Category: Updates
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1/31/2025 — The West must study the success of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces
From: Atlantic Council By Doug Livermore Since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, much has been written about the extensive training provided to the Ukrainian military by the country’s Western partners. However, the West also has much to learn from Ukraine’s unique military experience. In particular, the successes of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces provide…
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1/31/2025 — American fighters are dying in Ukraine in growing numbers. Bringing their bodies home is a complex task
From: CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Rebecca Wright and Victoria Butenko, CNN. Video by Brice Laine, David Ruff and Kostya Gak Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Editor’s Note: This report contains details of death and injury that some may find distressing. More than 20 Americans are missing in action on the front lines in Ukraine, with a spike in casualties over…
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1/31/2025 — Can increased energy sector sanctions pressure Putin into peace talks?
From: Atlantic Council By Aura Sabadus US President Donald Trump has warned Russia that he will impose economic measures including taxes, tariffs, and sanctions unless Russian President Vladimir Putin agrees to end the war in Ukraine. While it is far from clear whether economic pressure alone can bring Putin to the negotiating table, Russia’s oil and gas industry…
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1/31/2025 — The Scariest Photo in My Gallery…
From: Roman Sheremeta (Professor of Economics, Board Member, Founding Rector of American University Kyiv) — The Scariest Photo in My Gallery… In the evening, I learned about a seriously wounded man who couldn’t be carried away. He had been lying there for a long time, waiting for help, while an enemy drone hovered above him,…
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1/31/2025 — Ukrainian Holocaust survivor: Russia is waging ‘war of extermination’
From: Atlantic Council By Peter Dickinson Ukrainian Holocaust survivor Roman Schwarzman has implored Germany to increase support for Ukraine in the fight against Russia’s “war of extermination.” Addressing the Bundestag this week as part of events to mark 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, Schwarzman accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of attempting to “destroy” Ukraine…
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1/30/2025 — 91% of Ukrainians proud of their citizenship, survey shows record national pride
A new poll shows dramatic generational and regional transformations in Ukrainian national identity since 2000. From: Euromaiden Press BY ORYSIA HRUDKA A comprehensive new survey reveals unprecedented levels of national pride in Ukraine, with 91% of citizens expressing pride in their Ukrainian citizenship – a dramatic 23% increase from 68% in 2015, according to the Razumkov Centre’s…
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1/30/2025 — Ukraine holds the key: Plan to slash Russian oil exports by 30% gains traction
From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 The latest U.S. sanctions package, introduced on Jan. 10, has already caused delays in Russian oil shipments, but there is a way to cut Russia’s exports by 30%, according to Serhii Makohon, former CEO of Ukraine’s Gas Transmission System Operator (2019-2022). Speaking to Radio NV, Makohon said that recent sanctions…
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1/30/2025 — ‘Divide Russia, not Ukraine’: Ukraine slams pro-Russian Romanian candidate’s controversial remarks
From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council, responded to statements made by far-right, pro-Russian Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu. “All these pro-Russian politicians, like the Romanian one, who start talking about some sort of ‘division of Ukraine’ only accelerate the…
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1/30/2025 — Ukraine cyber forces paralyzes Gazprom on historical battle anniversary
From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 A cyber group from Military Intelligence (HUR) launched a DDoS attack on the digital infrastructure of Russian companies Gazprom and Gazprom Neft on the anniversary of the Heroes of Kruty battle, NV sources reported on Jan. 30. This attack against Russian companies was deliberately carried out on the anniversary of the…
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1/30/2025 — Russia introduces new “history textbook” that redefines war against Ukraine as justified defense…
From: Roman Sheremeta (Professor of Economics, Board Member, Founding Rector of American University Kyiv) — Russia introduces new “history textbook” that redefines war against Ukraine as justified defense. The new textbook frames the war in Ukraine as a continuation of the Soviet battle against Nazi Germany, portraying the invasion as a necessary reaction to Western…
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