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Italy detains vessel carrying metal for suspected Russia sanctions violations
The Brindisi Court approved the seizure of both the vessel and its cargo, which included 33,000 tons of ferrous metal.
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'Nothing has changed' — Zelensky criticizes Europe's inaction in Davos speech after Trump meeting
"Just last year, here in Davos, I ended my speech by saying Europe needs to know how to defend itself. A year has passed, and nothing has changed," Zelensky said.
Ukraine war latest live: SBU detains Russian GRU agents scouting Oreshnik strike aftermath in Lviv Oblast
This is Tania Myronyshena reporting from Kyiv on day 1,429 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has detained two agents of Russia's military intelligence (GRU) tasked with assessing the aftermath of an Oreshnik ballistic missile strike on civilian infrastructure in Lviv Oblast overnight on Jan. 9, the agency said on Jan. 22. Russia used the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile for the first time in the recent attack on
Ukraine confirms strike on Russia's Tamanneftegaz oil terminal, radar stations in Crimea also hit
Ukraine reported additional strikes on military targets in Russian-occupied regions, including Crimea, Kherson and Donetsk oblasts.
Russian attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast injure at least 18, including 3 children
The cities of Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast came under attack in the afternoon on Jan. 22, according to Ukraine's Air Force.
Why the West must support the mental health of Ukraine's defenders
As Ukraine continues to seek ways to sustain its army and its citizens, the country's mental health crisis has long been deprioritized, and the West is doing little to address it. Without systematic intervention now, overlooked trauma could become embedded in Ukraine's demographic future, with repercussions for generations to come. Given that Ukraine's resources are spread thin, it is unlikely that the country will substantially allocate them to the dire mental health needs, as all immediate p
Former border guard chief charged in 204,000 euro bribery scheme
Law enforcement sources confirmed to the Kyiv Independent that the official involved is Serhiy Deineko, who headed the State Border Guard from 2019 to Jan. 4, 2026.
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Ukraine needs at least $27 billion in military equipment from non-European Union sources in 2026, highlighting the bloc's dependence on American technology to support Kyiv, negotiating documents show. The EU is set to spend 60 billion euros ($70 billion) on Ukraine's defense as part of a larger 90-billion-euro support package agreed in December, an unprecedented sum that European leaders hope will reboot its military industrial base and support the Ukrainian military’s continued operation durin
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