Desertion is starving the Ukrainian army of desperately needed manpower and crippling its battle plans at a crucial time in its war with Russia.
Facing every imaginable shortage, tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, tired and…
Category: 1. Ukraine
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It Is Not Too Late: A Case for Long-Range Strikes Against Russia
Carolyn Kissane, academic director and clinical professor at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University, leads the conversation on the geopolitics of oil.FASKIANOS: Thank you. Welcome to the final session of the Winter/Spring 2023…
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US support for Ukraine continues to divide Republicans, Democrats
A Ukrainian flag flies near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 25, 2024. (Bryan Dozier/Anadolu via Getty Images) Nearly three years into the war in Ukraine, President-elect Donald Trump has been promising a swift end to the…
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Hungary to deploy air defence near border with Ukraine as Kyiv has been authorised to strike deep into Russia
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Hungarian Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky has ordered the deployment of air defence in the areas of Hungary closest to the border with Ukraine, citing fears of escalation after…
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MASCOT Update – U.S. Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine
Message for U.S. Citizens in Ukraine
Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine (November 20, 2024)
Location: Ukraine, all districts
Event: The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has received specific information of a potential significant air attack on…
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Sweden, Finland and Norway Update Crisis Advice as Ukraine-Russia War Grinds On
The last time that Sweden updated the crisis preparedness advice it distributes nationwide, Russia had not yet launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and Sweden had not joined NATO in response.
Six years later, Ukraine is locked in a grinding…
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Russia Bombards Power Grid in One of War’s Largest Attacks, Ukraine Says
Russia renewed its campaign to destroy Ukraine’s battered power grid on Sunday, targeting facilities across the country with missiles and long-range drones in one of the largest and most complex bombardments of the war, Ukrainian officials…
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Is Europe ready for year-end cutoff of Russian gas via Ukraine?
On the first day of 2025, Ukraine’s contract with Russian state-owned Gazprom will expire, shutting down a major Russian natural gas pathway to Europe.
Although the Kremlin says it is ready to continue the transit deal, urging Europeans to…
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Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has 50,000 troops in Kursk
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his military’s ongoing incursion into Russia’s Kursk region is now holding down 50,000 Russian troops.
In his daily address to the nation, Zelensky said the operation was reducing Moscow’s ability to…
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Ukraine on high alert as Russian troops mass near Kursk
While Ukraine was on high alert for air attacks on Monday, the country’s top military commander said tens of thousands of Russian troops were ready to advance on the Kursk region.
“Following the order of their military leadership, they are…
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