KYIV — “Massive” Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure showed no letup as night fell on Christmas Day following what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called an “inhumane” assault by the Kremlin’s forces – leaving hundreds of…
Category: 1. Ukraine
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Russia’s “Human Safari” Terror Tactic in Key Southern Ukraine Region of Kherson
As Ukraine faces another winter under siege, the Russian military continues to escalate its violence and push forward along the eastern front. And it’s all taking place against the global backdrop of the U.S. transition to a new presidential…
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NATO Ally Deploys NASAMS Air Defenses Near Ukraine Border
What’s New
Poland has placed Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) near the Ukrainian border, amid Russian threats toward the country.
On Thursday, the General Staff of Poland’s Armed Forces announced that NASAMS had been…
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More Americans Favor Quick End to Russia-Ukraine War
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are divided about…
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How impossible is the risk of nuclear escalation in Ukraine?
Ukraine started using the older, shorter-ranged US-supplied ballistic missiles, known as the Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS, in October 2023. The Biden administration has now allowed Ukraine to use long-range ATACMS to help defend its…
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Ukraine seeks further progress toward EU membership in 2025
Ukraine has long identified membership of NATO and the European Union as its twin geopolitical objectives as it looks to…
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Ukraine’s Hardest Winter – The Atlantic
Updated at 11:44 a.m. ET on December 19, 2024
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The soldier, a lanky, dark-haired sergeant named Vitalii Ovcharenko, met me at a gas-station café on an…
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what chemical weapons is Russia accused of using and why?
An arrest has reportedly been made after the killing of Igor Kirillov, a Russian general, in Moscow on December 17. Kirillov was the commander of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces, and is thought to be the most…
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Putin’s Obsession, Ukraine’s Struggle, and the West’s Mistakes
This piece is based on a conversation between Lucian Kim and Maxim Trudolyubov, editor of The Russia File, discussing Lucian’s upcoming book, Putin’s Revenge: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine. In the book, Kim draws on years of reporting…
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