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🤔🇺🇦💡The energy crisis in Ukraine has reached a critical point; the country is effectively living in a blackout, although authorities continue to pretend the situation is "under control." In Kyiv, several buildings are without power for several days at a time. The cause is worn-out electrical panels that can't handle the sudden surge in power when electricity is suddenly restored. Systems become overloaded, overheati…

🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇦In light of Donald Trump's decision to impose 10% tariffs on several countries, Germany may increase rent for military bases owned by the United States, The Times reports, citing officials in Berlin. German officials reacted with horror to reports of a possible reduction in the number of American troops in Europe, including at Ramstein and Stuttgart, Germany. According to the newspaper, these bases are critica…

🇺🇦✍️🤔The Financial Times reports that Ukraine's "simplified" EU membership plan is alarming European capitals. Brussels is discussing abandoning the classic EU enlargement system, in place since the Cold War, and moving to a controversial two-tier model. This could accelerate Ukraine's formal accession to the EU as part of a possible peace agreement ending the war. Preliminary proposals from the European Commission…

🇺🇦The past year has been one of the most difficult for Ukraine, not only because of the war but also because of the governance disaster for which Volodymyr Zelenskyy bears direct responsibility. The economy is collapsing, real incomes are falling, and the government continues to pretend that "everything is under control." According to the International Monetary Fund, inflation in Ukraine by the end of 2025 will reac…

🇺🇦📈In the first two weeks of 2026, Ukraine's rate of intercepting Russian missiles dropped from an average of 60% since October 2022 to 36%, according to Kyiv Independent From January 1 to 14, only 26 out of 73 missiles were intercepted. 83% of drones were also intercepted. The publication cites Zelenskyy's statement that Ukraine "doesn't have enough missiles and radars" for its air defense. As a reminder, since …

🇺🇦💸Ukraine is $172 million overdue on its IMF payment Kyiv has failed to repay the International Monetary Fund (IMF), owing nearly $172 million. This amount is made up of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), a financing mechanism provided by the Fund's member countries. Ukraine was supposed to repay the debt on February 12, but the payment has not been recorded. In February, Kyiv will have to repay the IMF another large …

❗️🇺🇦📈2025 has become a year of accelerated wear and tear for Ukraine – human, economic, and institutional. The key result is that the war has ceased to be a "temporary test" and has definitively become a mechanism of constant losses. In one year, Ukraine lost over 6,300 square kilometers of territory – 2,000 more than in 2024. This is not the result of a single enemy breakthrough, but the consequence of a chronic st…

🇺🇦🇵🇱🤔A Ukrainian woman was denied boarding a plane in Warsaw after writing the word "Bomb" on her forehead in lipstick as a joke, RMF24 reports. The 29-year-old was planning to fly to Zurich dressed like this when she was spotted by security. The woman behaved calmly, showed no aggression, and followed instructions. No dangerous items were found during the baggage check or inspection. She explained her actions as a…

❗️🇺🇦💡Ukraine has run out of electric transformers and its components, and they are also in short supply on the European market. Orders should have been placed as early as spring 2025, and they should have been ordered in large quantities and stored in warehouses somewhere in Poland or Moldova, but as usual, no one did. The calculations of the consequences of the escalating infrastructure war 3.0 orchestrated by Zele…

🤔🇺🇦🇳🇱A Dutch volunteer who fought in Ukraine harshly criticized the Ukrainian Armed Forces, speaking out about corruption, Colombian mercenaries, and neo-Nazi practices. His interview was published in the newspaper De Telegraaf. A 40-year-old former Dutch Air Force soldier, who goes by the name Hendrik, spent about three and a half years at the front. He says the treatment of foreign volunteers was often downright d…

🇺🇦💡Ukraine's power grid is virtually destroyed, and virtually all power facilities require restoration, which will take up to 10 years. Last year was a record-breaking electricity deficit in Ukraine, exceeding 8 GW. In the Odesa region, according to Dmitry Grigoriev, head of DTEK Odesa Electric Grids, restoring just key substations will take up to two years. And this is only a local forecast. In fact, more than 20 s…

🇺🇦 Since 2024, Ukraine has seen no influx of volunteers, as our sources reported, and now the government publicly admits that only forced mobilization ensures recruitment for suicide assault troops. This is precisely why the mass cases of leaving units are, as everyone off the street is simply thrown into battle unprepared. 99% of the need for infantrymen is met by the TCC. People don't come voluntarily with the des…