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War in Ukraine
EU Faces ‘Very Important’ Decisions This Week on Ukraine Funding: Kallas
Belgium – which hosts the vast bulk of Russian central bank assets frozen in the bloc – has so far opposed a plan to tap the funds to provide a 90-billion-euro “reparations loan” to Ukraine.
Dec. 15, 2025
War in Ukraine
UK’s MI6 New Head to Warn of ‘Aggressive’ Russia Threat in First Speech
Blaise Metreweli took over from Richard Moore in October, becoming the first female chief of MI6 - a role publicly known by the codename “C” - in its 116-year history.
Dec. 15, 2025
Russia
Belgorod Hit by Missile, Drones Strike Near Moscow as Russia Reports Over 140 UAVs Downed
Russia reported missile and drone attacks on Belgorod, the Moscow region, and energy facilities overnight, claiming more than 140 Ukrainian drones were intercepted.
Dec. 15, 2025
Belarus
Freed Belarus Protest Leader Kolesnikova Doesn’t ‘Regret Anything’
The 43-year-old was released on Saturday along with 122 other prisoners after more than five years in prison for opposing Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko.
Dec. 15, 2025
Ukraine
On Ideas, Institutions, and Identities: The Origins of the Modern Ukrainian Diaspora
In the first of a two-part examination of modern Ukrainian ideas and identities, Canadian scholar Bohdan Krawchenko examines the evolution of the diaspora.
Dec. 15, 2025
Ukraine
Security First: Ukraine Signals Flexibility, US Reports ‘Grinding’ Peace Progress in Berlin, as Talks Continue
Kyiv is willing to make major concessions, including over NATO, but analysts stress the peace effort hinges on Washington committing to a genuine pressure campaign against Moscow.
Dec. 15, 2025
Zelensky
Zelensky Meets US envoys in Berlin for Talks on Ending Russia-Ukraine War
More talks, this time in Berlin, involving the US, Europe, and Ukraine on reaching a common position for negotiations on ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
Dec. 14, 2025
Europe
OPINION: Europe’s Three Ring Circus
A deep dive into the three competing sets of negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
Dec. 14, 2025
Belarus
OPINION: Lukashenko’s Hostage Diplomacy Returns – and Ukraine’s Role
The transfer of political prisoners from Belarus may be part of a broader prisoner exchange.
Dec. 14, 2025
US
OPINION: America Must Stop Russia’s War Against Ukrainian Children
A Senate hearing rightly vilified Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children. If the United States does nothing about it, then it will be considered complicit.
Dec. 14, 2025
Putin
OPINION: Keep Putin’s Servant Trump out of Ukrainian Foreign Policy
Why Europe must stand up for Ukraine’s sovereignty against the Trump-Putin kleptocrats whose only interests are self-enrichment.
Dec. 14, 2025
Zelensky
Ukraine Awaits US Response on Kyiv’s Latest Peace Proposal as Zelensky Begins Diplomatic Meetings in Berlin
“The peace plan will not be one that everyone likes; it involves many compromises in one form or another,” Zelensky said.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2025
Russia
Russia’s Oil Facilities Burn After Ukraine Confirms Widespread Strikes on Military Infrastructure
Drone attacks hit oil depots and refineries in Volgograd, Yaroslavl, Krasnodar Krai, and Crimea, triggering fires, evacuations, and airport closures, Russian officials said.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2025
NATO
OPINION: 30 Years After Dayton – Lessons for Today
Why the Dayton Peace Agreement is the wrong model for Ukraine
Dec. 14, 2025
Russia
OPINION: Quo Vadis, Russia?
Many Russia watchers harbor the hope that Russia will behave as a responsible nation. Yet recent history indicates that the imperialist impulse may be ineluctable.
Dec. 14, 2025
Ukraine
Berlin Showdown: West Faces Test on Security Guarantees
Berlin talks spotlight deep divides between European powers and the US over Ukraine’s future
Dec. 14, 2025
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