1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (817+ words) The winner of the competition, launched in August 2025, is Dobra Lithium Holdings " a joint venture between TechMet, a U.S. government-backed mining firm, and The Rock Holdings, Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko wrote on Telegram on Nov. 12. The New York Times reported last…...

7+ hour, 12+ min ago   (455+ words) Parliament convenes on Jan. 13 to vote on a proposed government reshuffle initiated by President Volodymyr Zelensky. As part of Zelensky's reshuffle, Kyrylo Budanov, the military intelligence chief, was appointed as the new head of the President's Office, while Oleh Ivashchenko,…...

20+ hour, 56+ min ago   (684+ words) Republican Representative Randy Fine introduced a bill in the U.S. Congress on Jan. 12 that aims to authorize the annexation of Greenland and grant the territory statehood amid White House threats to seize the autonomous Danish territory. "Greenland is not a distant…...

1+ day, 49+ min ago   (348+ words) President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 12 that he instructed Ukraine's negotiating team to finalize a security guarantees document with the U.S. and submit it for review "at the highest level." In his evening address, Zelensky added that Ukraine "is coordinating meeting…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (525+ words) The U.K. government has identified a legal basis that could allow its military to stop and board so-called shadow fleet vessels used by Russia and other sanctioned states to bypass oil restrictions, the BBC reported on Jan. 12, citing unnamed government sources....

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (674+ words) Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova lashed out on Jan. 11 at British Defense Secretary John Healey after he said he would detain Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, calling the remarks "the wet dreams of British perverts." Zakharova made…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (732+ words) The United Kingdom has launched Project Nightfall, a competition to rapidly develop new long-range ballistic missiles for Ukraine that can strike targets far behind enemy lines, according to a U.K. Defense Ministry handout provided to the Kyiv Independent on Jan. 11. The…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (719+ words) Russian forces are attempting to create a beachhead for new offensive operations in Ukraine's northeast, potentially setting the stage for an "advance toward the city of Sumy," the Ukrainian military reported on Jan. 11. "All such attempts are promptly detected and…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (763+ words) Kyiv has awarded a bid to a group of investors to mine one of the Ukrainian state's most promising lithium deposits following a tender for a production sharing agreement launched in the summer, the New York Times reported on Jan....

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (509+ words) Given the option of being able to kidnap any world leader, U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey told the Kyiv Independent he would "take (Russian President Vladimir) Putin into custody and hold him account for war crimes." Speaking on Jan. 9 at the…...