On 24 May, Finnish defense minister Antti Häkkänen said on YLE’s “Ykkösaamu” program that Russia is now providing military escort to tankers from its shadow fleet in the Gulf of Finland. He described this as a “completely new feature” of Russian activity in the region.
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On 25 May, Dutch Minister of Defense Ruben Brekelmans announced that the final F-16 fighter jet pledged to Ukraine will be delivered tomorrow, on 26 May, according to WNL.
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On 25 May, Ukraine completed the third and final stage of a major 1000-for-1000 prisoner exchange agreement with Russia, achieved recently in Istanbul, bringing home 303 Ukrainian defenders.
On 24 May 2025, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that Russian forces have significantly expanded their salient southwest of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, in easter Ukraine. This development could support a direct offensive on Kostiantynivka or support the envelopment of…
In the early hours of 25 May, a wave of Ukrainian long-range one-way attack drones targeted the Migalovo airbase in Tver Oblast, where Russian military transport aircraft including Il-76 and An-124 are based. Footage shared by local residents showed explosions and gunfire were heard in Tver and…
Russian President Vladimir Putin views the war in Ukraine as “an existential struggle against the West” and remains steadfast in his commitment to continue military operations at least through 2025, according to the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment by the US Defense Intelligence Agency.
Ukrainian military officials have confirmed that Russian forces attempted to test the border defenses in Kharkiv Oblast, but emphasized that no large-scale attacks were recorded. According to Viktor Trehubov, spokesperson for the Operational-Strategic Grouping of Forces Khortytsia, several small…
Russia launched a massive overnight aerial assault on Ukraine on Sunday, 25 May, killing at least 12 people and injuring more than 50, according to local authorities and emergency services. The attack came just several hours after a prisoner exchange between Kyiv and Moscow.