On 3 January, national security advisors from 14 European countries arrived in Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy summarized the initial outcomes of the meeting, saying that it focused on security guarantees. Previously, Zelenskyy announced that the peace deal prepared with the US was 90% ready. Just days after this, Russia saidContinue Reading
On the night of 2-3 January, the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) lost power to one of its high-voltage lines due to Russian shelling, according to the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine. The plant has been occupied since 2022. It has enough capacity to cover the annual electricityContinue Reading
Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to reunify China and Taiwan in his annual New Year’s Eve speech in Beijing. He said that the “reunification” between the states is unstoppable, according to The Guardian. In 2025, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the Alliance noticed a connection between China and Russia. HeContinue Reading
Russia sent at least 31 railway wagons carrying military equipment from Belarus, destined for its central tank reserve base last year. These transfers were systematic and continued over several months in 2025, according to the Belarusian railway community. The Institute for the Study of War says Belarus continues to serve as aContinue Reading
There are only two choices: either the world stops Russia’s aggression, or Russia drags the world into its war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his New Year’s Day address to the nation. Earlier, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte made a similar warning during a speech in Berlin, stating that the Alliance could become Russia’s next target and that EuropeContinue Reading
The Kremlin wants a victory under a Christmas tree. Russia is attempting to capture Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast by the New Year, says Vladyslav Pervukhin, commander of an infantry company in the 4th Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, Novyny.Ranok reports. Russia’s goal is to use the capture ofContinue Reading
After the last Russian attack on Kyiv and its region, Ukrainian power engineers repeatedly attempted to restore scheduled hourly power outages on the left bank of the city. However, due to the critical condition of the grids were forced to revert to emergency blackouts. Meanwhile, US President Traitor 47 says thatContinue Reading
Russia claims Ukraine allegedly attacked Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Valdai residence and has already chosen targets for retaliatory strikes. These statements came shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that a 20-point peace plan between the US and Ukraine is “90% agreed.” The Ukrainian president stated that Moscow is merelyContinue Reading
On the night of 25 December 2025, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the infrastructure of the Temryuk seaport in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, Ukraine’s General Staff has reported. As a result of the attack, explosions and fires were recorded at two fuel storage tanks. A large-scale blaze engulfed approximatelyContinue Reading
Ukraine’s tech strategy has paid off. The number of FPV drones delivered to its armed forces in 2025 has increased almost 2.5-fold compared to last year, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal has announced. According to him, the role of unmanned systems on the battlefield is growing rapidly, making the developmentContinue Reading
Hide in buildings, get found by drones, die. Ukraine’s 16th Army Corps has reported it has eliminated small Russian assault groups that managed to infiltrate the village of Vilcha in the Vovchansk community of Kharkiv Oblast. In the fall of 2025, the Russian Ministry of Defense publicly announced plans toContinue Reading
On 22 December, Finnish President Alexander Stubb signed a law raising the maximum age for remaining in the military reserve to 65, according to the Finnish Ministry of Defense. Russia may be preparing its military, economic, and intelligence resources for direct confrontation with Europe within the next five years, the FinancialContinue Reading
The incursion of Russian troops into the border village of Hrabovske in Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast, followed by the abduction of 52 civilians, was not intended to seize or hold territory, says Ivan Tymochko, head of the Council of Reservists of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, as per Channel 24. Meanwhile, analystsContinue Reading