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The head of the Estonian foreign intelligence services, Kaupo Rosin, stated on Monday that there are no indications that President Vladimir Putin intends to attack the Baltic states or NATO, despite increasingly frequent warnings from European officials that a direct conflict between the West and Russia could erupt in the coming years, reports The Moscow Times. “We have noticed that Russia has changed its behavior after various incidents that have occurred on a larger scale in the region,” said the Director General of the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service, Kaupo Rosin, to the public television station ERR. “So far, it is…

The German government has adopted a cautious stance regarding the outcome of separate discussions held over the weekend by US President Donald Trump with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski and Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We welcome President Trump’s commitment to pursue a fair and lasting peace in Ukraine that maintains Ukrainian sovereignty and European security,” said the spokesperson for the German government. However, the spokesperson for the German executive added that it is up to Moscow to end the war and that there is a certain discrepancy between what Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to have said and what “transpired in…

Russian forces lack the ability to build a strategic reserve and will not be able to overcome the stage of costly attrition battles throughout the year 2026, analysts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) estimate, quoted by Euromaidan Press. Thus, despite the fact that Moscow has met its recruitment objectives for 2025, the deficit of fresh troops, capable of launching larger offensives, translates into the fact that the Kremlin’s battlefield strategy will continue to be limited in terms of action area and pace. ISW analysts quoted Kirilo Budanov, head of the Main Directorate of Military Intelligence (HUR),…

Pavel Podvig, a senior researcher at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, says that two of the three satellites of the Tundra system, designed by Russia to track ballistic missile launches, have failed, according to the Moscow Times. The constellation of satellites, which Russia has been building since 2015 to replace the Oko system that has been operational since the early 1990s, has almost simultaneously lost two satellites: Kosmos 2541, launched in September 2019, and Kosmos 2563, launched in November 2022. Researcher Pavel Podvig claims that the first satellite completed its last orbital correction maneuver in March, and the…

The US President, Donald Trump, stated that “the situation is getting very close” to a significant progress, which could end the war in Ukraine. However, his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelenski, warned that long-term security guarantees will be needed to deter Russia, writes Financial Times. Trump and Zelenski discussed on Sunday in Florida, at Mar-a-Lago, the dialogue being characterized as “excellent” by the American leader. Later, in a WhatsApp conversation with journalists held on Monday, upon returning to Europe, the Ukrainian president revealed that currently under discussion is an American security guarantee initially valid for 15 years. Although this could be…

For the first time since the beginning of the war with Ukraine, the “economic crisis” has entered the top of the questions that Russians would like to ask Vladimir Putin during the “Direct Line” broadcast. According to a survey conducted by Levada Center, 8% of citizens would like to ask the president about the economic crisis — the question ranking third in the list of concerns. People want to know when the “dark period” in the economy will end, when the price hikes will stop and why the government is raising the VAT. 16% of respondents want to find out…

The inhabitants of occupied Mariupol, left homeless after the Russian invasion, were blocked from sending appeals to the “hotline” with Vladimir Putin. According to the independent publication Astra, people tried to record video messages addressed to the Kremlin leader, but faced systemic obstacles: “Donbas Mail” has not been functioning since mid-November, and telephone operators block registration via SMS on the event’s website. Moreover, instead of help, those who tried to complain began to be summoned by law enforcement for “discussions” and were handed warnings about “illegal rallies” or even “extremism”. One of the victims is Ana Guzevskaia, a mother of…

The State Duma adopted in the first reading legislative projects regarding sanctions for Russians convicted in absentia for violating the law on “foreign agents”, for “discrediting” the army, participation in “undesirable” organizations, calls for international sanctions and separatism. This is about individuals involved in administrative or criminal cases who “evade punishment” by being outside the borders of Russia. Their bank accounts and assets will be blocked. In addition to this, they will be prohibited from accessing loans and online banking services, concluding transactions by proxy, registering vehicles or real estate, as well as registering as individual entrepreneurs or freelancers. Their…

The Chief of the Russian Army’s General Staff, Valeri Gherasimov, stated on Thursday that the situation in the Donbas region has become “critical” for the Ukrainian forces in the face of the Russian troops’ advance. “The situation in Donbas is becoming critical for the armed forces of Ukraine”, Gherasimov declared in a meeting with foreign military attachés. According to his statements, quoted by Russian press agencies, the Ukrainian command was forced to deploy “additional units in the area” to halt the Russian advance. “However, these measures have not helped the enemy, the Russian offensive in Donbas continues,” stated the Chief of…

Russia looks with skepticism at the involvement of European leaders in the American peace plan for Ukraine and awaits clarifications from Washington before new Russian-American discussions. On Thursday, December 18, the Kremlin expressed its doubts about the possible positive contribution of European leaders to the United States’ plan to resolve the war in Ukraine, highlighting Moscow’s reservations about the role played by Europe in this diplomatic process. The statements were made by the spokesperson for the Russian presidency, Dmitry Peskov, in an interview given to state television. “Without a doubt, we are concerned that European leaders could have made any…