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Chart of the week: Ukraine's missile interception rate slides lower as Russian attacks plunge country into crisis
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Chart of the week: Ukraine's missile interception rate slides lower as Russian attacks plunge country into crisis

by Luca Léry Moffat

Ukraine's missile interception rate slid lower in the first two weeks of 2026, as Russia continued its months-long bombing campaign against the country's energy infrastructure. Ukraine's Air Force reported downing 26 of the 73 missiles launched by Russia in the first two weeks of January, according to data compiled by Dragon Capital — an interception rate of 36%. The average monthly rate since October 2022 is 60%. In an overnight attack targeting several cities across Ukraine on Jan 12–13, Ukr

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EU reveals details on 90 billion 'Ukraine Support Loan'

Sixty billion euros ($70 billion) will be earmarked for defense, with the remaining 30 billion euros ($35 billion) allocated to support Ukraine's budget, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said during a press conference in Brussels on Jan 14.

Why NATO can’t survive a return to spheres of influence

The Kyiv Independent’s Martin Fornusek speaks with Kurt Volker, former U.S. special representative for Ukraine negotiations and former U.S. ambassador to NATO, about U.S. foreign policy, NATO’s future, and the war in Ukraine.

Ukraine war latest live: Minibus carrying soldiers shot at near Lviv

This is Chris York reporting from a very chilly Kyiv on day 1,421 of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: A minibus full of soldiers was shot at in the morning of Jan. 14 in the village of Rudno near Lviv in western Ukraine, by an as-yet-unknown individual. No one was injured in the incident but some shots did hit the vehicle, local police reported. "The driver of a Volkswagen Passat fired several shots at the Volkswagen Transporter, after which he left the scen

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