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….
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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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Venezuela restricts diplomats from ‘hostile’ European countries
Venezuela on Tuesday announced restrictions on French, Italian and Dutch diplomats on its soil, citing their governments’ “hostile” response to Nicolás Maduro’s presidential inauguration, widely rejected as a power grab.
In a move branded an…
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Senate begins to vet Trump’s key Ukraine-related picks
The US Senate has begun vetting President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for key governing positions.
The first one to face scrutiny from the Senators is Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for chief of the Pentagon. Lloyd Austin currently holds the position. Austin is one of the key figures in…
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Putin’s worst torture camp couldn’t break him. Now he exposes Assad’s
“I came to see him one day and started explaining my idea, emphasizing how important it was to make a report but that we needed security guarantees.”
It’s not every day that someone walks into the office of Ukraine’s spy chief with an unexpected request. But that’s exactly what Stanislav…
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Ukraine holds first amputee football tournament for players wounded in Russia war | World News
Ukraine has held its first amputee football tournament, with teams made up of players chosen from among the thousands of Ukrainians who have lost limbs in the war with Russia.
The League Of The Mighty, which took place at a stadium…
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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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Ukraine holds first soccer tournament for war-wounded amputees — and plans to go international
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The players were chosen from among the thousands of Ukrainians wounded in the war. With limbs lost to Russian attacks, they gathered at a stadium in Kyiv over the weekend, ready to…
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Ukrainian Refugees in Britain Face a Huge Problem in 2025 — Russia in Global Affairs
The UK has been kinder than most countries to Ukrainian refugees since 2022. They are allowed to work, and most do. They can claim pensions and other social security benefits from the state, and have access to free medical care. That may all come to an end this year…
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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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