Sunday, January 25, 2026
Belgorod under heavy fire in 'most massive' attack, Russian governor claims -- Here's why Minneapolis reminds me of what I once saw in Ukraine -- 80% of Ukraine faces emergency power cuts following Russia's overnight aerial attack, focused on Kyiv -- Russia has lost 1,233,020 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/01/sunday-january-25-2026/
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Ukraine destroys Russian speedboat as it attempts to land troops, Navy says, shares footage -- Behind Ukraine’s manpower crisis lies a bleak new battlefield reality for infantry -- Fears of Russian hit campaign grow as another nationalist politician is murdered in Ukraine -- No regional centers captured, 1 million dead Russian soldiers — Ukrainian official responds to Putin's threats with list of Russia's military achievements ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/thursday-september-4-2025/
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Russia revives obsolete T-62 tanks amid equipment shortages — Ukraine approves new ‘Murakha’ ground robot for combat use — Ukrainian drones strike missile, drone arsenal in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast — Russia has amassed 111,000 troops near Pokrovsk … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/sunday-june-29-2025/
⬆️ #JuniorPartner #Putin to visit #SeniorPartner #Xi, who has backed #Russia’s #FullScaleInvasion of #Ukraine.
Compare with #US, which has barred #Israel’s FULL-SCALE invasion of #Rafah.
Putin says Russia is prepared to negotiate over Ukraine, just like #Hamas says it’s prepared to negotiate with Israel.
#China claims to be neutral but backs Russian position that it was provoked into attacking Ukraine by the West, despite Putin’s public avowals of his #RevanchistDreams
https://apnews.com/article/china-russia-putin-beijing-xi-3212ef85d8318cf853f956173f3a682a
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping reaffirmed their “no-limits” partnership that has deepened as both countries face rising tensions with the West. They criticized U.S. military alliances in Asia and the Pacific region. Putin on Thursday thanked China’s proposals for ending the war in Ukraine. The plan has been rejected by Ukraine and its Western supporters as largely following the Kremlin’s line. Putin’s two-day visit to China comes as Russian forces are pressing an offensive in northeastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region in the most significant border incursion since the full-scale invasion began in 2022.
#Israel orders new evacuations in the southern #Gaza city of #Rafah as it prepares to expand operations.
Israel has now evacuated the eastern third of Rafah, pushing the operation to the edges of the heavily populated central area, although Israel’s move into the city has so far been short of the #FullScaleInvasion that it planned.
The evacuations are forcing people to return north where areas are devastated by previous #Israeli attacks.
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https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-05-11-2024-7cc8784d8c6eec017ecaef696f492b25
Israel has ordered new evacuations in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah. That's forcing tens of thousands more people to move as the military prepares to expand its operation closer to the heavily populated central area in defiance of growing pressure from close ally the United States and others. Israel’s military also says it is moving into an area of devastated northern Gaza where it asserts that the Hamas militant group has regrouped. Israel has now evacuated the eastern third of Rafah, considered the last refuge in Gaza. The expanding operation has badly affected the operations of the main aid entry points.
>> After #Ukraine, #Moldova is next. Moldova's #Transdniestria region is stirring just like Ukraine's #LuhanskOblast did 10 yrs ago
~ a month for analogy to materialize ➡️ https://agora.echelon.pl/objects/3e3599eb-c293-4e04-9cbd-87dd06e841a8
"#Transnistria, a breakaway part of #Moldova, prepares to announce its intention to join #Russia on 28 Feb. Putin is expected to approve this [#RussianYoke]"
>> "This approach is almost identical to [Russian] narratives… to justify #FullScaleInvasion of Ukraine"
#Transnistria, a breakaway part of #Moldova, prepares to announce its intention to join #Russia on 28 February. Putin is expected to approve this decision in 29 February, which would be yet another...
Just days before the 2nd anniversary of the #Russian #FullScaleInvasion of #Ukraine, the #US rejected #Putin's suggestion of #ceasefire.
Putin sent signals to US both in public, and privately through intermediaries, incl through its #Arab partners that he was ready to consider a ceasefire in Ukraine.
No doubt, hoping for #Trump victory in #Election2024, Putin proposed to freeze the conflict at current lines without ceding any Ukrainian territory controlled by Russia
#Ukrainian military says it sank a #Russian landing ship #CaesarKunikov in the #BlackSea.
This would be another embarrassing blow for the Russian Black Sea fleet and a significant success for #Ukraine just days before the second anniversary of #Russia’s #FullScaleInvasion on Feb. 24, 2022.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-ship-drones-black-sea-8d2a78ab1f1b2a9b04ec8c421782417d
Ukraine’s military says it sank a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea using naval drones, a report that has not been confirmed by Russian forces. Ukraine’s General Staff says the Caesar Kunikov large landing ship sank near Alupka, a city on the Crimean Peninsula that Moscow annexed in 2014. Ukraine’s Military Intelligence, known as GUR, says its special operations unit “Group 13” sank the Caesar Kunikov using Magura V5 sea drones on Wednesday. The Russian military did not immediately comment on the claim, saying only that it downed six Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea overnight.
⬆️ #Russia now using propaganda to destabilize #Moldova just like it accused #Ukraine of "abandoning" #MinskAgreements to justify invasion
#Transdniestria is a breakaway region of Moldova that Russia invaded & occupied since 1990s under pretext of protecting "threatened Russian language speakers"
"This approach is almost identical to [Russian] narratives… to justify #FullScaleInvasion of Ukraine" says KyivIndependent
#UncannySimilarities #Transnistria
https://kyivindependent.com/isw-kremlin-sets-conditions-to-destabilize-moldova/
The Kremlin prepares for destabilizing Moldova, likely as a part of the efforts to hinder its EU integration, among other objectives, the U.S.-based think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote in its Jan. 28 assessment.
How #Russia's #FullScaleInvasion of #Ukraine — biggest war in #Europe since #WWII — drove neutral #Sweden and #Finland in #NATO's arms ➡️ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61397478
NATO explainer ➡️ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18023383
Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines
Ramesh #NotGoingBack