By Svitlana Dukhovych Six thousand buildings in Kyiv have been without heating since January 9, following a massive attack by Russia. As of midday Friday, heating was off in around 100 buildings in the Ukrainian capital, according to Mayor Vitaliy Klychko, who pointed out that municipal engineers…

Breadcrumb Home POLITICS LNG carrier of Norway's Northern Coast (Courtesy: Torbein Rønning under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 on Flickr.com) Published at: Dec 18 2025 - 08:02 / Updated at: Dec 18 2025 - 08:02 One third of Arctic shipping traffic along the Northern Sea Route involves sanctioned vessels of…

A bipartisan congressional delegation met with Danish and Greenlandic officials in Copenhagen Friday in an effort to show support for Greenland's territorial integrity despite President Trump's continued push to acquire the island. The delegation is led by Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware,…

Donald Trump appears increasingly set on taking Greenland. As the US president put it in a post on his social media platform Truth Social, this can be done "the easy way," by Denmark setting a price for its territory, or "the hard way," by which he is thought to mean adversarial tactics. With…

European airspace witnessed an unusual and symbolically charged moment when Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons intercepted a rare Russian Navy Be-200 amphibious aircraft over the Baltic Sea. While intercepts between NATO jets and Russian military aircraft are not uncommon, this particular…

President Donald Trump has ordered a dramatic overhaul of the White House’s secret underground bunker, tearing out the aging facility beneath the East Wing and replacing it with a modernized, high-tech emergency command center designed to meet today’s security threats. The original bunker,…

ST. PETERSBURG — On a recent train from Moscow to St. Petersburg, half the carriage was occupied by travelers from China. The group, made up of all ages, was on its way to Russia’s imperial capital as part of an organized Chinese tour group, one of the first since Moscow opened its doors to Chinese…

Europe threatened to slap sanctions on virtually the entire world this week – except the one country seriously threatening to invade it. In addition to punitive measures on Iran and Russia – already the two most sanctioned nations on Earth – Brussels pledged economic retribution against the billions…

See all topics Email Link Copied! Some people watch Netflix in their spare time. Remy Osman tracks rusty tankers transporting illicit oil through one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. From the roof of his Singapore apartment building, the British expat, who works as a food and beverage…

DOMINIC LAWSON The president’s obsession with cheap oil has dire consequences for Putin, and things look bleaker for Russia than at any time in four years Dominic Lawson Saturday January 17 2026, 11.00pm, The Sunday Times As if to remind us just how much the President of the United States is a…

WASHINGTON, DC – Donald Trump is taking his Greenland obsession global – and this week’s World Economic Forum in Davos could become the most combustible stop yet in his Arctic power play. According to two sources knowledgeable about the matter who spoke to Kyiv Post, the US President has directed…

DISPATCH FROM GREENLAND Many resent the abuses of Danish rule but the US president’s imperial project is also contentious — though he is said to be offering up to $100,000 per person Nuuk, the capital of the Arctic territory, is in the sights of the United States TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JACK HILL Alex…

On a winter morning in Mississauga, near Toronto’s bustling airport, Jaswinder Singh tied his brown turban and dressed scrupulously. Then Singh and his wife, Asha Kaur Singh, equally proud and emotional, headed to an event in Toronto that would be the public recognition of their son’s death.…

News Foreign Affairs With NATO thrown into question, some officials see the “coalition of the willing” as the basis for a new alliance without the U.S. Copy Link Copied Share via email Share on X Share on WhatsApp Share on LinkedIn The Greenlandic flag flies over a building as the HDMS Vaedderen of…

Resistance under Russian-occupation is beyond dangerous — even the smallest sign of supporting Ukraine can result in imprisonment, torture, and even death. The list of documented war crimes against Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territories is near-endless. Men are forcibly mobilized into Russia's…

NATO Must Escalate to De-escalate January 20, 2026 A suspected Russian shadow fleet vessel near Sassnitz, Germany, April 2025 Tobias Schlie / Reuters SAMUEL GREENE is Professor of Russian Politics at King’s College London and a Senior Nonresident Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis…

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As US support for Ukraine remains uncertain amid stalled peace efforts and growing political fatigue, a lobbying campaign with an unfamiliar cast and a familiar message has arrived on Capitol Hill. In mid-December, a delegation of Orthodox Christian clergy and advocates fanned out across…

Tetiana Slavinska, a native of the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr, created a protective body vest for dogs working in the most dangerous situations. A professional canine handler, Tetiana told Rubryka how she conceived the idea, what makes this gear unique, and why service dogs should never be viewed as…

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Introduction – Baseline 2020 In 2020, RUSI published papers on the potential threats posed to Western forces by Russian and Chinese combat air capabilities and ground-based air defence (GBAD) systems. Since these studies were published, both Russian and Chinese air power capabilities have evolved…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. From even before the full-scale invasion that began in February 2022, the Mi-24 Hind series assault helicopter was established as a signature weapon of the conflict…

NATO Russia Ukraine January 9, 2026, 7:34 AM First, the country was a Nazi ally; then it became a NATO stooge. The latest allegation: It’s a reckless Russia-basher that deserves a ruthless response from the Kremlin. Who said Finland was boring? Amid all the focus on Russia’s war against Ukraine, it…

Romance and parenthood feel remote in Ukraine: 'I haven't had a date since before the war' 38 minutes ago Laura GozziBBC News, Kyiv BBC Daria worries about forming a connection with a soldier, only for them to have to leave Sitting in a wine bar in Kyiv on a Saturday night, Daria, 34, opens a dating…

The National Resistance Center informs that Russia deliberately involved children from the temporarily occupied territories of the Luhansk region in religious events held in combat areas. Children were systematically transported from settlements in the temporarily occupied territories to locations…

Delcy Rodríguez got American help with the return of an oil tanker linked to one of her political rivals that had left the country without authorization. Listen to this article · 5:30 min Learn more Delcy Rodríguez, the interim leader of Venezuela, in the country’s capital, Caracas, on…

Key Points Russian military analysts cited by Voyennyy Osvedomitel say the Navy lacks the ships and range needed to protect Russian-linked tankers from foreign seizures.The assessments note that Russia’s ocean-going fleet has collapsed due to stalled modernization, aging Soviet vessels, and an…

Kari OdermannHi there. It’s CEPA fellow Kari Odermann. Welcome to the CEPA Podcast, where we bring together leaders and experts from both sides of the Atlantic to explore the biggest challenges shaping our world today. We hope you enjoy the episode. Alina Polyakova Hello, I’m Alina Polyakova,…

Donald Trump’s echoing of Russia’s talking points in its war against Ukraine has long been a cause for alarm and dismay in the west. Now an even more disturbing Kremlin precedent dating from the cold war is being evoked by the US president’s fixation on taking over Greenland – that of carrying out…

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Partisans from the Atesh resistance movement have claimed to have carried out a successful act of sabotage in Russia's Moscow Oblast, striking an element of the air defence system of the 5th Air Defence Division within the Russian Aerospace Forces' anti-aircraft missile troops. Source: Atesh, a…

Ukrainian Sappers Uncover Mining of Starlink Terminals by Russian Strike UAVs #Russia #Starlink #UAV #Ukraine #War with Russia Russian Molniya-2 kamikaze UAV with Starlink terminal, December 2025 Ukrainian sapper units have discovered that Russian military forces placed additional booby trap charges…

11 January, 04:24 PM Inside the War Share: Russian dictator Vladimir Putin leaves a military parade on Red Square, May 9, 2025. (Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov) Russian state propaganda outlets avoided reporting on a symbolic milestone Sunday, Jan. 11: the full-scale war against Ukraine has now…

Ukrainian Troops Adopt Tempest Air Defense System #Air Defense #Ukraine #USA #War with Russia Tempest air defense system. Source: @TheDeadDistrict in X The Armed Forces of Ukraine have brought the American-made short-range Tempest surface-to-air missile system into service. Ukraine’s Air Command…

Train to Poland Advertisement Russian forces have begun a focused campaign targeting the Kyiv–Kovel logistics line, striking trains, depots and bridges, with drone operations likely controlled from Belarus. Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, a leading specialist in electronic warfare and communications…

Britain is set to 'put leading edge weapons into the hands of Ukrainians' with powerful long-range ballistic missiles that can destroy Russian targets more than 300 miles away. Nightfall rockets - which are packed with 200kg warheads, can be fired in quick succession and reach as far as Moscow -…

The Government of Sweden confirmed the launch of an ambitious program to develop a territorial short-range air defense capability, aimed not only at protecting military forces in the field, but also at defending cities, logistics nodes, and critical civilian infrastructure against low-altitude…