World
Germany
Germany Accuses Russia of Cyberattack on Air Traffic Control, Election Interference
Moscow aimed “to sow division, erode trust, provoke societal rejection, and undermine confidence in democratic institutions,” a foreign ministry spokesperson said.
Dec. 12, 2025
British Defence Intelligence Update Ukraine 12 December 2025
Latest from the British Defence Intelligence.
Dec. 12, 2025
Putin
Georgian PM Sparks Outcry After Appearing at Forum Alongside Putin in Turkmenistan
Although the Georgian government insists no meeting with the Russian delegation took place, the picture of Kobakhidze and Putin at the same venue has intensified criticism at home.
Dec. 12, 2025
UK
Starmer, De Wever Discuss Using Frozen Russian Assets to Fund Ukraine at 10 Downing Street
A readout of the meeting said that both leaders believe that maintaining economic pressure on Russia and strengthening Ukraine is the “only way to achieve a just and lasting peace.”
Dec. 12, 2025
War in Ukraine
Kremlin War Spending Surges 30% as Defense Outlays Hit Record Levels
Behind the record sums lies a sweeping reorientation of Russia’s state budget: Social programs are being gutted while classified military spending reaches post-Soviet highs.
Dec. 12, 2025
Ukraine
New Research: European Support to Ukraine Has Fallen Sharply
When Trump bailed on Ukraine a few allies stepped up but Italy and Spain are definite deadbeats. The cash gap is a microscopic one tenth of a one percent hike to European tax burdens.
Dec. 12, 2025
War in Ukraine
Putin Burns Through His Forces as Over 155,000 Russian Deaths Are Identified by Name
New BBC/Mediazona figures reveal a sharp rise in volunteer deaths among Russian forces. Analysts say the true toll is likely far higher than what open-source data captures.
Dec. 12, 2025
Putin
OPINION: Trump, Not Ukraine, Is the Real Loser
Or, how the US president became Putin’s greatest asset.
Dec. 12, 2025
Poland
OPINION: The Journalist Who Knew Too Much – The Vanishing of Jarosław Ziętara
in 1999, prosecutors declared that the journalist was dead and a symbolic grave was erected in his birth town.
Dec. 12, 2025
Russia
Russian Central Bank Says Suing Euroclear Over Frozen Assets
On Friday, Russia’s central bank said it was filing “a lawsuit against Euroclear in the Moscow Arbitration Court” due to what it called “the illegal actions” of the institution.
Dec. 12, 2025
Journalism
111 Journalists Killed So Far This Year in the World
A new report highlights another highly lethal year for journalists and media workers – with 46% of the deaths occurring in Gaza, Palestine.
Dec. 12, 2025
Energy
OPINION: Optics Over Outcomes: India-Russia Summit
What Putin’s Delhi visit reveals about the shifting India-Russia relationship reflects both countries’ pragmatism in trying to navigate a turbulent geopolitical climate.
Dec. 12, 2025
Energy
Drone Strike Sets One of Central Russia’s Biggest Refineries on Fire
The strike on Yaroslavl comes less than 24 hours after Ukraine carried out its biggest and most wide-reaching combined drone attack of the full-scale war.
Dec. 12, 2025
Ukraine
US Vows Continuation of Key Ukraine Support, Including Hard Security, Anti-Corruption Programs
A senior State Department nominee tells Senate that the US will maintain critical military and anti-corruption support for Ukraine while coordinating with allies on program adjustments.
Dec. 12, 2025
Ukraine
Rushed ‘Russian’ Peace? Europe Scrambles as Trump Pushes Ukraine Deal for New Year’s
Capitals from Berlin to Paris see Trump’s year-end self-imposed personal deadline as a Kremlin advantage. The question now: Will Team Trump even show up to negotiate?
Dec. 12, 2025
Zelensky
Trump ‘Frustrated’ With Kyiv, Moscow Over Talks
Ukraine’s troops still hold around one fifth of the Donetsk region, according to AFP’s analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
Dec. 12, 2025
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