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Senate begins to vet Trump’s key Ukraine-related picks
Potential Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will have their fates decided this week
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January 15, 2025
- Frontline reportFrontline report: North Koreans lose one-third of troops in Kursk, deploy Russian grannies as shields
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1056: Ukraine’s draft age debate intensifies
- Finland says Russian shadow fleet tanker crew planned more cable sabotage before arrest
- The Telegraph: West must build prison walls around Russia in 2025, former UK defense chief urges
- Another Indian national killed in Ukraine serving in Russian army
- South Korea offers shelter to North Korean POWs captured fighting for Russia against Ukraine
- Russia creates “axis of autocrats” in European states, Spiegel says
- Frontline reportFrontline report: North Koreans engage Russians as Russian command post strike causes chaos in southern Kursk
- Ukraine’s oil refinery strikes cut Russian strategic bomber capacity by 900 sorties
- Ukraine needs 130 F-16s to counter Russian push, military expert warns
- Russian drones hunt Ukrainian troops along destroyed Sumy border villages
- Ukraine-Egypt trade soars to $ 1.4 billion as nations plan food hub amid Black Sea threats
- Slovak opposition to launch vote of no-confidence vote after Fico’s pro-Moscow gas claims
- AnalysisUS would spend $ 808B to defend new 2,600-mile NATO border if Russia wins in Ukraine, report says
- Ukraine’s EU exports surge to $ 25 billion in 2024 due to visa-free trade regime with bloc
- InternationalSenate begins to vet Trump’s key Ukraine-related picks
- Ukraine forms 36 working groups to fast-track EU integration talks in 2025
- Russia reportedly sentences seven Ukrainian POWs to 16-year terms in trial over Kursk incursion
- NYT: US warns Putin of consequences after uncovering Russian plot to ignite cargo shipments on American flights
- Russian AggressionUkraine’s largest air assault targets fuel and defense industries in 12 Russian regions
- Ukraine’s General Staff removes Kurakhove sector from daily reports
- Russian gas giant Gazprom plans to reduce central office staff by 40%
- InternationalPutin’s worst torture camp couldn’t break him. Now he exposes Assad’s
“Russians will 100% break any ceasefire in Ukraine,” Republican pundit warns
Putin is too old for peace deal in Ukraine and plans to seize more territory within 18 months, says Michael DiCianna, a research fellow at the Institute of World Politics in Washington.
Historic first: Ukrainian sea drone launches FPV strike on Russian coastal air defenses
It is the first known case of an FPV attack from a "mother ship" naval drone at a coastal installation.
“Putin fears him.” Zelenskyy courts Trump, dismisses Biden in viral Fridman interview
In a three-hour podcast, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Donald Trump can stop Vladimir Putin. At the same time, he criticized Joe Biden’s approach to handling Russia's war in Ukraine.
Russia may exploit its Transnistria gas crisis to advance pro-Russian influence in Moldova, media says
Russia’s gas cutoff to Transnistria impacts 300,000 people, possibly aiming to sway Moldova’s 2025 elections and block European integration.
How Russia cracked NATO’s advanced weapons in Ukraine
2025 will be a critical year for Ukraine as the Russian army gains momentum, Austrian defense expert warns
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
15 Russians raped her for false confession – Ukrainian mother gets 18-year sentence after years of torture in secret Russian prison
A Russian kangaroo court against Ukrainians inadvertently revealed the chilling torture practices at the Izolyatsia "death factory” treated as “entertainment” by her captors.
Ukrainian public figures to world leaders: Do not appease evil
The appeal urges global leaders to reject concessions to Russia, emphasizing Ukraine's existential struggle and the need to defeat aggression to secure global democracy, peace, and order
Blinken praises how US handled Ukraine war, but were all calls “right”?
His latest interview with the NYT is filled with self-praise on how the Biden administration managed the Russo-Ukraine war. But a critical assessment shows a slightly different picture of what has happened over the years.
The book Russia doesn’t want you to read: 20 wartime narratives by Euromaidan Press
Two years. Two journalists. Hundreds of voices – in an exclusive book. Our team uncovers the faces of Ukraine's resistance that Russia never expected. The book reveals how Ukrainian society has transformed from within during the largest interstate war of the 21st century.
Kherson under brutal assault as Russia plans a new offensive
Living in Kherson means counting time between explosions. As Russia intensifies its bombardment of this strategic river city, artillery barrages and drone strikes mask preparations for a major new offensive.
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.
Sister battles to rescue teen brother from Russian torture camps
Kyrylo Rozumiei kidnapped by collaborators in Kherson Oblast as terror grips Ukraine’s occupied territories.
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
Russia lost more heavy equipment in Pokrovsk than in Stalingrad
The 13-month battle for Pokrovsk has become one of history's costliest armored engagements, with Russia losing more tanks than any European nation currently possesses.
France bets its European power on this secret Ukrainian brigade
Forged in France's secret military camps, the Anna of Kyiv Brigade hammers through combat drills with a twin mission: Ukraine's survival and Paris's bold bid for European leadership
