Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s former commander-in-chief and current ambassador to the U.K., proposed an incursion into Russia’s Belgorod Oblast in 2022 to protect Kharkiv Oblast, General Viktor Nazarov told the BBC on Feb. 2. The plan was similar to Ukraine’s cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, in August 2024, launched in part in a bid to […]
Russia is building a new naval base in Ochamchire, Abkhazia, a move that raises fears Georgia could be drawn into the war in Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. The base is part of Moscow’s strategy to safeguard its naval forces after suffering heavy losses in the Black Sea. Since launching its full-scale invasion […]
A Russian strike targeted a nursing home in the Ukrainian-captured town of Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk Oblast on Feb. 1, the Ukrainian military alleged. The building, which served as a shelter, primarily housed elderly residents. At least four people were killed in the attack, while 84 people have been rescued. Four of them were injured […]
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 […]
Oil flows via Russia’s Ust-Luga port in the Baltic Sea appear to have paused in the aftermath of an alleged Ukrainian drone attack, Bloomberg reported on Jan. 30, citing shipping data and a source with knowledge of the oil deliveries. A a source in the Security Service of Ukraine told the Kyiv Independent that Ukraine […]
Russia has depleted much of its Soviet-era military-industrial stockpile, with remaining equipment in poor condition, the independent media outlet The Insider reported on Jan. 28. The Russian military has lost more than half of its available equipment, and unless an unexpected shift occurs, hostilities could gradually fade by late 2025 or early 2026 due to […]
The Ryazan Oil Refinery in Russia has suspended operations due to damage from Ukrainian drone attacks, Reuters reported on Jan. 27, citing two industry sources. Ukraine confirmed hitting the plant in an overnight drone strike on Jan. 24. Oil storage facilities caught fire during the attack, sources told Reuters. The strike damaged a railway loading […]
Key developments on Jan. 25-26: Ukraine strikes drone storage facility in Russia’s Oryol Oblast and destroys 200 Shaheds, General Staff reports Rubio halts most foreign aid, including Ukraine assistance, Politico reports Russia launched over 1,250 bombs, 750 drones at Ukraine during Trump’s first week in office Ukrainian troops avoid encirclement in Velyka Novosilka, military says […]
President Donald Trump said on Jan. 23 he will ask the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to lower the price of oil, saying it would end Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine “immediately.” “If the price came down, the Russia-Ukraine war would end immediately,” he said via videolink at the World Economic Forum in […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin appears increasingly concerned about the country’s economy as U.S. President Donald Trump calls for an end to the war in Ukraine, Reuters reported on Jan. 23, citing five undisclosed sources. Throughout the nearly three years of full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s Western partners imposed heavy sanctions on Moscow to undermine its ability to […]
North Korea is expected to send reinforcements to Russia’s Kursk Oblast, mainly gun and rocket artillery units, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said in an interview with The War Zone magazine published on Jan. 23. Pyongyang is also expected to send 150 short-range KN-23 ballistic missiles to Russia in 2025, in addition to the […]
A Russian missile strike on Kyiv early on Jan. 18 damaged Ukraine’s oldest McDonald’s, located near the Lukianivska metro station in the city’s Shevchenkivskyi district. Open since 1997, this is the first McDonald’s restaurant in the country. McDonald’s Ukraine confirmed the damage in a statement: “Today, during an aerial attack on Kyiv, a McDonald’s restaurant […]