- ‘The big battle is coming’: Ukrainian forces prepare for the war’s most intense phase (theguardian.com)
- Lula to purge Bolsonaro loyalists from Brazilian security forces after rampage (nasdaq.com)
- Putin announces plan to strengthen cooperation with Chinese armed forces (theguardian.com)Putin, unaccustomed to losing, is increasingly isolated as war falters (washingtonpost.com)Exiled chief rabbi says Jews should leave Russia while they can (theguardian.com)Xi and Putin Meet Again, Two Strongmen in a Weak Moment (nytimes.com)Russian missile strikes across Ukraine hit key infrastructure (nydailynews.com)Analysis: Zelensky came to thank the U.S. for supporting Ukraine. It is Americans who should thank him. (theatlantic.com)
- Iranian forces shooting at faces and genitals of female protesters, medics say (theguardian.com)
- Trump’s MAGA forces threaten to upend vote for RNC chair (aol.com)
- Ukrainian Forces Grow More Adept at Defending Against Russian Drones (nytimes.com)
- High casualty rates in Ukraine and poor leadership causing ‘fragile morale’ among Russian forces, says UK (theguardian.com)Rumors out of Moscow: 'Vultures circling Putin' as despot faces 'coup' from once-loyal henchmen (dailystar.co.uk)
- Expanded US training for Ukraine forces begins in Germany (apnews.com)It Took Just Two Weeks For One Of The Ukrainian Army’s Newest Brigades To Get American-Made M-2 Fighting Vehicles (forbes.com)What We Know About Putin’s Preparations for a Long-Term War (kyivpost.com)A Wagner fighter defects to Norway, promising to expose Russian war crimes in Ukraine. (nytimes.com)Search and rescue operation after Dnipro strike ends as 20 people still missing (theguardian.com)
- Ukraine Strikes Russian Forces in Donbas in Deadliest Attack in Months (wsj.com)Ukrainian air defenses shoot down 45 Shahed drones during New Year's night (news.yahoo.com)How Russia’s War on Ukraine Is Worsening Global Starvation (nytimes.com)Russia’s War Could Make It India’s World (nytimes.com)
- Ukrainian forces sabotage Russian supply line, damage key bridge near Melitopol, reports say (theguardian.com)
