Exclusives
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Russia weaponizes Starlink to hunt Ukraine’s most critical air defenses. BM-35 drones are precision weapons mounting Starlink and at least 41 foreign components |
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Orbán fires back at Zelenskyy’s “slap” comment, doubles down on pro-Kremlin stance. Hungarian PM accuses Ukrainian president of "carefully chosen insults" while repeating calls to lift sanctions on Russia |
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“Let them freeze”: Russian state TV gloats over Moscow’s energy strikes, blames Kyiv. Kremlin channels twisted a NYT article to claim Ukrainians want surrender. |
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China supplied 21% of Ukraine’s imports — and the trade deficit tells you why (INFOGRAPHIC). New data shows imports nearly double exports, with agriculture hit hardest. |
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Russian tanks went underground. Their radios didn’t shut up.. Signals intelligence is helping one Ukrainian drone unit blunt the assault on Sloviansk before it starts |
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Volunteers supply 95% of Ukraine’s military trucks. Watch their 30-hour drive to Kyiv. Documentary "No Sleep Til Kyiv" now free on YouTube—released as vehicle losses hit 1,000 per month |
Military
From Penza to Crimea: Ukraine strikes Russian fuel and radar in coordinated campaign (MAP). Fire recorded at oil depot supplying occupation forces; "Podlyot" radar station destroyed
Russia experiments with tactics on Kramatorsk front, Ukrainian officer says. Ukrainian military reports the enemy is adapting, abandoning past patterns, and even resorting to horses for mobility
Intelligence and technology
$131 million in one night: Ukraine intelligence reveals staggering cost of Russian air assault. Ukraine spent $94 million on interceptors alone—nearly two-thirds the cost of the attack itself
Fake job listings for non-existent Luhansk nuclear plant lure Russians to front lines, Ukraine says. Kyiv disinformation watchdog says Russians are being lured by promises of civilian work at a strategic nuclear facility in occupied Luhansk that has never existed
Germany arrests alleged Russian spy with access to Zelenskyy, Merz. Ukrainian-born suspect posed as community advocate while feeding intelligence to GRU
International
Western sanctions push India's top refiner to replace Russian crude with Brazilian, Angolan oil. Indian Oil Corp turns to Angola, Brazil, UAE for March supplies
G7+ pledges thousands of generators and hundreds of millions in funding as Ukraine faces harshest winter of the war. 447 generators from the EU, 90 from Lithuania, over 100 from France
Taiwan offers Ukraine talks on sanctions evasion after Zelenskyy names it as source of Russian weapon parts. President Lai says Taipei is open to deeper information sharing to curb illegal transshipment
Estonia stripped of 2026 European Fencing Championships hosting rights over ban on Russian athletes. France takes over tournament five months before start
"Russia is weaponizing winter": Australia pledges $6.9 million for Ukraine's battered power grid. Fresh funds target power, heating, and essential services under sustained attack
European allies race aid to Ukraine as Kyiv freezes. Six countries delivered 50 tons of equipment in days; three more shipments en route
Humanitarian and social impact
$10,000 per child: The price of rescuing Ukrainian children from Russian captivity, aid groups say. Yale has documented 35,000 children taken since 2022; only about 500 returned last year
Over 1,900 apartment blocks in Kyiv still without heating after Russian strikes, mayor says. Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko reports that heating remains off in 1,940 buildings as workers race to restore supply after Russia's 9 and 20 January attacks
Political and legal developments
Zelenskyy: Delegations discussing parameters for ending the war, Ukraine awaits answers from Russia. Two days of closed-door talks began in Abu Dhabi on 23 January with Ukrainian, American, and Russian delegations discussing the parameters for ending the war
Putin eyes Trump's Board of Peace as path to unfreeze billions in Russian assets. Kremlin proposes remaining funds rebuild "territories damaged by fighting"—meaning occupied Ukraine, ISW says
Russia invokes mysterious "Anchorage formula", as trilateral Ukraine talks begin in Abu Dhabi. Moscow demands all of Donbas, citing alleged Trump-Putin August agreement
Zelenskyy: Russian oil tankers still cross Europe, missile components still flow – "How is it possible to just talk about this for years?". President points to weak sanctions enforcement, says Europe hasn't learned to defend itself
Zelenskyy says Ukraine's forces could form the core of a united European army. The Ukrainian president proposed that Kyiv's war-hardened troops could serve as the foundation for united European armed forces once Russia's war ends
Zelenskyy: Security deal ready to sign, but Donbas remains key sticking point. Talks on territorial question move to Abu Dhabi
30 European soldiers won't stop anyone, says Zelenskyy in Davos. But that's what Europe sent to defend Greenland. Zelenskyy tells Europe it looks "more like geography than a political force"
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