US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin believes that US leadership is key in military support for Ukraine, which has been resisting Russia’s full-scale invasion for almost three years.
Source: Austin in an interview with AFP, as reported by European Prav…
The Ukrainian Embassy in Slovakia has expressed outrage that a delegation of Slovak MPs intends to visit Russia, which has been waging a full-scale war against Ukraine for almost three years.
Source: a statement by the embassy, quoted by European Pravd…
8 January, 2025 Illustration photo of the Taliban. Photo from open sources
The Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Federation (GRU) paid the Afghan Taliban group to kill U.S. citizens.
This claim was detailed in an investigation publ…
The Russian military attacked the Seredyna-Buda hromada in Sumy Oblast twice on 8 January, injuring five people. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
Source: Sumy…
8 January, 2025 Mavic 3. SESU
In Germany, unknown drones were spotted over the Rhineland-Palatinate at the end of 2024, but were not shot down or intercepted.
This was reported to the Bild tabloid by the Ministry of the Interior of this federal state…
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said that the reason for his trip to Russia in late December was Ukraine’s refusal to extend Russian gas transit after 2024.
Source: Fico in an speech on Wednesday, 8 January, as reported by European Pravda, citing…
8 January, 2025 Self-propelled launcher of the Iranian 3rd Khordad anti-aircraft system, January 2025. Photo: noghtezan_info
Iran has launched the Eqtedar 1403 large-scale air defense drills to protect its uranium enrichment facility following report…
Keith Kellogg, US President-elect Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, has said he aims to try to find a solution to the full-scale war within 100 days of the new president’s inauguration.
Source: Kellogg’s interview with Fox News, as r…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken does not think it is necessary to spend time discussing Donald Trump’s idea of taking control of Greenland, as he believes it “is not going to happen”.
Source: Blinken at a press conference with his French counterpa…
Washington plans to announce US$500 million worth of weapons and ammunition for Kyiv on 9 January during the Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
Source: European Pravda, citing a Voice of America journalist and As…