(KYIV) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten held a joint briefing in Kyiv, reaffirming the Netherlands’ continued political, military and financial support for Ukraine as the country continues to defend itself against Russia’s invasion. Zelenskyy welcomed the Dutch prime minister on what he described asContinue Reading
(VIENNA, AUSTRIA) – Ukrainian officials and families of detained nuclear power plant workers have appealed to international organisations for help after describing alleged torture and illegal detention of civilians by Russian forces in occupied areas of Ukraine. The appeal was presented in Vienna during a campaign aimed at securing theContinue Reading
(KYIV) – Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said its special operations unit carried out a series of precision strikes against Russian naval and air assets in temporarily occupied Crimea during February 2026. According to Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence, known as the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of DefenceContinue Reading
(MOSCOW) – Russian state media personality Vladimir Solovyov has used his national radio platform to advocate for the distribution of nuclear weaponry to Iran and various global adversaries of the West. During a broadcast of his programme, Full Contact, the prominent Kremlin mouthpiece expressed intense frustration regarding recent military developmentsContinue Reading
(MOSCOW, RUSSIA) – Moscow, long regarded as the most secure city in the Russian Federation, is experiencing sustained disruption linked to the war in Ukraine, with air raid alerts, flight cancellations, blackouts and rising public anxiety over possible general conscription. Four years after the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin announced whatContinue Reading
How a Personal Feud and Strategic Failures Pushed Russia to the Brink (LONDON) – The decision making capacity and behaviour of the Russian dictator leading up to the invasion of Ukraine were heavily influenced by his pandemic isolation. During this period of hibernation, he surrounded himself with individuals holding extremeContinue Reading
(MOSCOW) – A prominent Russian state television programme has broadcast claims that the ongoing invasion of Ukraine represents the most successful military operation in the history of the Russian army. During a recent broadcast of The Evening With Vladimir Solovyov, the host, alongside political scientist Dmitry Kulikov and St PetersburgContinue Reading
(CRIMEA) – Ukrainian forces have conducted a successful drone strike against Russian maritime assets in Crimea, targeting two Project 22460 Okhotnik-class patrol vessels in Sevastopol and a Be-12 maritime aircraft at an aviation repair plant in Yevpatoria. The attack, reportedly carried out using FP1 and FP2 drones, shows one droneContinue Reading
(MOSCOW, RUSSIA) – A growing number of former Russian fighters who took part in the war against Ukraine are being linked to violent crime and social instability inside Russia, according to journalists, human rights groups and court records. Investigations and media reports suggest that thousands of men recruited from prisonsContinue Reading
(MUNICH, GERMANY) – Sir Bill Browder has warned that the United States is undergoing a strategic “divorce” from its European allies, leaving the continent to shoulder the burden of Ukrainian defence alone. Speaking following the Munich Security Conference, the prominent financier and human rights advocate criticised the current American administration’sContinue Reading
