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War in Ukraine
Key Takeaways The Russian military’s efforts around Bakhmut suggest that Russian forces failed to learn from previous costly campaigns focused on operationally insignificant settlements. Russian state
Dec. 1, 2022
War in Ukraine
Since October 2022, Russia has repeatedly attacked Ukraine’s electricity distribution grid, primarily with cruise missiles. This is likely the first example of Russia attempting to implement the conce
Dec. 1, 2022
President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited Elon Musk to visit Ukraine and even suggested the possibility that “someone has influence over him,” after their long-running feud once again reignited in publ
Dec. 1, 2022
Life in Ukraine
The image of a wartime Kyiv might be very distorted in the imaginations of people living abroad – regular massive missile attacks, residential areas destroyed by rockets, and people hiding in shelters
Dec. 1, 2022
Today, Nov. 30, German lawmakers passed a motion recognizing the Holodomor, or death by starvation of millions of Ukrainians in 1932-33, as an act of genocide. The resolution states that “the mass dea
Nov. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
The Ukrainian government’s much-vaunted “Points of Invincibility” are still not operational in one of Kyiv’s largest residential districts hit hardest by Russia’s ongoing missile attacks on the countr
Nov. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
Britain Wednesday unveiled a new round of sanctions on Russian officials over the war in Ukraine, targeting those accused of spearheading recent mobilisation efforts and the recruitment of “criminal m
Nov. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine – which was only supposed to take a few days – drags into its tenth month, the tone of Kremlin propagandists has become steadily bleaker. Such is the worry a
Nov. 30, 2022
UPDATE: A few hours after this article was originally posted, Parliament published the final version of the reform. National lawmakers are pushing through an urban development reform bill for its seco
Nov. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday floated the idea of a “specialised court” to put Russia’s top officials on trial over the war in Ukraine. “While continuing to support the Intern
Nov. 30, 2022
For the first time in six months of the UNITED24 fundraising platform, 6 of its ambassadors simultaneously announced a joint charity campaign. Andriy Shevchenko, Oleksandr Usyk, Scott Kelly, Elina Svi
Nov. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
Good morning from Kyiv. The city remains on high alert and braced for yet another Russian mass missile attack, after an air raid warning across the entire country yesterday turned out to be a false al
Nov. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
Key Takeaways Russian forces made marginal gains around Bakhmut on November 29, but Russian forces remain unlikely to have advanced at the tempo that Russian sources claimed. The United Kingdom Minist
Nov. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
In July 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved amendments to the 2012 ‘Foreign Agents Law’, which has been widely used to repress opponents of the regime. The new measures are scheduled to co
Nov. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
An oil depot in Russia’s Bryansk region near the border with Ukraine was on fire Wednesday, according to the local governor. “Reservoirs with oil products are on fire in the Surazhsky district. Fire a
Nov. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
In a typical soviet-era apartment, tucked away in a concrete-covered cul-de-sac in Kyiv, Anastasia Zolotarova sits solemnly on the sofa, holding her mother’s hand. Her mother, Julia, has fond memories
Nov. 30, 2022
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Ukrainian pilots are reportedly using so-called “wild weasel” tactics to entice Russian air defense radars to switch on before hitting them with Western-supplied anti-radar missiles.
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