Alya Shandra

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Bild publishes Russian war plan to seize eastern Ukraine by 2026. ISW, Ukrainian intel react

Bild reports that, according to intelligence sources, the Kremlin intends to feign interest in negotiations while continuing its offensive operations through 2026.

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Welt: Ukraine prepping for major offensive “like Zaluzhnyi envisioned” in 2024

With the necessary air support, Ukraine could pull off next year what did not materialize in the summer of 2023

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Guerilla blitz: partisans in south Ukraine bomb Russian officer and fuel train

The train transported grain and fuel from Crimea to the south-Ukrainian occupation group daily and stole grain and ore in return

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CNN: Western officials are estimating how long Ukraine will last without US aid

A military defeat by summer is the worst-case scenario

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Russia stripped of Danube Commission membership over strikes on lower Danube in Ukraine

It must withdraw from the organization by 29 February 2024

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Ukraine launches drone attack on multiple sites in occupied Crimea

Sites in Sevastopol, western, northern, and central Crimea, including a miltiary airfield near Sevastopol, were attacked overnight

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Ukraine downs 30 of 31 Shahed drones in night attack, many with machine guns

Russia recently started painting the drones black to make them harder to shoot down by small firearms, but this is proving to be ineffective

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CNN: Intel on Russian meddling vanished from White House

Sensitive secrets about Russian election interference disappeared along with a mysterious binder in Trump's last White House days.

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“Coffee break” diplomacy opens door for Ukraine, but Orbán vows handbrake ahead

A bold idea by German Chancellor Scholz allowed a crucial vote for Ukraine at the EU summit, but Hungary has 75 more chances to interfere

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Finland to try Russian Neo-Nazi over Ukraine war crimes after refusing extradition

Yan Petrovsky, founder of the Russian Rusich Neo-Nazi group, will be prosecuted at home over accusations of torture and execution of Ukrainian POWs

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“Putin at the table” as EU scrambles to persuade Orban at crucial summit

The EU's financial and political support for Ukraine is in the air as leaders settle in for long and difficult talks in Brussels, with a 20-30% chance of success

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Ukraine says it wiped out Russian tax data in cyber offensive

Experts say restoring Russia's tax system could take at least a month after Ukraine's reported hack

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Biden announces $ 200 mn additional aid package for Ukraine

The help is provided via the Presidential Drawdown mechanism that doesn't need Congressional approval. However, $61 bn of Ukraine aid hangs in the balance

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Reuters: Russia lost 87% of initial troops in Ukraine war, US intel says

The invasion of Ukraine has cost Russia 315,000 casualties, setting back its military modernization by 18 years, a U.S. intelligence report says