Russia has conducted its fourth major attack on Ukraine this year, using 215 missiles and drones. On the night of April 24, Russian forces attacked Ukrainian cities with 70 missiles and 145 UAVs. Powerful explosions echoed through Kyiv and Kharkiv. At least 12 people were killed in the capital, wi... #AndriiSybiha #Kharkiv #kyiv #RussianAggression #RussianAttackonUkraine #WarinUkraine
The Kremlin proposes halting the war along the current front line while continuing its air strikes on Ukraine. The FT reported that Putin put forward to US President Donald Trump that Russia would cease hostilities in Ukraine, freezing the conflict at the current front line. The Russian leader reportedly told ... #Crimea #DmytriyPeskov #NATO #PeaceTalks #Putin #RussianAggression #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
After the expiration of the “Easter truce,” the Russian Federation launched an attack on Ukraine using missiles and drones. On the night of April 21, the Russian Federation struck Ukraine with three missiles and 96 strike drones immediately after the so-called “Easter truce”, declared by Russian President Putin... #PeaceTalks #Putin #RussianAggression #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Germany is ready to build up a powerful military force in response to the Russian threat and to provide Ukraine with Taurus missiles. A new coalition agreement was signed in Berlin, allowing unlimited funding for the defense sector and establishing the groundwork for Germany’s evolution into a robust military capability that c... #FriedrichMerz #Germany #NATO #RussianAggression #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine
April’s second deadly missile strike: Russia kills dozens and wounds hundreds in Sumy. Only one week after the Kryviy Rih tragedy, on April 13 Russia attacked the center of Sumy with ballistic missiles, killing 34 civilians and injuring over 100 others, among them 11 children. The Forei... #CeasefirePlan #DonaldTrump #Kharkiv #RussianAggression #RussiaWarCrimes #Sumy #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Russia launches a spring offensive in two regions and continues its terror campaign, shelling Ukrainian cities. The Russian military has effectively initiated a second offensive in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions despite ceasefire negotiations and agreements, stated the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Uk... #CeasefirePlan #Kharkiv #Kramatorsk #Nikopol #RussianAggression #RussianOffensive #WarinUkraine
Russia continues to terrorize Ukraine with air strikes, violating the energy truce. On the night of April 6, Russian troops carried out a combined strike on Ukraine. Ukraine’s air defense shot down 13 missiles and 40 UAVs. Two days earlier, Russian forces launched a ballistic missile... #CeasefirePlan #Kherson #KryvyiRih #MarcoRubio #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
Amid negotiations, Russia has increased its attacks along the front and is breaking the terms of the energy truce. Combat at the front increased noticeably in March, despite ongoing peace talks. Compared to February, the figure increased by approximately 30%, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated. In particula... #AndriiSybiha #CeasefirePlan #Kherson #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
Putin intends to prolong the current peace talks to acquire more Ukrainian territory. The Kremlin is deliberately extending peace discussions to acquire additional territory and bolster its position in dealings with the US, sources familiar with Russian leadership’s thought proce... #CeasefirePlan #Kremlin #MinskAgreements #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #PeaceTalks #Putin #RussianAggression
Russia conducts a massive air raid on a city in central Ukraine, while the Armed Forces of Ukraine target the Engels airfield. Putin demonstrated his stance toward the initiative to establish peace in Ukraine by shelling the Kirovohrad region. “Despite its propaganda statements, Russia’s strikes on Ukraine continu... #AirfieldRussia #AttackOnRussia #EngelsAirfield #Kropyvnytskyi #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Ukraine is still committed to a mutual agreement to cease attacks on energy infrastructure despite Moscow’s massive air attack immediately after talks with Washington. “We are ready for such a step if it is carried out by both sides. That is, when we agree on this with mediation from the American side and on the condition that the US is the guarantor of this a... #CeasefirePlan #DonaldTrump #EnergyAttack #PeaceTalks #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Paris will oppose any demilitarization of Ukraine, and the EC states its distrust of Putin. French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, speaking at the Defense and Strategy Forum in Paris, stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine remain the country’s “main security guarantee,”... #RussianAggression #SébastienLecornu #SecurityGuaranteesForUkraine #UkraineArmyForces #UrsulavonderLeyen #WarinUkraine
German intelligence suggests that Russia could attack NATO sooner than anticipated if the war in Ukraine concludes quickly. Bruno Kahl, head of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service, stated that Russia’s assault on Europe hinges on how developments unfold in the Ukraine conflict. “A swift resolution to t... #Article5 #BrunoKahl #Germany #NATO #RussianAggression #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Despite negotiations, Russia continues to strike Ukraine’s energy system, making Trump furious. On March 7, Russia launched a massive assault on Ukraine, targeting energy and gas infrastructure facilities. Naftogaz of Ukraine reported damage to their gas production facilities from the attack, em... #DonaldTrump #DTEK #Naftogaz #Odesa #Poltava #RussianAggression #UkraineEnergyLosses #WarinUkraine
“Peacefully” minded Russia is intensifying its attacks on civilian cities and Ukrainian businesses. On the evening of March 5, Russia launched a missile strike on a hotel in Kryvyi Rih, killing four people and injuring over 30. In addition to the hotel, 14 apartment buildings, a post office, almost ... #DTEK #KryvyiRih #novaposhta #Odesa #RussianAggression #UkraineWarDamages #WarinUkraine
Without US assistance, Ukraine can resist Russia for at least six months. If the US administration decides to withdraw its support, Ukraine will be able to fight for another six months, according to Kyiv’s assessment. “This is probably true. The war is increasin... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #NATO #Putin #RussianAggression #UkrainianDrone #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
A coalition of the willing: Britain and France are preparing a plan to end the war in Ukraine and achieve long-term peace. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated that Great Britain and France will lead a “coalition of the willing” and work together with Kyiv and its allies to present a plan to end the Russ... #EmmanuelMacron #KeirStarmer #Putin #RussianAggression #SecurityGuaranteesForUkraine #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Europe must invest approximately €250B into its defense annually in order to effectively counter future Russian aggression. Given its economic strength, the EU can allocate around €250B each year to defense. This expenditure, which represents 1.5% of the EU’s GDP, would enable Europe to mobilize around 300,000 soldie... #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseInvestments #DefenseSpending #EUdefense #NATO #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
The US is presenting its own version of a resolution to the war in Ukraine to the UN, which includes amendments from the Russian side. On the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the US submitted a draft resolution to the UN. This resolution expresses condolences for the victims of the “Russian-Uk... #RussianAggression #UnitedNations #UNresolution #WarinUkraine
A sharp political turn: The US declines to identify Russia as an “aggressor” in G7 statements and refuses to co-author a UN resolution on Ukraine. The US opposes the use of the word “aggressor” for Russia and similar formulations that G7 leaders have used since 2022 in statements connected with the third anniversary of the invasion o... #DonaldTrump #G7 #RussianAggression #UNresolution #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Denmark has analyzed the Russian Federation’s ability to launch a regional war against Europe. Danish military intelligence claims that if the war in Ukraine is stopped or frozen, and if NATO is unable to rearm, Russia will be prepared for a large-scale war in Europe within five years. The repo... #DefenseIndustryRussia #Denmark #NATO #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
Zelenskyy: Ukraine has received only 43% of the military aid that the US has approved. Ukraine has received only $76B out of almost $177B in approved US military assistance. “We received it not in money, but in weapons – we received weapons worth more than $70B. This is a signific... #NATO #Pentagon #RussianAggression #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Ukraine and Russia have each intensified their air attacks: Russian energy facilities are under constant fire, and Ukrainian civilians are taking cover. On January 31, the Ukrainian military targeted the Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka facility in the Volgograd region. With a design capacity of 14.8 million tons, this refinery is one of the ten large... #Kstovo #Odesa #Poltava #RussianAggression #RussiaOilRefineryDamages #Sibur #Volgograd #WarinUkraine
What does Putin hope to achieve in peace talks with Trump? Ivana Stradner, a fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, believes that Moscow sees potential in peace talks to achieve its long-standing goal of subjugating Ukraine, rather than reaching... #DonaldTrump #NATO #PeaceTalks #Putin #RussianAggression #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Analysts: Russia wants to seize four regions of Ukraine by 2026 and wage war with NATO. The head of the Ukrainian Situation Center at the German Ministry of Defense, Major General Christian Freuding, believes that that Russia is arming itself beyond the needs of its troops in Ukraine. In... #ChristianFreuding #NATO #Pokrovsk #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
Rutte: EU countries should increase their defense spending or learn the Russian language. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte called on European Alliance countries to increase their defense budgets. Otherwise, he noted, Europeans will have to “finish Russian language courses or go to N... #DefenseSpending #EUdefense #MarkRutte #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
If Ukraine loses the war, it will cost the US dearly. A Russian victory in the war would require a surge in Pentagon spending of more than $800B through 2029, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) reported. The ultimate success of President Putin’s war... #DonaldTrump #Pentagon #RussianAggression #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
A Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia kills 13 and injures dozens of civilians. A daytime Russian missile attack on the southern Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 13 civilians and injured about 60 others Wednesday. “On January 8, at 15:40, Russians launched two s... #MissileAttackOnUkraine #MykhailoFedorov #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine #Zaporizhzhia
Russia plans to continue the war until it fully occupies four Ukrainian regions in 2025. Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said that Moscow intends to fully seize the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine in 2025. At a Defense Ministry meeting, he confirmed... #Donetsk #Kherson #Luhansk #Putin #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine #Zaporizhzhia
Russia increased the intensity of its air strikes on Ukraine by 300% in the fall. Russia launched more than 6,000 drones and missiles into Ukraine in the fall, 200% more than in the previous three months and 300% more than in the fall of 2023. Over the past six months, an average o... #AirDefenseSystems #DroneAttackOnUkraine #MissileAttackOnUkraine #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
The Russian army is planning an attack on Kherson and crossing the Dnipro River. Russian troops are probably planning an attack on Kherson and have gathered 300 boats to cross the Dnipro River, said the head of the Kherson regional military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin. The ... #Kherson #KinburnSpit #RussianAggression #RussianOffensive #WarinUkraine
Ukraine needs air defense systems to protect 20 facilities; the UN discusses protection of the Ukrainian energy sector. President Zelenskyy said that Ukraine needs additional air defense systems to protect 20 more special facilities from Russian air attack. Meanwhile, on December 2 the UN discussed the problems of prot... #AirDefenseSystems #AndriiSybiha #EnergyInfrastructure #MiroslavJenča #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
The Ukrainian energy system has once again come under a massive assault by the Russian Federation. On the morning of November 28, Russia attacked energy facilities throughout Ukraine, leaving hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians without electricity, Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said. As a res... #EnergyInfrastructure #GermanGalushchenko #MissileAttackOnUkraine #Naftogaz #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
The head of German intelligence says Russia plans to test the effectiveness of NATO’s collective defense. Bruno Kahl, the head of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND), believes that Russia continues to prepare for an actual military confrontation with Western countries, but a full-scale atta... #Article5 #BalticCountries #BrunoKahl #NATO #RussianAggression #Spitsbergen
The Ukraine-NATO Council will convene following the Russian attack on Dnipro with a Oreshnik missile. The Ukraine-NATO Council will meet at the ambassadorial level on November 26 at the Alliance headquarters at Ukraine’s request. The meeting is in response to Russia’s first use in Ukraine ... #ICBM #Oreshnik #RubizhMissile #RussianAggression #UkraineNATOCouncil #WarinUkraine
Russia struck Ukraine with a Rubizh intercontinental ballistic missile. On November 21, Russia hit Ukraine with various types of missiles, including an intercontinental ballistic missile, a Kh-47M2 Kinjal air-launched ballistic missile, and seven Kh-101 cruise missiles. I... #Dnipro #MissileAttackOnUkraine #RubizhMissile #RussianAggression #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine
The final declaration of the G20 summit contains no condemnation of the Russian Federation’s actions. In the statement from the G20 leaders that was adopted at summit in Rio de Janeiro’s conclusion, there is only one mention of the war in Ukraine. “Regarding the war in Ukraine, we highligh... #Brazil #G20 #G20Summit #RussianAggression
In winter, the Russians will focus on capturing front-line cities; Kupyansk is among the targets. Russian troops are likely to focus on capturing Ukrainian front-line cities and towns during the winter campaign of 2024-2025, the ISW predicts. This tactic will allow them to compensate for Ukraine&#... #ChasivYar #Kupyansk #Kursk #Pokrovsk #RussianAggression #RussianOffensive #WarinUkraine
Will Trump’s victory hasten the end of the war in Ukraine, and if so, on what terms? Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that he will end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible, but he has not clarified how he intends to accomplish this. And it is unlikely that this can be achieved wit... #DonaldTrump #Putin #RussianAggression #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine
Putin is not interested in negotiations because he wants to erase Ukraine from the earth. Analysts from the ISW drew attention to a dialogue between Serbian President Oleksandr Vucic and Putin in early October. Vucic raised the topic of a ceasefire in Ukraine, to which Putin replied that R... #AleksandrVucic #NorthKoreanSoldiers #Putin #RussianAggression #VictorOrban #WarinUkraine
Last week, Russia captured the most land in Ukraine so far this year, and the Ukrainian-held territory in Kursk is shrinking. Last week, Russia seized more territory in its war with Ukraine than at any time in 2024. In recent months, Russian troops have made significant advances in the east of Ukraine, gaining territory desp... #OccupiedTerritories #Pokrovsk #RussianAggression #RussianOffensive #WarinUkraine
Without a strong response from the West to North Korean troops in Ukraine, the history of Crimea will repeat itself – Putin will move further. Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his disappointment with the the lack of a significant global reaction to the news of North Korean troops being transferred to Russia. “The voices of the US, NATO, W... #Crimea #NATO #NorthKorea #NorthKoreanSoldiers #RussianAggression #SerhiyKyslytsia #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Inviting Ukraine to NATO could end Russia’s imperial ambitions; Ukraine’s path to membership will be difficult but is possible. Inviting Ukraine to NATO could end Russia’s imperial ambitions and prove that in the modern world, autocracies cannot defeat democratic systems, says Andrius Kubilius, a member of the European P... #AndriusKubilius #GeopoliticalFragmentation #NatoMembership #NATOUkraine #RussianAggression
How can Ukraine’s allies respond to North Korean combat troops? The North Korean move marks a turning point in the Russian-Ukrainian war by expanding the conflict into an increasingly global war with more external players. In response, South Korea could lift its b... #LongRangeStrikes #NorthKoreanSoldiers #RussianAggression #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine
NATO offers two options for responding to North Korea sending soldiers to fight in the war against Ukraine. The NATO states’ potential responses are limited but may include at least two options. “It’s about strengthening support for Ukraine and building a partnership in the Indo-Pacific re... #NorthKorea #NorthKoreanSoldiers #RubenBrekelmans #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
The German opposition supports the transfer of Taurus missiles to Ukraine and expects Russia to attack NATO by 2030. The Leader of the Opposition and a candidate for Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, expressed his readiness to support the provision of long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. “If the ... #FriedrichMerz #Germany #LongRangeMissiles #NATO #RussianAggression #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine
Russia continues to bombard the Ukrainian sea corridor, and Ukraine continues to increase its grain exports. On October 9, Russia struck the port infrastructure in the Odesa region with ballistic missiles, damaging a civilian container ship, Shui Spirit, sailing under the Panamanian flag. This is the third f... #agroexportukraine #OdesaSeaport #RussianAggression #RussianAtackOnUkraine #UkraineSeaPorts
The West searches for scapegoats in Putin’s military aggression against Ukraine. US President Joe Biden said that Barack Obama is the one who should be held responsible for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine in 2014, the annexation of Crimea, and the war in ... #BarackObama #JensStoltenberg #JoeBiden #Putin #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
Germany proposed the creation of a contact group for European post-war order after the Russian war in Ukraine ends. As reported by DW, Friedrich Merz, the candidate for German chancellor from the opposition bloc, suggested that Germany, Poland, France, and the UK form a contact group to establish Europe’s pos... #EUdefense #FriedrichMerz #Germany #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
At the UN, the US Secretary of State calls for those who support and fuel Putin’s aggression – Iran, North Korea and China – to stop. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that to promote peace in Ukraine, it is necessary to stop Iran, North Korea, and China from enabling the Russian war machine. During his speech at the meetin... #AnthonyBlinken #China #IranianWeapons #NorthKorea #RussianAggression #UNSecurityCouncil #WarinUkraine
