Category Ukraine

Ukraine’s most cost-effective battlefield weapon – cheap drones taking out Russian heavy weapons costing millions of dollars – is being overwhelmed by similar aircraft mass-purchased and -produced by the Kremlin, and according to drone pilots Kyiv’s continuing reliance on volunteer…

The High Court of Justice of England & Wales upheld a Dec. 5 decision to require Russia to compensate Ukraine’s largest energy company, Naftogaz, $5 billion (including interest) for seizing the company’s assets in Crimea in 2014. The interest for…

Ukraine’s armed forces are taking up a more defensive posture, the UK’s Ministry of Defence said in its latest analysis of the conflict, after their summer counteroffensive failed to achieve a major breakthrough against Russia’s army and as winter weather…

Screenshot: air-raid warnings map An air-raid alarm has been issued throughout Ukraine due to the take-off of a Russian MiG-31 fighter jet and Russians launching Shahed drones.  Source: air-raid warnings map; Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on…

Viktor Orbán. Stock photo: Getty Images Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has claimed that once Ukraine joins the EU, all Central European support – including that for Hungary – will be directed to Kyiv. Source: Hungarian news outlet Index, citing…

Ukrainian and Lithuanian flags. Stock photo: Getty Images Lithuania plans to deliver training for 3,500 Ukrainian soldiers next year. Source: LRT, citing Lithuania’s Armed Forces In 2023, Lithuanian instructors trained about 2,900 Ukrainian soldiers in Lithuania and as part of…

Ahead of the European Council meeting on 14-15 December, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba spoke about four key decisions to be made by the European Union on Ukraine: opening negotiations, approving the Ukraine Facility macro-financial stability plan, continuing funding for the…

Halyna Mykhailiuk. Photo from her Facebook Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Halyna Mykhailiuk as his representative in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament). Source: Presidential Decree No. 823/2023 Quote: “To appoint Halyna Mykhailiuk as the Representative of the President of…

UKRAINIAN AMMUNITION. PHOTO: UKRAINIAN GENERAL STAFF Russian forces have advanced near the settlements of Kupiansk (Kharkiv Oblast), Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Novomykhailivka (Donetsk Oblast) and Novoprokopivka (Zaporizhzhia Oblast). Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: Russian forces have made minor…

1. Congress Abandons Ukraine Aid Until Next Year as Border Talks Continue The New York Times 2. GOP says no Christmas deal for Ukraine, border The Hill 3. Opinion | A deal on Ukraine and immigration would show that the…