Hello, this is Tania Myronyshena reporting from Kyiv on day 1,388 of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today’s top story so far: Ukrainian Defense Forces have encircled Russian troops in Kupiansk, Kharkiv... Read more »
EU countries’ ambassadors agree to end Russian gas imports by the end of 2027. As Trump states that Ukraine is losing the war, no reports suggest significant changes on the battlefield, CNN... Read more »
US President Donald Trump in Brussels, on May 25, 2017. (Thierry Charlier/AFP via Getty Images) U.S. policy choices are forcing Europe into a strategic moment it long tried to avoid. As Washington... Read more »
An aerial view shows the tanker Boracay, part of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet,” off the coast of Saint-Nazaire, France, on Oct. 1, 2025. (Damien Meyer / AFP via Getty Images) About the... Read more »
Mykola Filonov, public figure, journalist The European Commission fined Elon Musk’s X platform for violating EU transparency rules. In response, the X administration denied the EC access to the control panel... Read more »
The Geneva draft of peace plan was refined, Zelenskyi says after Ukraine, U.S. officials meet in Florida. Russia is likely preparing to reject a peace proposal, ISW says. Russia is making gains... Read more »
Ukrainian soldiers Oleksandr Aliksieienko and Oleksandr Tishaiev after leaving their positions in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on Oct. 28, 2025. (Courtesy of Oleksandr Tishaiev) Just last year, the battlefield in Ukraine was most dangerous... Read more »
Putin rejected the U.S.-Ukrainian peace proposal during a meeting with the US delegation in Moscow, ISW says. The EU is blacklisting Russia for money laundering, Politico says. The number of combat engagements... Read more »
Following his meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky at Castel Gandolfo on Tuesday, Dec. 9, Pope Leo XIV told reporters he preferred not to comment extensively on the newly released US National Security... Read more »
A collection of placards are displayed during an anti-corruption demonstration in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 31, 2025. (Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) About the author: Hanna Novosolova is Chief Specialist at... Read more »