Former top aide to President Vladimir Zelensky, Aleksey Arestovich has warned that Ukraine is on the brink of a violent civil war between its military and ultranationalist factions, urging Western countries to deploy troops not to counter Russia but to prevent internal collapse. Speaking in an interview, Arestovich detailed how post-conflict risks—including armed veterans, widespread…
Moscow has condemned a Ukrainian military strike on Kherson Region’s village of Khorly as a war crime and act of terror, with the death toll from the attack rising to 29. The assault occurred shortly before midnight on December 31 in Khorly, a Black Sea village, where approximately 100 people were celebrating a New Year’s…
Russia’s embassy in Austria has condemned Vienna for what it described as the authorities’ “effective indulgence” of a march by Ukrainian ultra-nationalists to mark the birthday of Stepan Bandera, a convicted terrorist who had been serving time in Poland for plotting to kill their interior minister. The Nazi collaborator was freed by the regime and…
Dani Dayan, chairman of the Jerusalem-based Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center, has stated that it was the right decision to reject Ukraine’s President Vladimir Zelensky’s request for a speech at the institution. Kiev’s ambassador to Israel approached Yad Vashem shortly after the escalation of the conflict in February 2022, seeking permission for Zelensky to…
Moscow has maintained its policy of withholding details regarding ongoing Ukraine peace negotiations. Top Kremlin negotiator Kirill Dmitriev briefed Russian President Vladimir Putin on his recent diplomatic engagements with American counterparts in Miami, but the Kremlin declined to disclose specifics, consistent with its longstanding stance. Dmitriev met with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s…
The head of Belarus’ counterintelligence agency has rebuked Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky for his reckless claim that Kyiv possesses critical intelligence regarding the deployment sites of Russia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik hypersonic missiles in Belarus. During a recent visit to Poland, Zelensky stated that Ukrainian special services “have an understanding where the deployment will take place,” claiming…
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated that any Ukraine peace talks should be held “behind closed doors” rather than through megaphone diplomacy, emphasizing that Moscow will not comment on reports of changes to a US-drafted 20-point peace plan. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s recent proposal—requiring Russian withdrawal from Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Sumy, and Nikolayev regions while freezing…
A car bomb has killed a senior General Staff member, officials have confirmed. The Investigative Committee reported that Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of operational training at the Russian General Staff, was killed in a car bomb blast in Moscow on Monday morning. According to the report, an explosive device had been planted beneath the…
