http://feed.informer.com/digests/PAZ5XAQQ1J/feeder Russia and Ukraine News Review Respective post owners and feed distributors Tue, 27 Nov 2018 05:28:04 -0500 Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2025/jan/22/sounds-likely-the-us-will-sanction-russia-if-putin-does-not-negotiate-on-ukraine-trump-video World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:008e8885-dc29-3150-2fa8-0aa25285e161 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:55:06 -0500 <p>Fielding questions from reporters in Washington, newly inaugurated president Donald Trump said it 'sounds likely' that the US would impose sanctions on Russia if they refuse to take part in negotiations on the war in Ukraine. Asked if the US would keep sending weapons to the Ukraine or 'turn off the tap soon', Trump said 'we're looking at that' before saying the European Union 'should be paying a lot more than they're paying'</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/21/zelensky-says-russia-ukraine-peace-deal-would-require-200000-allied-troops">Zelenskyy says Russia-Ukraine peace deal would require 200,000 allied troops</a></p></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2025/jan/22/sounds-likely-the-us-will-sanction-russia-if-putin-does-not-negotiate-on-ukraine-trump-video">Continue reading...</a> US news US politics Donald Trump Washington DC Ukraine Russia Volodymyr Zelenskyy Vladimir Putin Guardian Staff Photograph: AP https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/22/ukraine-war-briefing-ukraine-drones-hit-russian-oil-depot-trump-floats-fresh-russia-sanctions World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:d18c3fe8-98ca-0ec3-cf04-a843e134292f Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:15:16 -0500 <p>Ukraine claims strikes on oil depot and aviation plant inside Russia; Trump talks Ukraine negotiations, Russia sanctions and how China should do more to end the war. What we know on day 1,064 </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine">See all our Ukraine war coverage</a></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/22/ukraine-war-briefing-ukraine-drones-hit-russian-oil-depot-trump-floats-fresh-russia-sanctions">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Russia Europe World news Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelenskyy Vladimir Putin Warren Murray and agencies Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/21/zelensky-says-russia-ukraine-peace-deal-would-require-200000-allied-troops World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:e44db49c-698e-1b9b-2b26-a25e90f2c1e5 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:49:39 -0500 <p>Ukrainian president tells Davos that Europe must establish itself as an ‘indispensable’ player on the global stage</p><p>Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that “at least 200,000” allied troops would be needed to enforce any peace deal in Ukraine as he urged Europe to “take care of itself” as Donald Trump returns to power in the US.</p><p>Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Zelenskyy said European leaders should not ask themselves what Trump would do next, and said that they instead needed to take collective steps to defend their continent at a time when it is under an aggressive attack by Russia.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/21/zelensky-says-russia-ukraine-peace-deal-would-require-200000-allied-troops">Continue reading...</a> Davos 2025 Volodymyr Zelenskyy Ukraine Russia Europe World news Vladimir Putin Luke Harding in Kyiv Photograph: Maria Senovilla/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/21/zelensky-says-russia-ukraine-peace-deal-would-require-200000-allied-troops Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:0fe5843c-19bd-70ad-59fa-463a3c95bb0b Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:49:39 -0500 <p>Ukrainian president tells Davos that Europe must establish itself as an ‘indispensable’ player on the global stage</p><p>Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that “at least 200,000” allied troops would be needed to enforce any peace deal in Ukraine as he urged Europe to “take care of itself” as Donald Trump returns to power in the US.</p><p>Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Zelenskyy said European leaders should not ask themselves what Trump would do next, and said that they instead needed to take collective steps to defend their continent at a time when it is under an aggressive attack by Russia.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/21/zelensky-says-russia-ukraine-peace-deal-would-require-200000-allied-troops">Continue reading...</a> Davos 2025 Volodymyr Zelenskyy Ukraine Russia Europe World news Vladimir Putin Luke Harding in Kyiv Photograph: Maria Senovilla/EPA https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/europe/ukraine-zelensky-us-europe.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:de67e3b2-79f6-bdd8-66ea-a896bd861118 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:45:44 -0500 Speaking a day after Trump’s inauguration, Ukraine’s president told world leaders at Davos that Europe needs to remain united and “learn how to take care of itself.” Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Defense and Military Forces International Relations Peace Process World Economic Forum Zelensky, Volodymyr Europe Switzerland Davos (Switzerland) Russia Ukraine Marc Santora https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/21/putin-and-xi-make-show-of-unity-in-call-hours-after-trump-inauguration World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:6b3918ba-3435-cd9c-2bd4-8d92f7330fcd Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:13:09 -0500 <p>Timing may show two leaders want to coordinate approach in engaging with new US administration over Ukraine</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/21/donald-trump-inauguration-presidency-executive-orders-pardons-day-two-live-blog">US politics live – latest updates</a></li></ul><p>The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, held a video call with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in a symbolic display of unity just hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the US.</p><p>Speaking from his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Putin highlighted the close ties between the two countries, stating that their relations were based on “shared interests, equality, and mutual benefit“, calling Xi his “dear friend”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/21/putin-and-xi-make-show-of-unity-in-call-hours-after-trump-inauguration">Continue reading...</a> Vladimir Putin Xi Jinping China Russia World news Ukraine US news Donald Trump Asia Pacific US foreign policy Pjotr Sauer Photograph: Gavriil Grigorov/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/19/trump-plan-day-one World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:f70eb64e-c3a1-ad9e-2511-c8ed7176a759 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:56:42 -0500 <p>The incoming president is ready to sign a slew of executive orders on day one of his second term. Here’s what’s planned</p><p>In the grand theatre of American politics, presidential inaugurations typically follow a familiar script: the oath, the speech, a few carefully chosen executive orders to satisfy campaign promises. Franklin D Roosevelt used his first day to <a href="https://www.fdrlibrary.org/banking-curriculum-hub">tackle the banking crisis</a>. Barack Obama moved to <a href="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/realitycheck/the-press-office/background-president-obama-signs-executive-orders-detention-and-interrogation-polic?utm_source=chatgpt.com">close Guantánamo Bay</a> (though it remains open). <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump’s</a> first term began with a single executive order <a href="https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-america-first-healthcare-plan/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">targeting Obamacare</a>.</p><p>But as Trump prepares to return to the White House for round two, he’s promising to tear up the traditional presidential playbook entirely. With more than <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-day-one-border-executive-actions-30f78c3c983ae74555f281446fe22710">100 executive orders</a> reportedly prepared, his agenda represents a new attempt to reshape American governance through sheer executive will. It’s a blueprint that, if enacted, would touch everything from international trade to immigration, from cryptocurrency to classroom curriculums.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/19/trump-plan-day-one">Continue reading...</a> Donald Trump US politics Trump administration US news Democrats Republicans World news US immigration US economy US Capitol attack US education LGBTQ+ rights Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars Cryptocurrencies Ukraine Russia Joseph Gedeon in Washington Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/politics/trump-putin-russia-ukraine.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:cac7e067-ef08-ba3f-a091-8c04435c4053 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:22:42 -0500 President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia praised President Trump’s second inauguration, but the American leader did not return the compliment. United States International Relations United States Politics and Government Inaugurations Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Putin, Vladimir V Trump, Donald J Russia Ukraine Anton Troianovski https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/21/hope-and-scepticism-in-ukraine-as-zelenskyy-says-trump-can-bring-about-just-peace World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:5fdcce5c-5c6e-d8ad-7400-bb4d3e0755cc Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:42:32 -0500 <p>Some in Kyiv think deal touted by US president is unrealistic but others have hope Trump will end the war</p><p>People in Kyiv expressed a mixture of hope and scepticism on Tuesday that Donald Trump can end the war in Ukraine, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised the US president as a “decisive” leader who will bring about a “just peace”.</p><p>Trump described himself as a “peacekeeper” who would avoid entangling the US in damaging foreign wars <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-division-vengeance-inauguration">in his inauguration speech</a> but did not mention Ukraine, or explain how he might persuade Vladimir Putin to engage in negotiations almost three years after his full-scale invasion.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/21/hope-and-scepticism-in-ukraine-as-zelenskyy-says-trump-can-bring-about-just-peace">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Donald Trump US news World news Europe Luke Harding in Kyiv Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/21/prosecuting-the-powerful-by-steve-crawshaw-war-crimes-and-battle-for-justice-review World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:c8d245aa-38a0-a6d6-0105-c82b8e26ef2c Tue, 21 Jan 2025 02:00:09 -0500 <p>This history of international justice is an important primer for our dark times and surprisingly optimistic about our chances of putting today’s despots in the dock</p><p>On a Monday morning last month the Russian general Igor Kirillov left his flat in Moscow. A powerful <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/17/killing-of-russian-general-sbu-vengeance-ukraine">bomb hidden in an e-scooter blew him up</a>. Ukraine’s SBU intelligence agency said it was behind the assassination. The previous day it had charged him with war crimes: the use of banned chemical weapons that had poisoned more than 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers.</p><p>His killing was a brutal extrajudicial moment. Since Vladimir Putin’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/17/night-everything-changed-waiting-for-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-kyiv">full-scale 2022 invasion</a>, Ukraine’s embattled government has sought justice in two ways. Its agencies have targeted perpetrators responsible for murdering Ukrainians – the commanders who give orders, technicians who design long-range missiles used in nightly attacks.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/21/prosecuting-the-powerful-by-steve-crawshaw-war-crimes-and-battle-for-justice-review">Continue reading...</a> History books Books International criminal justice International criminal court Law War crimes Ukraine Culture Luke Harding Photograph: Omar Sanadiki/AP https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/21/ukraine-war-briefing-conflict-will-not-end-tomorrow-or-day-after-says-macron-as-trump-takes-office World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:cab92bae-02fa-19cf-0f18-8b39aff564c2 Mon, 20 Jan 2025 19:48:08 -0500 <p>French president tells Europe to ‘wake up’ and spend more on defence; captured North Korean soldier says many casualties. What we know on day 1,063 </p><p><strong>The French president, Emmanuel Macron, warned that Russia’s war against Ukraine would not end “tomorrow or the day after” as Donald Trump, who pledged to quickly wind up the conflict, returned to the White House.</strong> Trump promised over the summer to end Russia’s war against Ukraine “in 24 hours”, although he did not explain how he planned to do that. “Let us not delude ourselves,” Macron said in his new year’s address to the French armed forces. “This conflict will not end tomorrow or the day after.” The third anniversary of Russia’s war against Ukraine approaches next month, and Trump’s administration has more recently been suggesting a timeline of several months to end it.</p><p><strong>Macron also called on Europe to “wake up” and spend more on defence in order to reduce its reliance on the US</strong>. Macron said expected changes in Washington’s foreign policy, especially regarding the war in Ukraine, were an “opportunity for a European strategic wake-up call”. “What will we do in Europe tomorrow if our American ally withdraws its warships from the Mediterranean? If they send their fighter jets from the Atlantic to the Pacific?” he asked. “The answer will have to come from us.” Providing lasting support to Ukraine was key, and Ukraine must receive “guarantees” against any return of the war on its territory when hostilities cease, while Europe must “play its full role” in the process, Macron said.</p><p><strong>Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, has hailed the opportunity to achieve a just peace in Ukraine as he congratulated Trump</strong> on his inauguration as US president. “President Trump is always decisive, and the peace-through-strength policy he announced provides an opportunity to strengthen American leadership and achieve a long-term and just peace, which is the top priority,” Zelenskyy said. He was looking forward to active and “mutually beneficial” cooperation with the Trump administration. “We are stronger together, and we can provide greater security, stability, and economic growth to the world and our two nations.”</p><p><strong>One of two North Korean soldiers <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/18/suicides-new-tactics-and-propaganda-ipads-details-from-captured-north-koreans-expose-new-foe-in-ukraine">captured by Ukraine in Russia’s Kursk region</a> has apparently told interrogators that Pyongyang’s troops fighting for Moscow are suffering serious losses,</strong> according to official video published by Ukraine on Monday. He said he was brought to Russia from North Korea in what he believed was a cargo vessel with around 100 others and they were then transported by sleeper train. The soldier said he was conscripted aged 17 and had been serving since then. He repeated a claim from a previous video that he had not known he was being sent to Russia to fight.</p><p><strong>Ukraine’s state investigation bureau the DBR said it had detained two generals and a colonel suspected of negligence in failing to adequately defend against a Russian offensive in the Kharkiv region in 2024.</strong> The DBR said they were the former chief commander of the Kharkiv frontline, a former commander of a brigade and a former commander of an infantry battalion. Russia launched an assault across the border in May 2024 into Ukraine’s northern region of Kharkiv, advancing by several kilometres in the first few days. Ukraine’s military was eventually able to halt the Russian advance about 25km away from the edge of Kharkiv.</p><p><strong>The Russian-backed leader of separatist Transnistria said his unofficial government was ready to buy gas from Moldova, the legitimate government,</strong> more than two weeks after Russian supplies halted when Ukraine refused to continue letting Moscow’s gas go through its territory. The Moldovan government said it was “reviewing Tiraspol’s [Transnistria’s] request to ensure it complies with national and international legal standards”.</p><p><strong>Russia recorded a budget deficit of more than 3tn roubles for the third year running in 2024</strong>, the finance ministry said on Monday, with both spending and revenue rising sharply as Moscow ploughed economic resources into the war in Ukraine. The shortfall narrowed as a percentage of gross domestic product to 1.7% – from 1.9% in 2023 – the data showed, but was significantly wider than the ministry’s initial plans for a deficit at 0.9% of GDP. Excluding crucial revenues from oil and gas, however, the deficit widened to 7.3% of GDP, from 7% of GDP in 2023.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/21/ukraine-war-briefing-conflict-will-not-end-tomorrow-or-day-after-says-macron-as-trump-takes-office">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Europe World news Russia Emmanuel Macron France Volodymyr Zelenskyy Warren Murray and agencies Photograph: Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/21/ukraine-war-briefing-conflict-will-not-end-tomorrow-or-day-after-says-macron-as-trump-takes-office World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:1128ad0d-7518-eed1-bbce-723822aa6070 Mon, 20 Jan 2025 19:48:08 -0500 <p>US president claims he is preparing to meet Russian counterpart; Macron tells Europe to ‘wake up’ and spend more on defence. What we know on day 1,063</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/21/ukraine-war-briefing-conflict-will-not-end-tomorrow-or-day-after-says-macron-as-trump-takes-office">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Europe World news Russia Emmanuel Macron France Volodymyr Zelenskyy Warren Murray and agencies Photograph: Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/opinion/trump-foreign-policy-defense.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:3f5af73c-6723-5514-9d46-a31a0a6876db Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:58:16 -0500 The key to peace is strength, and the key to strength is leadership. Trump, Donald J China Russia Iran North Korea United States Defense and Military Forces United States International Relations Leon E. Panetta https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2025/jan/20/war-and-life-in-ukraine-a-year-through-the-lens World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:06b1001b-84c3-7283-2379-e21d35199fcb Mon, 20 Jan 2025 02:00:16 -0500 <p>Photographer Nikoletta Stoyanova juxtaposes scenes of destruction with moments of celebration and love</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2025/jan/20/war-and-life-in-ukraine-a-year-through-the-lens">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Russia Europe Nikoletta Stoyanova Photograph: Nikoletta Stoyanova https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/us/politics/trump-promise-ending-ukraine-war.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:e2412794-1b52-49ea-7153-30ec641096f4 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 23:26:00 -0500 Donald J. Trump’s promise to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine in 24 hours, “before I even become president,” proved to be untrue. United States Politics and Government United States International Relations Inaugurations Presidential Election of 2024 Presidential Transition (US) Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) International Criminal Court North Atlantic Treaty Organization Trump, Donald J Biden, Joseph R Jr Putin, Vladimir V Zelensky, Volodymyr Waltz, Michael (1974- ) Russia Ukraine Peter Baker https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/20/ukraine-war-briefing-russia-suffered-record-casualties-in-2024-claims-ukrainian-commander-in-chief World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:b34deb85-b774-4bd0-301b-566b32524250 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 21:58:03 -0500 <p>Oleksandr Syrskyi claims in interview that 150,000 Russian soldiers died last year; Ukraine shoots down 43 Russian drones. What we know on day 1,062.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine">See all our Ukraine war coverage</a></li></ul><p><strong>Russia suffered 434,000 casualties in 2024, the commander in chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has claimed</strong>, saying it was more than the previous two years combined. Oleksandr Syrskyi <a href="https://kyivindependent.com/150-000-russian-soldiers-killed-in-ukraine-in-2024-syrskyi-says/">said</a> in an interview broadcast on Sunday evening that the figure included 150,000 deaths. Syrskyi did not give a figure for Ukrainian casualties. Ukraine’s General Staff also reported over the weekend that almost 819,000 Russian soldiers had been killed, captured or wounded since the start of the war. In December 2024, Kyiv said 2,200 Russian soldiers died in the space of 24 hours, its worst toll since the start of the war. Western tallies for Russian casualties are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/22/high-russian-death-toll-fails-shift-opinion-ukraine-war">lower</a>, with an assessment in October last year stating up to 115,000 had been killed and 500,000 wounded since the start of the full-scale invasion.</p><p><strong>Moscow has opened a criminal investigation into claims Ukraine killed civilians in the western Russian Kursk region</strong>. Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, alleged Ukrainian troops “committed the murder of at least seven civilians, who were sheltering in the basement of a residential house” in the village of Russkoe Porechnoye, 20km (12 miles) from the border. Ukraine did not officially respond to the allegations. Both Ukraine and Russia regularly accuse the other of attacking non-combatants, and both deny the claims. Russia’s foreign spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, accused Ukraine of the “cannibalistic massacre of civilians”. After launching a surprise offensive attack in the Kursk region, Ukraine has controlled dozens of border settlements, and says around 2,000 civilians live in occupied areas. Several Russian state media outlets published video, supplied by the army, that they said showed Russian troops discovering several dead bodies in a dark basement. AFP could not immediately verify the claims or the video. Russian forces are accused of having murdered hundreds of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, during a month-long occupation at the start of the conflict.</p><p><strong>Ukraine shot down 43 out of the 61 drones launched by Russia on Sunday night,</strong> its airforce said. It also said that 15 other drones were “lost”, after being redirected by Kyiv’s use of electronic warfare. No major damage or casualties were immediately reported by officials.</p><p><strong>Russian troops have captured the village of Vozdvyzhenka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine</strong>, the Russian Interfax news agency reported on Sunday, citing the Russian defence ministry. Reuters could not independently confirm the battlefield reports.</p><p><strong>Ukrainians celebrated Orthodox holiday Epiphany on Sunday, despite the war sparking a religious divide</strong>. “There’s explosions here, bangs there, we always expect something bad. But now we just stood still, forgot about everything, and prayed to God,” military medic Natalya told AFP. Ukrainians have largely moved away from the Ukrainian Orthodox church – which sits under the Moscow Patriarchate – since the invasion, with the majority now following a Kyiv-led church. The Ukrainian Orthodox church remains controversial for not formally breaking away from Moscow’s leadership, though it has denounced the war and denied it depends on Russia.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/20/ukraine-war-briefing-russia-suffered-record-casualties-in-2024-claims-ukrainian-commander-in-chief">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Russia Guardian staff and agencies Photograph: Maria Senovilla/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jan/19/women-who-revolutionised-the-museum-world Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:a3006fc6-c99c-a5f1-ef93-36047568ae36 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 12:23:57 -0500 <p>Dame Rosalind Savill’s obituary inspires <strong>Julian Treuherz </strong>to remember two other influential female museum directors</p><p>In the obituary of Dame Rosalind Savill, former director of the Wallace Collection, you quote Sir&nbsp;Timothy Clifford, ex-head of the National Galleries of Scotland, calling her “the most distinguished woman museum director not just of this country, but the western world” (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jan/02/dame-rosalind-savill-obituary">Obituary, 2 January</a>). Without wishing to denigrate her achievements, there are other candidates. For example, Anne d’Harnoncourt, director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1982 to her death in 2008, oversaw a massive building project, renovating more than 100 galleries, conserving thousands of works of art, and relighting and redisplaying the collections so that the experience of visiting was completely transformed.</p><p>Beyond the western world, how about Irina Antonova, legendary director of the Pushkin Museum in&nbsp;Moscow? She joined the museum&nbsp;in 1945 during the Stalin era, and was appointed director in 1961 by Khrushchev, remaining in the post for an unprecedented 52&nbsp;years. She survived political change and bureaucratic obstruction, defied cold war politics by showing work by previously forbidden artists such as Picasso and Chagall, and brought in major exhibitions from the west, including the Treasures of Tutankhamun, not to speak of borrowing the Mona Lisa from Paris.<br><strong>Julian Treuherz</strong><br><em>Prenton, Wirral</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jan/19/women-who-revolutionised-the-museum-world">Continue reading...</a> Museums Women Art Culture Philadelphia Russia Guardian Staff Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/trump-deal-maker.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:7c1c8b36-e7c3-c2f2-7dc5-5d164e150710 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 10:15:46 -0500 President-elect Donald J. Trump has made big promises on Ukraine, Iran, China and crises around the globe. But he will have to make difficult choices. United States International Relations United States Politics and Government Israel-Gaza War (2023- ) Defense and Military Forces Cyberwarfare and Defense Nuclear Weapons Peace Process Trump, Donald J Biden, Joseph R Jr Blinken, Antony J Sullivan, Jacob J (1976- ) Putin, Vladimir V Hezbollah TikTok (ByteDance) China Israel Ukraine Russia David E. Sanger https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/19/nato-flotilla-assembles-off-estonia-protect-undersea-cables-baltic-sea Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:9cd23019-d3c8-0865-8497-efe504c0e106 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 08:42:24 -0500 <p>Taskforce to act as ‘security camera of the Baltic’ after string of suspected sabotage incidents on critical infrastructure</p><p>A Nato flotilla likened to “the security camera of the Baltic” has assembled off the coast of Estonia as the military alliance seeks to protect European undersea cables and pipelines from sabotage.</p><p>In a move that ratchets up a struggle with Russia over the seabed that has remained largely covert until now, a Dutch frigate and naval research ship, as well as a German minesweeper have all arrived in Tallinn under a thick January sea fog.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/19/nato-flotilla-assembles-off-estonia-protect-undersea-cables-baltic-sea">Continue reading...</a> Nato Europe World news Estonia Russia Netherlands Julian Borger in Tallinn Photograph: Valda Kalniņa/EPA https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/world/europe/ukraine-us-trump-war-peace.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:0406320e-3749-acab-77c7-a24923dcee59 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 06:25:58 -0500 Soldiers and civilians alike say that after so much loss, the new U.S. president must push for a just settlement, not peace at any cost. Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) United States Politics and Government Defense and Military Forces Civilian Casualties International Relations Foreign Aid Trump, Donald J Ukraine Donbas (Ukraine) Kreminna (Ukraine) Kursk (Russia) Russia Sumy (Ukraine) Marc Santora https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/19/joe-biden-foreign-policy-ukraine-gaza-afghanistan World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:3ba544e8-d680-2a06-9646-d108c90e2f86 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 05:30:03 -0500 <p>The outgoing US president rallied support for Ukraine but his stance on Gaza delighted no one</p><p>When asked about his foreign policy doctrine in 2014, Barack Obama described it as an attempt to “avoid errors”.</p><p>“You hit singles, you hit doubles; every once in a while we may be able to hit a home run,” he said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/19/joe-biden-foreign-policy-ukraine-gaza-afghanistan">Continue reading...</a> US foreign policy Joe Biden US news US politics Ukraine Israel-Gaza war World news Andrew Roth in Washington Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/19/animals-can-feel-good-and-evil-film-puts-new-perspective-on-ukraine-war Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:eb38bcbf-31e0-90fc-ecc9-b4a80655870d Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:00:04 -0500 <p>Collection of seven shorts due out in 2025 tells story of conflict from perspective of animals</p><p>The occupying Russian soldiers paid little attention to the elderly woman shuffling through the farmland surrounding the villages outside Kyiv, taking her goat to pasture. But she was focused closely on them. After locating their positions, she headed back home with the goat, and later called her grandson, a soldier in the Ukrainian army, to give the coordinates.</p><p>The story is one of seven episodes, based on real events from the first year of Russia’s full-scale invasion but lightly fictionalised, that make up a feature film about the war in Ukraine, due out later this year. All seven of the shorts have one thing in common: they tell the story of the conflict from the perspective of animals.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/19/animals-can-feel-good-and-evil-film-puts-new-perspective-on-ukraine-war">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Russia Europe World news Film Culture Shaun Walker in Kyiv Photograph: Sota https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jan/19/the-westminster-whistleblower-how-my-friend-sergei-tried-to-expose-the-kremlin-plot-against-britain Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:a64a8858-7860-60ed-9a2f-ab363b77d8a7 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:00:04 -0500 <p>Russian-born UK citizen and Tory party activist Sergei Cristo fought to make MI5 sit up and take notice of the Russian political interference operation now threatening democracy in Britain – and around the world</p><p>In the dark days of the spring in 2022, as Russian troops terrorised Bucha and every day brought shocking new scenes of Ukrainians fleeing for their lives, I rang an old acquaintance, Sergei Cristo. Cristo is a Russian-born British citizen and I prepared for what I suspected might be a long conversation: he is a talker. He was born in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia, but he moved to Britain when he was 19 and it’s fair to say we’re not the most obvious of allies. He loves the royal family and is a passionate Conservative party activist. He used to be on the committee of a donor club for young Conservatives, “and then I became vice-chairman, I knew the cabinet, I knew the leader, everybody”.</p><p>He’s not kidding. He has photos of himself with everyone from Margaret Thatcher to Boris Johnson, and his favourite place to hang out used to be the Carlton Club, the grand Conservative private members’ club in central London.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jan/19/the-westminster-whistleblower-how-my-friend-sergei-tried-to-expose-the-kremlin-plot-against-britain">Continue reading...</a> Podcasts Espionage Hacking Russia Vladimir Putin Alexander Litvinenko Brexit Politics Conservatives Boris Johnson Foreign policy Technology UK news Carole Cadwalladr Photograph: Cyril Zannettacci/Agence VU https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/antony-blinken-gaza-israel-ukraine.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:bf1c613b-8173-7ae3-3864-1409fdf13f9a Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:54:40 -0500 President Biden’s longtime aide rallied scores of nations to defend Ukraine, but then became a villain to the many critics of U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza. United States International Relations Israel-Gaza War (2023- ) International Relations Foreign Aid War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Palestinians Biden, Joseph R Jr Blinken, Antony J Afghanistan Russia Israel Gaza Strip Edward Wong and Michael Crowley https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/19/ukraine-war-briefing-moscow-reports-gains-in-donetsk-in-westward-advance World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:0cf3aba0-5183-fec8-fe8f-a78c76f33b86 Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:07:59 -0500 <p>Russia’s defence ministry says its forces now control two more settlements in eastern Ukraine; Kyiv says ‘heinous’ attack kills three in capital. What we know on day 1,061</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine">See all our Ukraine war coverage</a></li></ul><p><strong>Russian forces took control of two more settlements in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region</strong>, Moscow said on Saturday, the latest in a series of gains it has reported in its steady advance westward. Russia’s defence ministry said its forces were now in control of Petropavlivka, a village between the towns of Pokrovsk and Kurakhove, focal points in fighting in recent months in the area. It also noted the capture of Vremivka, one of a cluster of small towns farther south in the Donetsk region. Ukrainian military statements made no mention of either of the two villages changing hands, but referred to heavy fighting near the key city of Pokrovsk.</p><p><strong>A Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital killed three people on Saturday, Ukrainian leaders said, calling it a “heinous” attack</strong>, while Moscow described it as “retaliation”. Ukrainian officials said another three people were killed in Russian strikes elsewhere in the country, and Moscow claimed fresh advances on the ground. Kyiv officials said the victims were two men, aged 43 and 25, and a 41-year-old woman, while AFP reported a multi-storey building with windows blown out, debris strewn across the street, flooding, and the charred facade of a damaged McDonald’s outlet. The office of Ukraine’s general prosecutor said in a statement that the casualties included a security guard at a food establishment and people who were in a minibus on the street.</p><p><strong>The Russian foreign ministry said Ukraine and Britain “had no room” for cooperation in the Sea of Azov</strong>, commenting on a new <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/16/uk-back-ukraine-beyond-terrible-war-100-year-pact-keir-starmer">100-year partnership agreement</a> between Kyiv and London the two countries’ leaders announced on Thursday. “Any claims to this water area are a gross interference in the internal affairs of our country and will be firmly resisted,” spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on the ministry’s website. The Azov Sea is bordered by south-west Russia, parts of southern Ukraine that Russia has seized in the war, and the Crimean peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014.</p><p><strong>Hundreds of Swedish troops arrived in Latvia on Saturday to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade along Nato’s eastern flank</strong>, a mission Sweden is calling its most significant operation so far as a member of the western defence alliance. Latvia borders Russia to its east and Russia ally Belarus to its south-east. Tensions are high across central Europe due to Russia’s war against Ukraine. Sweden’s armed forces said the mission of 550 troops “marks Sweden’s largest commitment yet since joining Nato” last year.</p><p><strong>Russia launched 39 Shahed drones, other simulator drones and four ballistic missiles</strong> in the early hours of Saturday, according to Ukraine’s air force. Ukrainian air defence forces shot down two missiles and 24 drones. A further 14 drone simulators were lost in location, the statement said.</p><p><strong>Industrial sites in Russia’s Kaluga and Tula regions were set ablaze by Ukrainian drone attacks</strong>, local officials said on Saturday. Russia’s defence ministry said 46 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed across the country overnight.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/19/ukraine-war-briefing-moscow-reports-gains-in-donetsk-in-westward-advance">Continue reading...</a> Russia Ukraine Europe Vladimir Putin Volodymyr Zelenskyy Guardian staff and agencies Photograph: Roman Chop/AP https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/world/europe/ukraine-kyiv-russia.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:6f75d641-84f2-8c9d-40fc-337a029c56b1 Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:37:51 -0500 At least three people were killed in the assault on the capital, and at least one died and 11 were wounded in a separate strike in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia. Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Defense and Military Forces Missiles and Missile Defense Systems Civilian Casualties Kyiv (Ukraine) Russia Ukraine Cassandra Vinograd https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/cia-director-william-burns.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:682adb0d-7acb-3e1d-4bac-f1cdd3e12825 Sat, 18 Jan 2025 15:42:42 -0500 As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back into his old life. International Relations United States International Relations Israel-Gaza War (2023- ) Espionage and Intelligence Services Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Diplomatic Service, Embassies and Consulates Content Type: Personal Profile Central Intelligence Agency Hamas State Department Biden, Joseph R Jr Burns, William J Netanyahu, Benjamin Afghanistan Russia China Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/18/who-will-tame-donald-trump-unpredictable-showman Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:34539068-c02d-2115-dac3-0fdaa6153888 Sat, 18 Jan 2025 12:30:31 -0500 <p>On the eve of his return, it’s clear that world leaders, whether they like him or loathe him, can’t ignore this unpredictable showman</p><p>Michelle Obama’s one-woman <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/us/politics/michelle-obama-trump-inauguration.html">boycott of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration</a> on Monday requires no explanation. It’s plain that the former first lady has zero tolerance and even less love for a man who delights in racist and sexist behaviour. Lots of other people, especially among US allies in Europe, would boycott Trump, too, if they could. Yet, inescapably, they must deal with him for the next four years.</p><p>Such fear and loathing is by no means universally shared. A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/14/european-jitters-about-trump-20-not-shared-by-much-of-world-poll-finds">poll, published last week</a> by the European Council on Foreign Relations, found that in China, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, South Africa and Brazil, <a href="https://ecfr.eu/publication/alone-in-a-trumpian-world-the-eu-and-global-public-opinion-after-the-us-elections/">more people welcome Trump’s return than deplore it</a>. In contrast, people in the UK, France, Germany and a clutch of other west European countries are frankly appalled at the prospect.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/18/who-will-tame-donald-trump-unpredictable-showman">Continue reading...</a> Donald Trump US foreign policy US news World news Ukraine Russia China Europe Simon Tisdall Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/18/suicides-new-tactics-and-propaganda-ipads-details-from-captured-north-koreans-expose-new-foe-in-ukraine World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:35f9aef3-0c19-7f0d-ce57-891dfcdc66b6 Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:22:49 -0500 <p>Discovery of two injured servicemen sent from Pyongyang and disguised as Russian fighters blows apart myth that Zelenskyy’s fight is solely with Moscow</p><p>The news was sensational. It travelled quickly among Ukrainian soldiers <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/08/ukrainians-ready-for-north-korean-troops-russia-war">fighting in Russia’s Kursk region</a>. “I&nbsp;heard from a friend of a friend,” one officer, Vitalii Ovcharenko, recalled. “This was half an hour after it happened. My friend said: ‘We’ve got a North Korean prisoner! He’s in shock but OK.’ I said: ‘Wow.’” Ovcharenko added: “Everyone wanted a selfie. They wrapped him in a blanket and gave him tea.”</p><p>Last week’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/12/ukraines-capture-of-north-koreans-offers-rare-insight-into-russian-alliance-says-zelenskyy">capture of two North Korean servicemen</a> was an extraordinary moment in Russia’s bloody war against Ukraine. The Kremlin has taken elaborate steps to conceal the presence of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/08/north-korea-learning-from-fighting-with-russia-against-ukraine-us-warns">12,000 elite troops</a> sent in autumn by Pyongyang to Russia. At camps in the Far East they were given Russian equipment: uniforms, rifles and fake military documents.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/18/suicides-new-tactics-and-propaganda-ipads-details-from-captured-north-koreans-expose-new-foe-in-ukraine">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine North Korea Russia Volodymyr Zelenskyy Vladimir Putin Europe World news South Korea Luke Harding in Bilopillia Photograph: Alessio Mamo/The Observer https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/18/ukraine-war-briefing-russia-and-iran-deepen-defence-ties-as-trump-inauguration-looms Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:826632be-a4ff-bef6-4dcc-09b717da8a32 Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:31:23 -0500 <p>Trump has pledged to broker peace in Ukraine and take tougher stance on Tehran; EU foreign policy chief urges bloc members to extend Russia sanctions. What we know on day 1,060</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine">See all our Ukraine war coverage</a></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/18/ukraine-war-briefing-russia-and-iran-deepen-defence-ties-as-trump-inauguration-looms">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Russia Europe Vladimir Putin Volodymyr Zelenskyy World news Guardian staff and agencies Photograph: Evgenia Novozhenina/EPA https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/business/trump-davos-europe.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:5244a32e-7c90-f08e-6116-b40d7f0a4000 Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:36:31 -0500 Among the issues likely to be explored at the World Economic Forum this week is the future of Ukraine and its impact on Europe. United States International Relations International Relations Politics and Government Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) United States Politics and Government World Economic Forum Trump, Donald J Putin, Vladimir V Zelensky, Volodymyr Russia Ukraine Europe North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defense and Military Forces Steven Erlanger https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/17/russia-gives-navalny-lawyers-multi-year-sentences-for-relaying-his-messages Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:ea0109fb-ad55-dad9-9c43-5f31d4367d7f Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:24:04 -0500 <p>Verdicts against trio suggest legal representatives are latest target of Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent</p><p>Russia has sentenced three lawyers who had defended Alexei Navalny to several years in prison for bringing messages from the late opposition leader from prison to the outside world.</p><p>The case, which comes amid a widespread crackdown on dissent during the Ukraine offensive, has alarmed rights groups that fear Moscow will ramp up trials against legal representatives in addition to jailing their clients.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/17/russia-gives-navalny-lawyers-multi-year-sentences-for-relaying-his-messages">Continue reading...</a> Russia Europe World news Alexei Navalny Agence France-Presse in Petushki Photograph: Yulia Morozova/Reuters https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/business/russia-disinformation-meta.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:14e2a81d-c86f-016d-a686-bec48311e9bc Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:12:19 -0500 A new report details how a covert influence operation linked to the Kremlin continued to place ads on Facebook despite U.S. and E.U. prohibitions on doing business with the organization. Rumors and Misinformation International Relations Social Media Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Online Advertising Computers and the Internet Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Propaganda Facebook Inc Meta Platforms Inc Russia Steven Lee Myers and Adam Satariano https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/world/europe/iran-russia-cooperation-treaty.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:b6f82393-3f80-068b-3cbb-470e3fbbd2d4 Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:07:36 -0500 The agreement is focused more on trade than military issues, but it will bring two countries with a shared desire to challenge the West closer together. International Relations Embargoes and Sanctions Treaties Iran Russia Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Ivan Nechepurenko and Farnaz Fassihi https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/17/keir-starmer-support-for-ukraine-visit-poland-donald-tusk World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:adfb0102-852b-4598-8903-0e2639fc0d4d Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:01:24 -0500 <p>PM stressed shared ‘unbreakable commitment to Nato and Ukraine’ with Poland in meeting with Donald Tusk </p><p>Keir Starmer has urged world leaders to “double down” in their efforts to support Ukraine during a visit to Poland, days before Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency risks jeopardising international solidarity on the issue.</p><p>Speaking alongside the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, after the pair discussed a proposed defence-focused treaty, Starmer dodged questions on the possible impact of Trump, but insisted the only way forward was “peace on Ukraine’s terms”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/17/keir-starmer-support-for-ukraine-visit-poland-donald-tusk">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Poland Keir Starmer Donald Tusk Donald Trump Europe Brexit Politics UK news World news Peter Walker Senior political correspondent Photograph: Paweł Supernak/EPA https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/world/europe/navalny-lawyers-sentenced-russia.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:77afc568-16fe-84ed-4e31-08e6044ce4a3 Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:07:09 -0500 A Russian court said the lawyers for Aleksei Navalny, the country’s top opposition figure before his death in a penal colony last year, were guilty of involvement in an extremist group. Political Prisoners Decisions and Verdicts Anti-Corruption Foundation Navalnaya, Yulia B Navalny, Aleksei A Russia Nataliya Vasilyeva https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/17/robots-drones-uncrewed-vessels-likely-to-be-default-for-future-of-royal-navy Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:d6b999d0-2439-9bb4-819c-c3d0bd7a849a Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:24:49 -0500 <p>UK defence chiefs see no need to recruit extra sailors as maritime force will become hybrid with uncrewed systems</p><p>The Royal Navy of the future will be dominated by robots, drones and uncrewed vessels, leading chiefs to conclude there is no need to try to recruit extra sailors as part of the forthcoming defence review.</p><p>Adm Sir Ben Key, the first sea lord, believes that the Navy has to focus on recruitment and retention rather than bid for more personnel numbers because crew sizes are inevitably falling as military technology evolves.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/17/robots-drones-uncrewed-vessels-likely-to-be-default-for-future-of-royal-navy">Continue reading...</a> Royal Navy Military Defence policy UK news John Healey Russia Ukraine Dan Sabbagh Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jan/17/russia-ukraine-war-live-updates-latest-news World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:0deb8b7d-dcc8-1142-393c-0b2dd3a53e78 Fri, 17 Jan 2025 09:26:41 -0500 <p>This live blog is now closed, you can <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine">read more of our Ukraine war coverage here</a></p><p><strong>Russian forces have retaken 63.2% of the territory captured by Ukraine in the Kursk region of western Russia, the Russian defence ministry said on Friday.</strong></p><p>Reuters could not independently verify the ministry’s statement, which said Russia had recaptured four settlements in the first two weeks of January.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jan/17/russia-ukraine-war-live-updates-latest-news">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Russia Europe World news Vladimir Putin Volodymyr Zelenskyy Tom Ambrose (now) and Hamish Mackay (earlier) Photograph: 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade HANDOUT/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jan/17/russia-ukraine-war-live-updates-latest-news Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:5dd164df-8804-ee33-8536-05d2eb925d59 Fri, 17 Jan 2025 08:43:58 -0500 <p>Ukrainian police said officers were conducting 200 searches nationwide amid probe into illegal exit of military-aged men from the country</p><p><strong>Russian forces have retaken 63.2% of the territory captured by Ukraine in the Kursk region of western Russia, the Russian defence ministry said on Friday.</strong></p><p>Reuters could not independently verify the ministry’s statement, which said Russia had recaptured four settlements in the first two weeks of January.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jan/17/russia-ukraine-war-live-updates-latest-news">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Russia Europe World news Vladimir Putin Volodymyr Zelenskyy Tom Ambrose (now) and Hamish Mackay (earlier) Photograph: 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade HANDOUT/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/17/russian-hackers-star-blizzard-whatsapp-accounts-ministers-officials Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:2059d76f-9ec4-447f-28d0-3c12f2a344f1 Fri, 17 Jan 2025 07:33:57 -0500 <p>FSB-linked Star Blizzard attempts to lure email recipients to click on QR code that gives attackers access to account</p><p>Russian state-linked hackers have targeted the WhatsApp accounts of government ministers and officials around the world with emails inviting them to join user groups on the messaging app.</p><p>The WhatsApp tactic marks a new approach by a hacking unit called Star Blizzard. Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has linked Star Blizzard to Russia’s domestic spy agency, the FSB, and has accused it of seeking to “undermine trust in politics in the UK and likeminded states”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/17/russian-hackers-star-blizzard-whatsapp-accounts-ministers-officials">Continue reading...</a> Hacking Russia WhatsApp Europe Cybercrime Microsoft Technology World news Dan Milmo Global technology editor Photograph: Yui Mok/PA https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/world/europe/iran-russia-cooperation-treaty.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:e2b2f7f0-3dcd-4ded-2709-8f6a5fc1ae97 Fri, 17 Jan 2025 07:25:59 -0500 The agreement will stop short of a military alliance, but it is expected to formalize an increasingly close relationship between Moscow and Tehran. International Relations Embargoes and Sanctions Treaties Iran Russia Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Ivan Nechepurenko and Farnaz Fassihi https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/politics/ukraine-drones-biden-support.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:340be2c6-0454-3df2-dda1-c1235057ac29 Fri, 17 Jan 2025 05:03:42 -0500 The development of a new generation of drones has revolutionized how wars are fought, according to U.S. officials. Drones (Pilotless Planes) United States International Relations Classified Information and State Secrets Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Espionage and Intelligence Services Central Intelligence Agency Biden, Joseph R Jr Zelensky, Volodymyr Russia Ukraine Julian E. Barnes