‘Dear residents! If you’re in the lift when the lights go off, don’t be scared,’ read the printed A4 sheet stuck to the inside of the rickety elevator in an apartment block on Kyiv’s left bank. ‘When the power comes back, count to ten before pressing the button.’ A ‘chaotic pressing of buttons’…

In the southeastern part of Crimea lay the Meganom Peninsula, an 850-hectare natural treasure. Since 2007, it has been protected under Ukrainian law as a natural monument – a status reserved for unique natural formations of exceptional conservation value. Meganom's uniqueness stems from the rare…

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DEEP DIVE — Moscow has spent nearly four years burning through human resources in Ukraine, and now they’ve found a new way to fill the gaps of loss: exploiting the Global South. Russia is luring in thousands of men with promises of ‘work’ or ‘security,’ only to hand them a rifle. When these guys…

Alongside Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, non-military operations across Europe have also been on the rise, blending methods of espionage, disinformation campaigns, cyberattacks and sabotage with other unconventional means of attack. These events have given new impetus to analyses…

Editor’s Note: this article is being republished with the permission of the Irregular Warfare Initiative as part of a republishing arrangement between IWI and SWJ. The original article was published on January 29, 2026 and is available here. “Taiwanese veterans who fought in Ukraine’s International…

Published: 11 Feb. 2026, 18:35 Updated: 11 Feb. 2026, 21:59 SEO JI-EUN [email protected] Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI In this photo provided by the defector-led civic group NK People’s Liberation Front, North Korean POWs eat “dubu-bap” (tofu rice) — a North Korean-style meal sent…

Measuring the frequency of words and themes in a document can offer insights, reveal underlying messages, and even illuminate what’s on the minds of its writers. The 2026 National Defense Strategy is meant to help align ends, ways, and means, and to signal goals and values. But to find the truth,…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The U.S. Air Force is exploring new ways to protect aerial refueling tankers and other high-value support aircraft by physically defeating incoming threats rather than…

More than a year since he returned to the White House vowing to end the Russia-Ukraine War within 24 hours, US President Donald Trump remains upbeat about the prospects for peace. “Very, very good talks today,” Trump stated on February 6 following the latest round of negotiations in Abu Dhabi.…

They are, in so many ways, the odd couple. An unlikely partnership bringing hope to the children of war-torn Ukraine in the most improbable way — through cricket. Kobus Olivier is a self-styled cricketing nomad, a vastly experienced South African club professional who has played and coached all over…

Maitra’s paper — which he later turned into a much-talked about essay in Foreign Affairs — was reportedly handed around among Trump’s inner circle of foreign policy advisors, and his major policy recommendations have since been incorporated into the administration’s National Security Strategy and…

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More than one million people in Ukraine live with disabilities, and around ten million are of retirement age. These and other factors increase the risk that a person may lose the ability to care for themselves and require constant assistance. Rubryka looked into how to access home-based care…

John Maynard Keynes once wrote, “The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones”: an apt depiction of the current discourse and debate of what the world will look like now that the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) treaty has expired. The passing of New START…

Sarah Starkey, CC BY 3.0 When the New START Treaty between Russia and the U.S. expired on Feb. 5, it marked the first time since the 1970s that no mechanism for limiting the nuclear arsenals of Moscow and Washington was in place. Meanwhile, Russia continues to test nuclear delivery systems under…

While MAGA continues to attack LGBTQ rights in the U.S. — including erasing queer history and removing children’s books with LGBTQ characters from libraries and pushing an ever‑broader censorship agenda — and as the UK faces MAGA‑inspired campaigns demanding the removal of LGBT literature from…

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Editor's Note: This story is part of the "Hidden Canon" – a special series celebrating Ukrainian classic literature and aiming to bring it to a wider international audience. The series is supported by the Ukrainian Institute. In Olha Kobylianska’s 1891 novella “A Human Being,” the heroine Olena…

SODANKYLÄ, Finland — Deep snow. Fleeting daylight. Wet clothes. Frozen weapons. Sub-zero temperatures. NATO soldiers training in Arctic warfare are learning that in a future conflict, fighting the enemy may be only half the battle. The other would be surviving the region's harsh winters. "The…

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Home Europe Europe Fishermen in France have been sending their used fishing nets to Ukraine to help bolster its defences as the country lives under constant threat of Russian drone attacks, FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports. Issued on: 31/01/2026 - 10:19 1 min Reading time Share By: Video by:…

Watch: Frozen river hosts dance party in Kyiv Russia's relentless attacks have crippled Ukraine's energy system and even though Moscow has agreed to pause its attacks until 1 February, the country's electricity grid is still under greater pressure. The blackouts come amidst a biting winter - with…

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Editor's Note: Power and water supplies have been restored, as of 10:30 p.m. local time. Approximately 2,600 residential buildings in Kyiv remain without heat. Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal reported "a cascade shutdown" in Ukraine's power grid in the morning on Jan. 31, following disruptions to…

According to Ukrinform, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated this on Facebook. In January 2026, air defense destroyed 9,707 aerial targets. These included 13 Kh-101 cruise missiles, 9 Kh-22/Kh-32 cruise missiles, 37 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, 10 Kalibr cruise…

The rapid expansion of commercial satellite constellations, such as Planet, has fundamentally transformed maritime domain awareness (MDA).[i] Governments, industry, and maritime security centres such as the Information Fusion Centre (IFC) can potentially possess unprecedented ability to map “dark…

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Facts 12:06 31.01.2026 1 min read Emergency power outages were carried out on Saturday in the city of Kyiv and Kyiv region, as well as in Odesa region, following instructions from Ukrenergo, DTEK reported on its Telegram channel. "Let us remind you that during emergency outages, scheduled timetables…

The electricity supply has been restored in all Ukrainian oblasts following a power grid breakdown on the morning of 31 January. Source: Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy, on the evening of Saturday 31 January Quote: "Power engineers have restored the…

Naval News – The current threat situation necessitates a rapid increase in anti-submarine warfare capabilities for the German Navy. However, the procurement of the intended F126 frigates is delayed, so work is simultaneously underway on a Plan B in the form of the potential acquisition of MEKO…