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Ukraine's security service chief resigns amid Zelenskyy's Kyiv reshuffle

Following the largest anti-corruption investigation of his presidency, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has launched a significant shake-up of the government and his office, with a series of dismissals and appointments in top political and security roles.

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Ukraine and European allies discuss US-led 20-point peace plan in Kyiv

European national security advisers travelled to the Ukrainian capital on Saturday to attend a security forum and further peace talk discussions on ending Russia's war in Ukraine.

Euronews

New year, new deal? Why peace still feels elusive for Ukraine

The US may be making positive noises, but exhausted Ukrainians remain wary after nearly four years of war

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky and Starmer discuss how to spend billions seized from Abramovich after Chelsea sale

Before the sale of Chelsea in 2022, Abramovich said that he would set up a war victims' charity, but hasn't followed through

The Independent UK

Who is Kyrylo Budanov? The new Ukraine chief of staff chosen by Zelensky at key moment in Russia War

General Budanov replaces Andrii Yermak, President Zelensky’s long-standing aide, who resigned in November

The Independent UK

Ukraine war briefing: Russia makes biggest battleground gains since first year of war, analysis shows

Russian army captured more Ukrainian territory in 2025 than previous two years combined; Zelenskyy names new top aide. What we know on day 1,410

The Guardian - AU

Russia celebrates assassination of Putin’s ‘personal enemy,’ pays out $500,000 bounty, then realizes they’ve been tricked

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Putin Humiliated: Ukrainian Spies Fake Anti-Kremlin Fighter's Death to Claim £370,000 Bounty

Ukrainian intelligence faked anti-Putin fighter Denis Kapustin's death to claim a £370,000 Russian bounty, exposing Kyiv's cunning tactics.

International Business Times UK

Zelenskyy names Ukraine's military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov as new top aide

Budanov's appointment to lead the office of the president marks an unusual shift, placing a serving intelligence chief at the centre of Ukraine's political and diplomatic coordination.

Euronews

Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv’s GUR ‘faked Russian-ordered killing and bagged $500k Kremlin reward’

‘I congratulate you on returning to life’ says spy chief Budanov to Denis Kapustin, commander of a Russian unit fighting on the Ukrainian side. What we know on day 1,409

The Guardian - AU

Who would win if Ukraine held elections now?

US President Donald Trump believes Ukraine should hold elections, having said Kyiv has been “using war not to hold the election”. If a vote were held today, who would win?

Euronews

Russia's Latest Moves Signal Preparation For 'Protracted' War With NATO, Expert Says in Dire Warning

As the Kremlin moves to increase defense spending and change laws surrounding troop mobilization, experts are warning that these are signals Russia is preparing for a "protracted" war not only with Ukraine, but with NATO as well.

Latin Times

Ukraine Intel Chief Reveals Trump Officials Who Are Ukraine's 'Best Friends'

Ukraine's intelligence chief named Keith Kellogg and Marco Rubio as top pro-Ukraine voices in Donald Trump's camp.

Latin Times

Ukraine and Russia commence new prisoner of war exchange

Ukraine and Russia have started a new prisoners of war exchange, following the agreement reached at the second round of direct talks in Istanbul last Monday. Kyiv and Moscow agreed that the exchange would include young soldiers under 25 years old and those severely ill.

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Al Jazeera

Ukraine says latest POWs swap with Russia to go ahead after duelling words

Kyiv says agreed exchange with Moscow of captured soldiers, bodies will start ‘next week’ after delay accusations made.

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After minerals deal, Trump approves arms to Ukraine, plays down peace plan

Trump has approved a $310m sale of F-16 parts and support, and told Russia and Ukraine to sort out their own ceasefire.

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,093

Here are the key developments on the 1,093rd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Putin will agree Ukraine ceasefire in 2025, says spy chief as Trump sparks fury with Russia deal plan

The Russian president and Donald Trump are pushing ahead with controversial plans to try to reach a peace agreement for Ukraine

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The Guardian - UK

Zelenskyy’s week from hell: shock in Ukraine as Trump abandons Kyiv

As the president and his officials rip up three years of US rhetoric on supporting Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is walking an unenviable diplomatic tightrope

Al Jazeera

Russia threatens Europe with strikes while gnawing at Ukraine’s east

Moscow threatens retaliation after the US allowed Ukraine to strike Russia, keeping alive its implied nuclear menace.

The Independent UK

Russia returns 500 dead soldiers to Ukraine as world leaders mull next steps

Russia has returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers in what appears to be the biggest repatriation of war dead since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022

The Independent UK

Ukraine bans Telegram messenger app on state-issued devices because of Russian security threat

Ukraine has banned government officials, military personnel and other defense and critical infrastructure workers from installing the popular Telegram messaging app on state-issued devices

Al Jazeera

Talk of Ukraine’s missile deal riles Russia; Kyiv vows to make more weapons

Ukrainian officials lay out plans for domestic defence industry as they await word from Western powers.

The Independent UK

Zelensky orders purge of Ukraine’s state guard in wake of alleged assassination plots

The state security service (SBU) said last month that it had caught two guard service colonels accused of cooperating with Russia to plot the assassination of the Ukrainian president, military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov and other officials

The Independent UK

Putin is playing a game of thrones with his inner circle. And one man is rising in the shadows

Sergei Borisovich Korolev, the first deputy director of the FSB, is said by European officials to have emerged a winner behind the scenes in the Russian president’s recent Kremlin reshuffle. Kim Sengupta reports

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