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Russia seems doomed to defeat in Ukraine even if it uses tactical nuclear weapons, but this will not be the end of the Kremlin's problems for the West. War could bring coup d'état and chaos to Russia, experts write in the US magazine Foreign Affairs.more

After a series of loud explosions that were heard this morning in the center of Kiev, a bomb alert was announced in the city and residents were asked to go to shelters. According to the authorities, Russia attacked civilian infrastructure facilities. Just after At 10:00 a.m. Polish time, the alarm was canceled.more

As a result of Russia's invasion of our country, we are already a de facto member of NATO, and in the near future we will become one de jure, Ukraine's Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said in an interview published by the BBC.more

The British government confirmed yesterday for the first time that it plans to donate tanks to Ukraine. Kiev has long sought this to bolster its forces repelling Russian aggression.more

Russia's mercenary Wagner Group said last night that it had found the body of one of the British volunteers who went missing near Soledar in the Donetsk region, in eastern Ukraine, Reuters reports.more

In 2023, Russia will face three fundamental issues: the future of President Vladimir Putin, the struggle of the so-called "hawks" with the more pragmatic part of the Russian elite and the emerging personnel changes at the highest levels of power - assessed the American analytical center Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.more

In February 2022, just before Russia invaded Ukraine, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich transferred assets worth several billion dollars to his seven children to avoid freezing them, revealed the British newspaper The Guardian, citing hacked documents.more

The UK government is considering the transfer of Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine for the first time, and talks have been ongoing for several weeks, Sky News reported yesterday, citing a Western source familiar with the matter.more

The Swedish government announced today that it will reintroduce civil defense duty. Later this year, people to support the rescue will be called up for exercises. The reason is the war in Ukraine, including Russian attacks on civilians.more

There is a shortage of accommodation for refugees from Ukraine in Ireland. For this reason, a group of refugees has been temporarily placed in the largest stadium in the country, and the government is appealing to Ukrainians to refrain from coming to Ireland for the time being.more

UK authorities want to speed up investigations into war crimes committed by Russian forces during the war in Ukraine and, together with the Netherlands, have invited a meeting in March where justice ministers from around the world are to discuss support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in London The Hague.more

The White House yesterday announced a $3 billion military support package for Ukraine, as well as a $682 million defense package. to strengthen the defense of NATO's eastern flank countries. The largest package to date includes: Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled howitzers and air defense missiles.more

Russia's announcement of a unilateral ceasefire is as false and hypocritical as the illegal and grotesque annexations and accompanying referendums, European Council chief Charles Michel tweeted yesterday.more

82 percent of surveyed Poles believe that NATO and EU countries should support Ukraine so that it wins the war with Russia, even if it takes several years. 42% share the same opinion. of the surveyed Germans, with 39 percent Germans believe that these countries should seek an agreement with Russia, according to an Ipsos poll for OKO.press and TOK FM.more

The war unleashed by Russia, which led to Western sanctions, has devastated the Russian health service. Doctors fled the country or were drafted into the army, The Insider reported.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday in a telephone conversation that Kyiv can count on London's long-term support, the press service of the head of the British government reported.more

The degree of destruction of both sides fighting in Ukraine is difficult for them to bear, so I suppose that the war will end in six months, in the summer of 2023, British historian Ian Kershaw assessed in an interview with the German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung. He noted, however, that Putin is not able to win this conflict.more

Vladimir Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 while under the influence of a hormonal cancer drug, the side effects of which are a kind of megalomania, according to Danish military intelligence (FE).more

Lawyer Geoffrey Nice, who was the prosecutor in the trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, told the BBC that Vladimir Putin should be held accountable for war crimes, i.e. attacking civilian targets in Ukraine by his Russian army.more

The boots of Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine are made of leather imported from India, and trade between Russia and India has increased by more than 400 percent. - reports the British newspaper "Guardian" today.more

The UK will allocate £2.3bn (around £12.1bn) in 2023 for aid to Ukraine, British Defence Minister Ben Wallace announced yesterday, as quoted by Reuters.more

Russians who have fled to the Netherlands for fear of mobilization in their country may be deported, said Secretary of State for Asylum Eric van der Burg. The Ministry of Justice explained that the mobilization in Russia has been canceled and therefore the normal procedure for applying for asylum through the Immigration and Naturalization Office (IND) is back.more

Ukraine's air defence forces today neutralised the most Russian missiles since the start of the war, the head of the Mykolaiv region authorities, Vitaly Kim, estimated to Telegram this morning. A massive enemy missile attack is underway in the country. 90 per cent of Lviv's population remained without access to electricity, the mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovy, reported.more

At the end of February, on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the authorities in Kiev intend to present their peace proposal. This will build on an earlier 10-point 'peace formula' outlined by President Volodymyr Zelensky in November, the Wall Street Journal reported.more

The Russian president has built a power structure designed to give him the information he wants to hear, ingrained in his miscalculations about the Ukraine war.more