Yuri Zoria

The think tank assessed that Russian forces overstated their gains near Oleksandrivka and Huliaipole and are now using claims of Ukrainian counterattacks to walk back positions they never actually held.

India's top three refiners stopped accepting Russian crude for March-April delivery after Trump imposed 25% tariffs on Indian imports. UK Royal Marines are "champing at the bit" to seize Russian shadow fleet tankers. Zelenskyy signed two sanctions decrees targeting entities across six countries — from Hong Kong to Panama — for funneling missile components and cash to Russia's weapons industry.

Russian infiltrators planted flags and recorded footage in Ternuvate, a village 15 km from the front line in Zaporizhzhia Oblast — then lost the entire sabotage team to a Ukrainian clearing operation.

New Delhi never publicly committed to halting Russian oil imports, but its three largest refiners reportedly rejecting offers for March-April delivery.

Overnight drone strikes hit facilities in Poltava Oblast's Myrhhorod district, sparking fires at multiple locations and damaging assets and equipment, while no casualties were reported.

Defense sources confirmed military seizure options in discussions with NATO allies, while Lloyd's List Intelligence tracked 23 rogue vessels in British waters in January alone, the Guardian reported.

The attack occurred on 5 February.

Zelenskyy's two decrees target a Russian bank branch in Shanghai, companies in the UAE and Georgia, Kyrgyz citizens, and a Panamanian entity, all allegedly involved in funneling components or cash to Russia's weapons manufacturers.

Ukrenergo reported that atomic generation remains partially offloaded because damaged high-voltage substations cannot handle the output, as another 101-drone barrage from five directions hit overnight on 8 February.

The Witkoff-Kushner negotiating team has pressed Kyiv to move fast, warning that Trump will have less political capital for a deal as congressional midterms approach, according to sources familiar with the talks.

Von der Leyen urges member states to endorse the package before the war's fourth anniversary, citing Russia's 24% oil revenue collapse as proof that sanctions work

The Belgorod, Kursk, and Dobropillia operations were never publicly announced but were "extremely important" and achieved their goals of destroying Russian forces and blocking the seizure of Donetsk Oblast, the top general stated.

Latvia's PM and Estonia's president say Europe must stop watching from the sidelines and get its own representative into the room where the war's future is being shaped.

Ukraine's General Staff unofficially confirmed that locking unverified Starlink terminals triggered massive communication failures across Russian units.