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Number of Ukrainians open to territorial concessions rises to 38%, poll shows

Around 38% of Ukrainians are open to conceding some of the territories while preserving independence in order to end the war with Russia as fast as possible, according to the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) survey published on Jan. 3. The poll comes amid growing expectations of possible peace talks in 2025 as U.S. […]

Ukraine

January 3, 2025

Russia deems record number of organizations 'undesirable' in 2024

The Russian government designated a record 65 organizations as "undesirable" in 2024, according to the independent Russian outlet Verstka. Russia's law on "undesirable" organizations has existed since 2015. It has been used to target perceived opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin, including NGOs, independent media outlets, and human rights groups. The Russian Justice Ministry added […]

Ukraine

December 24, 2024

Monthly inflation in Russia accelerates, hitting a record number in 2.5 years

Russian monthly inflation in November hit a record high, rising over 1.5 times compared to October, the Moscow Times reported on Nov. 27. According to the Federal State Statistics Service (RosStat), during the week of Nov. 19-25, the consumer price index increased by 0.36%, up 1.15% from the beginning of the month, and over 8% […]

Ukraine

November 28, 2024

Record number of Russian attack drones entered Belarus overnight, monitoring group says

A record 38 Russian Shahed-type attack drones entered Belarusian territory overnight on Nov. 24-25, with at least one of the drones reportedly shot down by the Belarusian Air Force, the monitoring group Belarusian Hajun reported. The airspace intrusions, which have increased in recent months, comes as Russia continues to intensify its drone attacks against Ukrainian […]

Ukraine

November 25, 2024

MP walks back his statement on number of IDPs returning to occupied territories

Ukrainian lawmaker Maksym Tkachenko said that his earlier statement about 150,000 internally displaced persons (IDP) returning to occupied territories was only his assumption, not based on real data, Ukrinform reported on Nov. 25. "There is no such data. This was my unfounded and emotional assumption," Tkachenko told Ukrinform. "I spoke incorrectly, so I'm taking back […]

Ukraine

November 25, 2024

Russia launches record number of drones in overnight attack on Ukraine

Russian forces launched a record 145 drones at Ukraine overnight and Ukrainian air defense downed 62 drones, Ukraine’s Air Force wrote on Facebook on Nov. 10. Air defense shot down drones in the regions of Odesa, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk. Ukrainian forces used anti-aircraft missiles, electronic […]

Ukraine

November 10, 2024

Russia launches record number of drones in October, General Staff reports

Russia launched at least 4,300 Shahed-type attack drones and similar UAVs imitating Shaheds against Ukraine between August and October 2024, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. This number represents a sharp rise compared to earlier months, when 1,133 Shahed-type drones were launched over Ukraine from May to July. October also marked a record-high month for […]

Ukraine

November 5, 2024

Small number of North Korean troops already in Ukraine, CNN reports

A small number of North Korean forces are already on the territory of Ukraine, CNN reported on Oct. 29, citing two Western intelligence officers. NATO and the Pentagon previously confirmed that North Korean troops were training in Russia and that some of them were on their way to Russia's Kursk Oblast, part of which Ukrainian […]

Ukraine

October 29, 2024

UK prepares another group of future Ukrainian F-16 pilots, bringing total number of trainees to 200

Another group of Ukrainian military personnel completed elementary flying training for F-16 fighter jets in the U.K., the British Royal Air Force (RAF) reported on Oct. 22. British instructors have trained a total of 200 Ukrainian pilots so far, according to British Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces Luke Pollard. The U.K. and other […]

Ukraine

October 23, 2024