This report is part of the Council Special Initiative on Securing Ukraine’s Future.
Category: 1. Ukraine
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Ukrainian Military Officials Detained Over Failures In Defense Of Kharkiv Region
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and the State Bureau of Investigations (DBR) have detained three high-ranking Ukrainian military officials accused of failing to properly defend the Kharkiv region during a Russian offensive in May…
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Russia tries to use California fires to discredit Ukraine : NPR
An aerial view of beachfront homes that burned in the Palisades Fire in Malibu, Calif. on Jan. 15, 2025. Pro-Kremlin social…
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UN stands with Ukrainians for the long-term, insists UN aid chief
In a joint appeal from Kyiv, the UN’s emergency relief chief Tom Fletcher and Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said that millions of civilians inside Ukraine and abroad depend on the international community’s support,…
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What the End of Ukraine Gas Transit Means for Kyiv, Moscow, and Europe
At 8 a.m. on January 1, 2025, the supply of Russian gas crossing the Ukrainian border on its way to Europe was turned off, ending a sixty-year era.
The response to the shutoff was notably calm considering that in 2009, a two-week halt in Russian…
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Ukraine Symposium – The Budapest Memorandum’s History and Role in the Conflict
Last month of 2024 marked the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Budapest Memorandum, part of an agreement by which Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal in return for security assurances by Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom….Continue Reading
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Ancient DNA Analysis Reveals Diverse Range of Ancestries in Ukraine Through Time
To study migration and mobility history in the Ukraine region, with a particular focus on migrating groups during the Iron Age and the Medieval period, scientists generated genomic data for 91 individuals dating from around 7000 BCE to 1800…
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Future of Russian gas looking bleak as Ukraine turns off taps and Europe eyes ending all imports
Russia’s contract for the transit of its gas across Ukraine expired on December 31 last year and Kyiv refused to consider a new deal. Ukraine’s decision was supported by the European Commission, even though the lost imports are…
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Moldova is the real loser from the end of Russian gas transit through Ukraine
A combination of circumstance, Russian malign influence, and its own failure to prepare has left Moldova the country hardest…
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