Vira Kravchuk

After maintaining close ties with Biden administration, Ursula von der Leyen faces both logistical and diplomatic hurdles in establishing contact with Trump's team, as concerns mount over future trade relations and defense spending commitments.

Bulgaria Revival party leader Kostadin Kostadinov has aligned with Russian messaging by declaring Ukraine's imminent collapse and demanding the return of Southern Bessarabia (a part of Odesa Oblast) to Bulgaria.

This came in response to Ukraine's Foreign Ministry stating that only two EU members, meaning Hungary and Slovakia, failed to secure alternative energy sources while others successfully adapted.

American liquefied natural gas has captured 50% of Europe's import market as Ukraine's decision to stop Russian gas transit strips Moscow of $6.5 billion in annual revenue.

Russian launched guided bombs at the precise moment workers were streaming out of a major industrial facility in Zaporizhzhia, killing 13 people.

Russian forces have dramatically altered their assault strategy in Toretsk, deploying 20-soldier platoons instead of five-person teams.

The Ministry made special provisions for frontline military personnel to vote through Starlink terminals, ensuring their representation in the selection process.

Beyond documenting Russian mass atrocities in Ukraine, the congressional measure points to Putin's denial of Ukrainian sovereignty and state media's equation of "de-Nazification" with "de-Ukrainianization."

On 4 January, coinciding with intelligence chief Budanov's birthday, Ukrainian cyber specialists struck RegionTransService, a key contractor supporting Russian military railways.

NATO sources confirm to a Finnish newspaper Iltalehti that Russia maintains detailed military plans for operations against NATO's eastern flank, which involve a three-pronged offensive using up to 600,000 troops.

Transnistrian authorities are leveraging local timber resources to prevent a humanitarian crisis, establishing distribution points across all districts.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the Financial Times that Beijing intervened to discourage Moscow from nuclear escalation in Ukraine, saying “Don’t go there.”

Ukrainian air forces successfully intercepted 34 Shahed-type attack drones across Ukraine, while 47 decoy drones were rendered ineffective by electronic countermeasures.

Dr. Ihor Zyma, a leading researcher in brain cognitive activity, and his wife, Dr. Olesia Sokur, a prominent biological scientist, were killed in their sleep by a Russian drone attack on the first day of 2025.