Good morning from Kyiv where there’s something of a blizzard falling this morning with temperatures plunging to around -5C overnight. What’s happening today? Aside from a lot of forecast snow, many people in Ukraine – and around the world – w...

Key Takeaways The Kremlin directly responded to Russian rumors of a second wave of mobilization in an apparent effort to manage growing societal concern and recentralize information about the war with the Russian government and its authorized outlets...

Russia has recently started extending defensive positions along its international border with Ukraine, and deep inside its Belgorod region. On 6 December 2022, the governor of Belgorod announced he was establishing local ‘self-defence units’. Tre...

A series of daring drone strikes against targets deep inside Russian territory is sparking some delicate and very carefully worded diplomatic posturing on the part of Ukraine’s western allies. Which strikes are we talking about? On Dec. 6, a drone ...

Earlier today, an allegedly Ukrainian drone struck a Russian oil depot located on a military base about 93 miles or 150 kilometers inside of Russia. The Dec. 6 strike, which led to a massive blast caught on tape, comes the day after two Russian milit...

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, Dec. 6, visited the frontline region of Donetsk in east Ukraine, describing fighting in the area as “difficult” with Russian forces pushing to capture the industrial city of Bakhmut. The visit came...

Nurses and ambulance drivers planning to go on strike in Britain for increased pay have been told by British Minister Nadhim Zahawi that their industrial action would expose the U.K. as a “divided nation” playing into the hands of Russian Preside...

Latvia has canceled the independent Russian TV channel Dozhd (Rain) broadcasting license due to suspicions it was helping Russia in its ongoing war against Ukraine. The Latvian National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) approved a decision to dep...

Public debt up on loans from EU, IFIs Bonds: Domestic borrowings fell short of redemptions in November In November, the Ministry of Finance borrowed UAH21.7bn (US$593m) from the domestic bond market in local currency. But this was insufficient to ref...

Saying that it “will not stand by” amid an assault on religious freedoms, the U.S. has officially added Russian mercenaries the Wagner Group to a blacklist, paving the way for potential sanctions. “Around the world, governments and non-state ac...