Russia has lost 839,040 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on Feb. 1. This number includes 1,430 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day. According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,902 tanks, 20,653 armored fighting […]
AI company Safe Pro Group has signed a multi-year agreement with Ukrainian agricultural company Nibulon to deploy AI-powered drones for detecting landmines in farmland, BusinessWire reported on Jan. 31. Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy estimates that over 139,300 square kilometers of land are potentially contaminated with explosives from the ongoing war, with clearance efforts expected to […]
Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda emphasized the necessity of Ukraine’s full involvement in peace negotiations and increased defense spending by regional countries to prevent future Russian aggression. In an interview with the Associated Press, Nauseda warned that a peace settlement without proper deterrents would allow Russia to consolidate its forces and prepare for further military action.”You […]
Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Jan. 31 that his team has already engaged in “very serious” discussions with Russia about its war in Ukraine. He suggested that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin could soon take “significant steps” toward ending the conflict. “We will be speaking, and I think we will perhaps do […]
Key developments on Jan. 31: North Korean troops not seen for 3 weeks in parts of Kursk Oblast, Ukraine’s Special Forces say Ukraine deploys long-range drone capable of 2,000 km strike, military says Ukrainian drones strike “one of 10 largest oil refineries in Russia,” military says Russian missiles strike Odesa’s historic center, injuring 2 Finland […]
Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Independent isn’t a recipient of U.S. foreign aid, and its funding wasn’t affected by the aid freeze. With the stroke of a pen, U.S. President Donald Trump last week put a freeze on projects that have helped Ukraine become freer and more democratic since the earliest days of its independence in […]
Nearly three years into the war, Ukrainians have grown used to bracing for brutal winters with electricity blackouts and heating cuts from Russian attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure. This winter was predicted to be one of the toughest ones of the war yet. In a worst-case scenario, blackouts were expected to reach 20 hours […]
A plane reportedly crashed on a street near Roosevelt Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Friday night, igniting nearby cars and homes in flames. The crash happened at about 6:30 p.m. after a plane carrying two people took off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport. STAFFING AT REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT AIR CONTROL TOWER WAS ‘NOT NORMAL’ ON NIGHT […]
A female New York doctor will be prosecuted for allegedly prescribing abortion medication via telemedicine in Louisiana. Dr. Margaret Carpenter was indicted in Louisiana Friday after allegedly using telemedicine to prescribe abortion medication to a patient. Carpenter, her company and an associate were charged with felony criminal abortion by means of abortion-inducing drugs, according to […]
“Ruthless” podcast co-host John Ashbrook made a big splash at Friday’s White House press briefing as a member of the “new media” the Trump administration has welcomed, to the chagrin of some reporters. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt kicked off the briefing by revealing President Trump’s press office had received “more than 10,000” applications […]