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What did 27 January 2026 show about the war?

Posted: | Opinion

A retrospective on a day of a deadly drone strike on a train in Kharkiv Oblast, alongside a sanctions case in France and a fatal fire in Russia.

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Drone strike on train and tanker seizure

Posted: | Security

On 27 January 2026, a deadly attack on a passenger train in Kharkiv Oblast came as France pursued a sanctions case over Russian oil.

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What the Kharkiv train strike and tanker stop showed

Posted: | Security

A look back at two security developments reported around 27 January 2026, one on Ukraine's railways and one in the Mediterranean.

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What did 27 January 2026 show about Russia's margins?

Posted: | World

A fatal hostel fire near Moscow and a tanker seizure in the Mediterranean marked the days around 27 January 2026.

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What the January strikes showed before 23 January

Posted: | Security

A look back at Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities in the days before 23 January 2026.

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What the January 2026 strikes showed about Ukraine's cities

Posted: | Security

A look back at the Russian attacks reported across Ukraine in the days before 22 January 2026.

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What the January strikes on Ukrainian cities showed

Posted: | Security

A look back at the Russian attacks on Kharkiv and other Ukrainian cities reported in the days before 20 January 2026.

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What the January 2026 drone exchanges showed

Posted: | Opinion

A look back at overnight drone strikes on both sides of the border reported in the days before 17 January 2026.

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What the drone war looked like on 11 January

Posted: | Security

A look back at overnight strikes on both sides of the border, in the days before 16 January 2026.

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What the overnight drone attacks of January 2026 showed

Posted: | Security

A look back at reported casualties on both sides of the border after overnight drone strikes.

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What the overnight drone strikes of January 2026 showed

Posted: | Opinion

Reports from the night before 12 January 2026 pointed to civilian harm on both sides of the front line.

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What the weekend drone exchanges showed on 12 January

Posted: | Opinion

A look back at the overnight drone strikes reported in Ukraine and Russia just before 12 January 2026.

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What did two ministers' resignations signal in Kyiv?

Posted: | Politics

A look back at 9 January 2026, when the defence minister and the digital transformation minister stepped down, days after a new economic adviser was named.

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What did 9 January 2026 bring for Ukraine's security?

Posted: | Security

A review of the day of strikes on Kyiv and Lviv, and of two ministerial resignations announced the same day.

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The Marinera seizure and the Venezuela blockade

Posted: | World

A retrospective on the US boarding of a Russian-flagged tanker in the North Atlantic and the blockade behind it.

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What the Marinera seizure signalled on 8 January 2026

Posted: | Opinion

A look back at the boarding of a Russian-flagged tanker in the North Atlantic and what it meant for the Venezuela blockade.

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The tanker Marinera and the Venezuela blockade

Posted: | World

A retrospective on the seizure of a Russian-flagged vessel in the North Atlantic, reported on 7 January 2026 and still in the news on 8 January.

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What the early January 2026 strikes showed

Posted: | Security

A look back at Russian attacks across Ukrainian regions in the opening days of 2026, as of 7 January 2026.

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What the Marinera seizure meant for Russia–US ties

Posted: | Opinion

A retrospective on the boarding of a Russian-flagged tanker in the North Atlantic and what it showed about the Venezuela blockade.

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What did 6 January 2026 reveal about Ukraine's pressures?

Posted: | Opinion

A look back at the early-January 2026 reports of Russian strikes, a sanctions licence for Serbia and a new economic adviser in Kyiv.

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