Author: Dal Stanton
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1/3/2025 — Olha Reshetylova outlines goals for her role as military ombudsman
From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Ukraine has introduced a military ombudsman role to protect service members’ rights, with Olha Reshetylova appointed to the position, BBC Ukraine reports on Jan. 2. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Olha Reshetylova as the Presidential Commissioner for the Protection of Servicemen’s Rights, a newly created role aimed at modernizing personnel management…
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1/3/2025 — Missiles, AI, and drone swarms: Ukraine’s 2025 defense tech priorities
From: Atlantic Council By Nataliia Kushnerska The experience of the past three years has underlined the critical importance of technological innovation for the Ukrainian war effort as the country seeks to overcome the material advantages enjoyed by Russia in key areas including manpower, equipment, firepower, and funding. While this emphasis on innovation cannot completely even up…
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1/3/2025 — Lithuania prioritizes defense spending amid growing Russian threat
From: Atlantic Council By Agnia Grigas The entry of North Korean troops into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last November has highlighted the increasingly global nature of the war unleashed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2022. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s US election victory has sent a strong signal to European leaders that they must prepare to invest…
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1/3/2025 — How the Ukraine war could come to an end in 2025 
From: BBC by Paul Adams “I must say that the situation is changing dramatically,” Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, declared at his end-of-year news conference in December. “There is movement along the entire front line. Every day.” In eastern Ukraine, Moscow’s war machine is gradually churning mile by mile through the wide open fields of the…
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1/3/2025 — America Needs a Maximum Pressure Strategy in Ukraine
Trump Must Gain More Leverage to Bring Putin to the Negotiating Table From: Foreign Affairs by Alina Polyakova Alina Polyakova is President and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis and Donald Marron Senior Fellow at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. In…
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1/3/2025 — End of the year conclusions, summary or highlights.
From: Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (1044th day) Around this time it seems a very popular thing to post the end of the year conclusions, summary or highlights. What was capturing the attention of all Ukrainians in 2024 (as in 2022-23) were missile/drone attacks, blackouts and situations on the frontlines. Here are some of our “year…
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1/2/2025 — Expert explains Russian drone attack tactics on Kyiv city center
From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Military expert Mykhailo Zhirokhov discussed the significance of the Russian drone attack on central Kyiv on Jan. 1 during an interview with Radio NV on Jan. 2. Military expert Mykhailo Zhirokhov said the Russian drone attack on Kyiv on Jan. 1 was unconventional, noting they launched Shahed drones in waves without decoys,…
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1/2/2025 — Can Ukraine’s war end in 2025? Inside Zelenskyy’s strategy — BBC analysis
From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Ukraine’s war has reached a turning point. Russian occupation forces are advancing at their fastest pace since the full-scale invasion began, while the unpredictable Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House. The BBC analyzed on Jan. 2 whether the war in Ukraine could end in 2025 and how. Talks…
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