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Georgia’s ruling party is building a Russian-style dictatorship — and it’s working
Georgian Dream terminated the parliamentary mandates of 49 opposition lawmakers on Monday, as months of pro-EU protests face an intensifying crackdown through new restrictive legislation and police action.
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February 08, 2025
- Reuters: Ukraine prioritizes security guarantees ahead of potential Trump-Putin meeting
- It’s all a Mirage: France shows Ukrainian pilots mastering warplanes (Photo)
- French military releases footage of Ukrainian Mirage 2000 training
- Reuters: Ukraine offers mineral partnership to US, not just “giving away” deposits
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1080: Trump and Zelenskyy set for crucial Washington meeting as Ukraine advances in Kursk
- Russian AggressionAnalysis: Targeting strategy changed for Ukrainian air attacks inside Russia
- New NATO military chief makes first foreign trip to Ukraine
- Zelenskyy confirms that talks with Trump’s team are underway
- Zelenskyy confirms North Korean forces’ new deployment to Russia’s Kursk Oblast
- Trump says he may meet Zelenskyy next week
- Defense Express: Ukraine downs Russian airbomb with Skyguard-inspired defense system
- UK Intel: Russian territorial gains slow down in Ukraine
- US sanctions thwart major Russian LNG project as Chinese vessel returns home
- Russian officer linked to Bucha mass killings appointed deputy minister in Russia
- Russian forces inch closer to Pokrovsk amid reduced assault intensity
- Frontline reportFrontline report: Ukrainian raids stop Russian breakthrough at Toretsk
- Ukraine’s ranger corps receives tanks for special operations
- UK “rapidly developed” new naval drones for Ukraine
- Politico: US Defense Secretary Hegseth to attend NATO Ukraine meeting, but no new arms expected
- Ukraine’s military relies on 70% international aid for frontline equipment
- Forbes: Trump’s space shield “Iron Dome” could pressure Putin into Ukraine peace talks
- Bloomberg: Europe seeks Australian gas to reduce Russian energy dependence
- Trump administration disbands Russian assets seizure taskforce
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1080: Trump and Zelenskyy set for crucial Washington meeting as Ukraine advances in Kursk
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1079: Ukrainian forces push deeper into Kursk Oblast
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1078: EU advances special tribunal for Russian war crimes, while both Ukraine and Russia express readiness for talks
As Russian troops leave Armenia, Moscow’s revenge playbook emerges
Russian peacekeepers' betrayal during Azerbaijan's advances prompted Armenia to make an unprecedented pivot westward. But Moscow never forgives desertion.
What another Lukashenko ‘victory’ means for Europe’s security – and that of Belarus’?citizens
As 'Europe's last dictator' claims his seventh electoral victory, the falsified win of Putin's oldest ally brings new political risks — and unique security threats — for NATO and the West.
Russia caught presenting own Kursk losses as Ukrainian defeats, OSINT analysis shows
Russian losses are repurposed as Ukrainian defeats, a single damaged Challenger tank is spun into multiple victories, and old footage is rebranded as new losses—Russian propaganda accounts reached millions with fabricated evidence of Ukrainian setbacks.
From power plants to saved giraffes: photographer captures eight years of USA’s invisible impact in Ukraine
Photographer Vladyslav Sodel has documented every step of how Ukrainians went further and achieved something bigger thanks to the aid from the American people
Inside Ukraine’s medical corps where NATO standards face drone war reality check
Behind Ukraine's front lines, a 500-strong volunteer medical force discovers what happens when their ambulances become top targets for cutting-edge war tech, forcing them to create rules Western armies rush to adopt.
Frontline report
Ukraine tackles world’s fastest aging population with drastic pension overhaul
As Ukraine grapples with a dwindling workforce, a new three-tier pension system races to reverse the demographic crisis while cutting Russia's political grip.
“Putin’s Hitler-Jugend.” Russia builds tomorrow’s army with stolen Ukrainian children, Yale lab reveals
Russian military recruiters visit facilities housing deported Ukrainian children, delivering combat readiness lectures while the Kremlin creates special quotas for orphans in cadet schools.
Trump’s “60 million Russian deaths”: the dangerous myth behind his Ukraine peace plan
Behind that inflated death toll lies a carefully crafted Soviet myth that made Russia look like the sole victor over Hitler. Today, that same myth threatens Ukraine's survival.
Ukraine’s drone campaign forces Russia to rethink war production strategy – analysts
Strategic attacks on Russian military infrastructure are proving more cost-effective than conventional warfare, according to University of Oslo researcher Fabian Hoffmann
Turmoil at Ukraine’s defense ministry as procurement chief resists ouster
She saved Ukraine billions on bullets. But now Maryna Bezrukova may lose her job for refusing to "play politics" with the war effort.
Evergreens
Yes, Ukraine can win the war – ex-minister decodes victory plan
Zelenskyy's plan and Ukraine's victory are completely realistic, says Andriy Zagorodnyuk. But there is a crucial caveat — the current paradigm must be changed.
Analysis
Is Russia really invincible? History suggests otherwise
Russia's defeats in Crimea, Japan, WWI, and Afghanistan tell a clear story: Moscow's military isn't invincible. For Ukraine's allies, this history matters.