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Russian shadow fleet vessel adrift in Mediterranean Sea, Bloomberg reports
An oil tanker sanctioned for transporting Russian oil appeared to be adrift in the Mediterranean Sea following a possible mechanical failure, Bloomberg reported Jan. 23
'Productive' — White House on talks with Ukraine, Russia as negotiations set to continue Jan. 24
"The issue of Donbas is key," President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters.
A million-dollar parking fee: Canada's high-stakes battle over a stranded Russian plane
In a potentially world's most expensive parking ticket, a Russian-registered Antonov An-124 has remained locked in a frozen embrace with the tarmac at Toronto Pearson Airport. Stranded for almost four years, the aircraft has racked up over $1.5 million Canadian dollars ($1.1 million) in parking fees. Parked so long, in fact, that it has found its way onto the infrequently updated satellite views of the airport in both Apple Maps and Google Maps. But for an international community that just wat
Ukraine calendar: What will happen this week
Editor's note: This article is a shortened on-site version of KI Insights' public newsletter, The Week Ahead, covering events from January 26 - February 1. Sign up here to start your week with an agenda of Ukraine-related events delivered directly to your inbox every week. In the coming days, international attention will be focused on the trilateral meeting involving Ukraine, the United States, and Russia, scheduled for January 23–24. These will be the first talks in a trilateral format since t
EU plan envisages Ukraine's accession by 2027, up to $1.6 trillion in funding for Kyiv, Orban claims
Orban cited a confidential document on Ukraine's accession allegedly presented at an EU summit in Brussels on the previous day.
Mass attack that plunged Kyiv into darkness cost Russia over $130 million, Ukrainian intelligence says
Kyiv, home to more than 3 million people, is still reeling from the Jan. 20 attack in which Russia launched 33 missiles and 339 drones against Ukraine.
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On one of the first days of 2026, the Ukrainian military downed a Russian drone of a new type. It was identified as Geran-5, a fast and long-range drone. It shares the name with the Russian copies of Iranian Shaheds — Geran-1, Geran-2, Geran-3, and Geran-4 — and is made by the same Russian manufacturer and with similar components. But the new drone is quite different from the earlier Geran ones. The Geran-5 drone resembles a winged missile, unlike Russian Shahed-type drones — triangular and d
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