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Can Europe defend itself? Finnish President Alexander Stubb’s answer at Davos last week was “unequivocally yes”—even without the Americans, if it came to that. But then…
Category: 6. Opinion
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AP: Russia traffics Bangladeshi workers to frontlines with fake job offers
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An Associated Press investigation documents how Russia traffics Bangladeshi workers to its frontlines using fake job offers. Recruiters lure the men with promises of cleaning…
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A Russian soldier dressed as a penguin was doing a pretty good job avoiding thermal drones
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- Heat-sensing thermal drones are proliferating all along the winter front line
- To avoid detection, Russian troops are wearing any thermal camouflage they can…
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Polish grassroots campaign delivers 230 generators to Kyiv as “Warmth from Poland” raises over $2mn in 10 days
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Kyiv received 230 industrial generators on 26 January from “Warmth from Poland for Kyiv,” a Polish grassroots initiative that has raised nearly 8 million zlotys ($2.2mn USD) in…
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Germany says it can’t spare more Patriots for Ukraine – while Russian ballistic attacks surge
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Germany cannot supply Ukraine with additional Patriot air defense systems from its own stocks, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Monday, as reported by DW.
The…
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Repeated Russian strike causes “colossal” damage to Odesa energy infrastructure
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Russian occupiers have struck an energy facility in Odesa again, according to DTEK Odesa Electric Networks press service.
“The destruction is colossal and repair work…
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Europe must stop negotiating its own defeat
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In September 2024, 95 countries and organisations—including every major EU state—signed a Joint Communiqué on a Peace Framework. It was built on international law and the…
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FT: Washington links Ukraine security deal to Donbas withdrawal
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The United States has indicated that security guarantees for Ukraine depend on Kyiv’s agreement to a peace deal that would likely require ceding all of Donbas to Russia,…
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Russia strikes Odesa residential areas, leaves 80% of Kharkiv without power in overnight infrastructure attacks
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Russia hit Odesa infrastructure and residential buildings overnight 27 January, injuring 22 people, while attacks on Mykolaiv’s energy infrastructure left one woman critically…
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Drones now account for over 80% of all strikes on enemy targets, Zelenskyy announces
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Ukrainian unmanned systems struck nearly 820,000 Russian targets throughout 2025, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on 26 January during the presentation of the “E-Points”…
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