⚠️ Confirmed: Telemetry indicate a major disruption to networks in Belgorod, western #Russia, after Ukraine targets the region's energy installations with missiles; initial analysis suggests one of the most effective infrastructure strikes by Ukraine since the start of the war
⚠️ Confirmed: Telemetry indicate a major disruption to networks in Belgorod, western #Russia, after Ukraine targets the region's energy installations with missiles; initial analysis suggests one of the most effective infrastructure strikes by Ukraine since the start of the war
Curious how people with hearing loss navigate blackouts and air-raid alerts in Ukraine? Read the full story at the link https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-deaf-people-live-through-blackouts
NEWS OF THE DAY:
#UKRAINIAN PILOTS HAVE REWORKED F-16 TACTICS FOR WAR WITH #RUSSIA: One of the first Ukrainian F-16 pilots stated that Western training did not correspond to the realities of war with Russia, so pilots had to develop their own combat tactics. https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-f16-pilot-different-type-war-nato-training-encountered-reality-2026-1
Since Russia intensified its attacks, people have had to adjust to a new, completely unpredictable lifestyle. In 2025 alone, #Russia launched more than 4,500 drones and missiles on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, disrupting not only electricity but also water supply and heating.
Here’s what The Counteroffensive is reading today:
The U.S. backs European post-war security guarantees for Ukraine for the first time, amid ongoing peace talks with #Russia.
The U.S. has agreed to monitoring the ceasefire with drones but has not committed to providing troops. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-backs-security-guarantees-ukraine-summit-kyivs-allies-paris-2026-01-06/
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“Trump’s former Russia adviser says Russia offered U.S. free rein in Venezuela in exchange for Ukraine”
#USPoli #USImperialism #Ukraine #Russia #Venezeula
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/trumps-former-russia-adviser-says-russia-offered-us-free-rein-in-venezuela-in-exchange-for-ukraine/
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“Trump’s former Russia adviser says Russia offered U.S. free rein in Venezuela in exchange for Ukraine”
#USPoli #USImperialism #Ukraine #Russia #Venezeula
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/trumps-former-russia-adviser-says-russia-offered-us-free-rein-in-venezuela-in-exchange-for-ukraine/
In an important essay, Andrew Sullivan noted this past fall that #Trump’s #indecency is comprehensive in style and substance. “It is one thing to be a realist in foreign policy, to accept the morally ambiguous in an immoral world; it is simply indecent to treat a country, #Ukraine, invaded by another, #Russia, as the actual aggressor & force it to accept a settlement on the invader’s terms,” Sullivan wrote.
https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-question-of-decency-bc2
How is the #US (Trump) invading #Venezuela for oil different than #Russia (Putin) invading #Ukraine for natural resources?
How is the #US (Trump) invading #Venezuela for oil different than #Russia (Putin) invading #Ukraine for natural resources?
#RUSSIA CLAIMS EVIDENCE OF UKRAINE’S ATTACK ON #PUTIN’S RESIDENCE: A senior Russian military chief passed on what he said was part of a #Ukrainian drone containing data proving that Ukraine targeted a Russian presidential residence, to a U. S. attaché.
To know more about #Budanov, read the full story via the link.
https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/newsflash-zelenskyy-taps-spy-budanov
