The commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, has called for a reinforcement of the country's strike aviation capabilities. General Oleshchuk shared this view in a message on Telegram, supporting a proposal from the commander of the Ground Forces, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, to enhance strike aviation for offensive and defensive actions by Ukrainian forces.

General Oleshchuk confirmed that the Air Force was considering various aircraft platforms to …

Russia must be involved in the peace negotiations for Ukraine, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said during the fourth meeting of the national security advisors on the Ukrainian Peace Formula on Sunday, January 14, in Davos, according to Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

"Without Russia, there is no solution," the Swiss Foreign Minister stated. "We need to find some way to get Russia on board."

Cassis highlighted that the ten-point Ukrainian Peace Formula serves as the foundation of the peace …

Dmitry Rogozin, one of the most hawkish members of Putin's regime and a senator, has complained that Ukraine’s Armed Forces are terrorizing the Russian army with strike drones.

"Across the entire Zaporizhzhia front, there's a carousel of enemy drones. I believe it's the same on other fronts. An endless number of enemy drones. Enter a front-line village, and it's like stumbling into a hornet’s nest: a constant buzzing," Rogozin said.

He claims that the Ukrainian drones often operate in pairs: …

In the winter of 2024, Russia is facing a severe municipal services crisis that affected heating, electricity, and also waste management across the country.

Social media abounds with Russians raising the alarm about the "garbage collapse" plaguing their cities.

Issues with waste collection have been happening in several Russian regions, including the Moscow region, where dumpsites are overflowing, and authorities appear unresponsive to complaints.

In the Chelyabinsk and Kemerovo regions, …

During an attack on military targets in Crimea, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have killed the deputy commander of the Russian 43rd Separate Marine Assault Aviation Regiment, Alexander Chernobriviy, reported Ukrainian Armed Forces officer Anatoliy Shtefan, also known by the call sign Stirlitz.Chernobriviy was killed during the strike on the Saki airbase on January 6, 2024. Although Russian official sources have not reported his death, Shtefan declared that the commander had been "successfully …

In sub-zero temperatures across many Russian penal colonies, administrators are reportedly shutting off heating, creating "unbearable" conditions to pressure inmates to go to war in Ukraine, reports Bild, citing Olga Romanova, founder of the human rights project "Russia Behind Bars".

"In Russia, there are three groups of people whose deaths at the front do not draw much sympathy from the majority: prisoners, national minorities living in impoverished regions far from Moscow, and new citizens. …

The Swedish government has entered into an agreement with the Nordic Ammunition Company, Nammo, to expand the production capacity of artillery ammunition in Sweden for supply to Ukraine, according to Sweden's Defence Materiel Administration (FMV).

"This step is crucial for accelerating investments in industry production capacity," said FMV's head of armaments, Jonas Haggren, specifying that the agreement pertains to 155mm artillery shells.

Haggren added that the agreement would also reduce …

Powerful explosions rocked the occupied city of Mariupol on the morning of January 13th. Witnesses report an attack on a Russian military facility in the Kalmius district.

Petro Andryushchenko, an advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol, provided details of the incident.

Reports of loud explosions in the city emerged after 9 a.m. The Russians attempted to intercept the missiles with air defense systems but apparently failed.

"Mariupol. Loud. Observing the work of the enemy's air defense," reported …