ready for major war against Europe in five years
- US Defense chief announces no new Ukraine aid plans ahead of Ramstein meeting – WP
- Russia shifts missile strike tactics as Ukraine deploys F-16 jets, expert says
- Ukrainian lawmakers approve Russian nuclear reactor purchase from Bulgaria
- Zelenskyy: Strong weapons packages vital as Ukraine counts on Ramstein coalition ahead of first meeing in UK
- People of UkraineThe champion who trains by touch: From Donetsk exile to leading Ukraine’s Olympic dreams in darkness
- “I had no time to hide”: Russian small-range drones become deadliest weapon against Ukrainian civilians in January
- Japan to provide Ukraine with $ 58 million to rebuild infrastructure
Ukrainian drones devastated North Korean troops in Kursk. That might be exactly what Kim wanted
For months, military analysts have watched an unprecedented experiment unfold: North Korea's first foreign combat deployment in 70 years has become a brutal lesson in modern warfare—one defined by Ukrainian drones and heavy casualties.
Inside the West’s fatal peace deal with the Kremlin that exploded into the Cold War
When Western leaders came to Yalta to forge global peace, they instead handed Moscow the tools to enslave Europe — a fatal mistake Putin tricks the West into repeating.
Ukraine’s contested cultural ban strikes at the heart of Putin’s imperial strategy
Ukraine's cultural blockade of Russian art is more than wartime nationalism —it’s a frontline defense against Putin’s "Russian world" colonial ideology.
Russia’s fiber-optic drones dodge jamming, but Ukraine hunts them with infrared and sound
A thin glass thread trailing behind new Russian drones has neutralized billions in electronic warfare defenses. Now, Ukrainian forces are scrambling to devise new air defense strategies.
Conservative commentator reveals what Trump thinks of war; his guest insists Putin will regret ‘what he did’
Bill O'Reilly says that Trump must make it very painful for Russia "to win" while Trump's ex-EU envoy believes the security guarantees will be ironclad for Kyiv
Frontline report
Why is Ukraine losing ground? Mobilization crisis and command failures exposed
Ukraine's military problems can no longer be ignored as mobilization failures and systemic issues lead to mounting territorial losses
Is this the hour of Europe again?
Europe's moment of truth arrives as US support crumbles, forcing EU leaders to confront their biggest security challenge since World War II.
The EU banned Russian timber—then bought € 1.5 billion worth anyway
Poland, Ukraine's strongest EU ally, has emerged as the largest importer of banned Russian timber, taking in a third of all suspect shipments since sanctions began.
Estonia’s Ambassador: We want Ukraine to defeat Russia
NATO is the best security guarantee for Ukraine, says Ambassador Annely Kolk
Ukraine’s wartime unity at risk as ruling party seeks to ban opposition leader Poroshenko from parliament
Ukraine's parliament committee voted to suspend former president Poroshenko from one plenary session without evidence of misconduct.
As Russian troops leave Armenia, Moscow’s revenge playbook emerges
Russian peacekeepers' betrayal during Azerbaijan's advances prompted Armenia to make an unprecedented pivot westward. But Moscow never forgives desertion.
Think 2024 was wild? Eight global forces will make 2025 even more turbulent
From middle-income traps to migration crisis, a guide to how Ukraine and democracies must navigate coming instability
Evergreens
Yes, Ukraine can win the war – ex-minister decodes victory plan
Zelenskyy's plan and Ukraine's victory are completely realistic, says Andriy Zagorodnyuk. But there is a crucial caveat — the current paradigm must be changed.
Trump’s “60 million Russian deaths”: the dangerous myth behind his Ukraine peace plan
Behind that inflated death toll lies a carefully crafted Soviet myth that made Russia look like the sole victor over Hitler. Today, that same myth threatens Ukraine's survival.
A realistic victory strategy for Ukraine
In a war where offensive operations are equally difficult on both sides, not losing is already winning in the next year and a half
Analysis
Ukraine faces critical military reform challenge as desertions soar past 100,000
New promising policies allow unit transfers and civilian promotions, but ineffective mobilization rules remain unchanged.
Behind Ukraine’s fateful security deal that unleashed centuries of Russian colonial grip
In 1654, a fateful military pact with Moscow betrayed Ukraine's bid for independence. Four centuries later, Putin exploits this same broken pledge to erase it from existence once more.
