An ominous defeat in the eastern town of Velyka Novosilka

Increasingly short of men, Kyiv has adopted ever more aggressive tactics to conscript more men, which has led to a growing backlash against the government. Morale amongst the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) is crumbling and the desertion rate is rising.

Jan 23 (Reuters) – “Disrespectful”, “insulting”, and “ill-informed.” Donald Trump’s threats aimed at strong-arming Moscow into ending its war in Ukraine have been badly received by some politicians and nationalists in Russia who say his tactics bode ill for a deal.

Many Ukrainians have come to the realisation that their state is distributing the burdens and benefits of war unfairly.

At least Trump is willing to give peace a chance with Russia over Ukraine, Peter Kuznick says.

The Ukrainian leader wants 200,000 Western troops in Ukraine

There has been an enormous cancellation of debate on Ukraine in the mainstream western media. Google does its part too, making it very difficult in the west to search for and find genuinely independent reporting on what is happening. When you search for key issues, such as Ukrainian casualty rates, ultra-nationalism in Ukraine, presidential elections or the state of Ukraine’s economy, the computer will normally say no.

On January 19th, TIME magazine published an astonishing article, amply confirming what dissident, anti-war academics, activists, journalists and researchers have argued for a decade. The US always intended to abandon Ukraine after setting up the country for proxy war with Russia, and never had any desire or intention to assist Kiev in defeating Moscow in the conflict, let alone achieving its maximalist aims of regaining Crimea and restoring the country’s 1991 borders. To have a major mainstream outlet finally corroborate this indubitable reality is a seismic development.

Ukraine has detained its army’s chief psychiatrist for alleged “illegal enrichment” charges related to earnings of more than $1m (£813,000) accrued since the start of Russia’s invasion in February 2022.

Two generals and a colonel blamed for the loss of territory in eastern Ukraine to Russian forces last year have been held, the country’s security service said.