Exclusives
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Gromyko's ghost at Abu Dhabi: The Soviet playbook Russia still uses to sabotage peace talks. Moscow bombs between bargaining sessions, all while offering impossible deals. That's not a mistake—it's the method |
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Russia bombed Ukraine mid-talks. That was the point.. A veteran diplomat on reading Russia's negotiation theater |
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Russia just blew up a fake F-16. The drone flew 200km to do it.. A Rubicon drone flew 200km for this. Ukraine's decoy fleet is just getting started. |
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Ukraine cuts rates for the first time since invasion—now lower than Russia's (INFOGRAPHIC). First easing in almost four years comes as inflation falls and workers don't return. |
Military
Ukrainian forces destroyed four platoons of Russian infantry in single day. Russia sent 90 troops under fog cover for rapid breakthrough. What happened next was devastating.
Intelligence and technology
. Russia bombed Kyiv during last talks, but no US sanctions followed. Now they promise "retaliation weapons." The term is from Nazi Germany.
International
German Defense Minister: No signs Russia is seriously seeking peace. Russia launched some of the most intense attacks of the war on Ukraine while US-led peace negotiations were taking place in Abu Dhabi, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told RND, saying Moscow's actions contradict its stated willingness to negotiate.
Ukrainian architects demand UNESCO suspend validation of Russian schools over occupation projects. Russia developed master plans for occupied Ukrainian territories while its leadership was added to Ukraine's war criminals list
Swiss OSCE Chair plans dual visit to Ukraine and Russia. Switzerland's Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis reportedly will try to revive dialogue on European security amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, according to the Swiss government website
Kremlin representative Dmitriev begins US negotiations days before trilateral summit
. The Kremlin leader's special representative Kirill Dmitriev started talks with an American delegation in Miami on Saturday morning, before trilateral talks on Sunday
Humanitarian and social impact
Ukraine receives bodies of 1,000 fallen soldiers, Russia gets only dozens. Disparity seems damning until you understand PSYOP math. Expert Kovalenko investigated Russia's body transfers, and what he found changes the narrative.
Russia's energy war goes international: Ukraine blackout cascades into neighboring country. The technical explanation is alarming.
Political and legal developments
Poland traces December cyberattacks on 30 energy sites to Russian spy agency. Russian hackers struck Poland's energy infrastructure during snowstorms and freezing temperatures in the final days of 2025, attempting to irreversibly destroy data at a plant supplying heat to nearly 500,000 people
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