🇬🇷🎆 Footage from the New Year’s celebrations in Athens.


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🇨🇾🇪🇺 Cyprus has officially taken over the Presidency of the Council of the EU, with FM Constantinos Kombos announcing that Nicosia will bring a “different mindset” regarding its leadership.

The presidency’s motto is “an autonomous union, open to the world,” a statement pointing to the country’s determination to apply policies aimed at supporting the bloc’s independence and global engagement.


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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Prominent white nationalist and head of Ukraine-backed RVC, Denis “WhiteRex” Kapustin, who was reported to have been killed in the Zaporizhia, is reportedly alive after the group issued a statement confirming his status.

In a video call, Ukrainian intelligence chief Kiril Budanov announced that the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) successfully completed an operation to save the Russian militant and even took the $500,000 which were promised by the Russian special forces for his assassination. Budanov also congratulated Kapustin in the call, who said that he was ready to continue operations against Russian soldiers.


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🇷🇺🇺🇦 According to a DeepState video, Russia captured 4,336 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory in 2025, or approximately 0.72% of the country’s land.

The situation by oblast is as follows:

— Dnipropetrovsk: 0.6% (+0.6 in 2025)
— Sumy: 1.0% (+1.0)
— Kharkiv: 4.7% (+1.3)
— Kherson: 72% (-)
— Zaporizhia: 74.8% (+2.1)
— Donetsk: 78.1% (+10.6)
— Lugansk: 99.6% (+0.6)

Compared to 2022, the situation has changed as follows in 3 years:

— Dnipropetrovsk: 0% ▶️ 0.6%
— Sumy: 0% ▶️ 1.0%
— Kharkiv: 1.9% ▶️ 4.7%
— Kherson: 72% ▶️ 72%
— Zaporizhia: 72.8% ▶️ 74.8%
— Donetsk: 56.7% ▶️ 78.1%
— Lugansk: 97.9% ▶️ 99.6%

🔄 In total, Russia controls 116,165 square kilometres (19.25%) of Ukraine, with Moscow capturing only around 7,500 kilometres since 2023, compared to the more successful offensive in 2022.


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🇦🇪🇾🇪 The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) has announced on X that it has published its own constitution.

Furthermore, it promises to hold a referendum across its territories within 2 years on officially declaring independence.


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🇺🇦 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed appointing Deputy Prime Minister and Digital Transformation Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, as the country's new Defence Minister.

Fedorov is 34 years old and constitutes one of the few figures who has been with Zelenskyy since the beginning of his political career in 2019. He has also survived all government reshuffles.


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