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Yevheniia Yeremina, an 89-year-old pensioner, stands in her kitchen using a gas stove to warm her apartment, which has no electricity and heating, in Kyiv on Jan. 26, 2026, following Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. (Roman Pilipey / AFP via Getty Images)

Russia continues attempts at breakthrough near Pokrovsk, brings up reserves, Syrskyi says. Despite the brutal conditions, Russia has still continued to push out north of the city of Pokrovsk, making occasional incremental gains according to open-source mapping projects.

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UK shipping company helped Russia raise $3.2 billion in LNG trade revenue in 2025, campaigners say. Seapeak’s share of Yamal LNG’s trade in 2025 amounted to 37.3%, more than any other company, according to Urgewald’s analysis based on Kpler data.

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Opinions and insights

Ukraine war latest: Iranian missiles fail to take off on Ukrainian front

Iran gave hundreds of its missiles to Russia as a gift. So far, they’ve been plagued by failure. Ukrainian intelligence told the Kyiv Independent on Jan. 26 that of the over 350 Fath-360 missiles that Iran has given Russia, none have come down on Ukraine.

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Exclusive: Russian negotiators soften hardline stance in private, US officials say. Ukrainians urge caution

U.S. officials leading the talks are convinced that Russian negotiators have taken a more pragmatic tone behind closed doors than Moscow’s public hardline rhetoric suggests, according to two people familiar with the matter.

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Russia tightens passport rules for children in occupied Ukraine, complicating escape, activists say

A new Russian law requires Ukrainian children in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine to obtain Russian international passports to travel abroad; experts say the move complicates efforts to flee the occupation. A law that took effect Jan. 20 bars children under 14 from traveling abroad without a Russian international passport, Russian state media outlet TASS reported.

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Fact-check: Russia’s ‘most successful disinformation campaign’ targets free speech in Europe

Moscow’s propaganda machine has been hard at work depicting Europe as a “digital gulag,” hellbent on suppressing free speech online.

The latest campaign has targeted efforts by the U.K. and the EU to regulate X (formerly Twitter), even as the platform remains blocked in Russia, alongside Facebook, Instagram, and others.

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Exclusive: Iran gave Russia over 350 Fath-360 missiles. Ukraine has yet to see one launched

Russia has not carried out a single confirmed launch of an Iranian-made ballistic missile against Ukraine during the full-scale war, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent on Jan. 26.

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International response

EU gives final approval to ban on Russian gas by 2027. A full ban on Russian LNG will take effect in early 2027, followed by pipeline gas imports in the autumn of that year.

Hungary, Slovakia to challenge EU Russian gas ban in court. Hungary and Slovakia plan to sue the European Union over its REPowerEU plan to phase out imports of Russian oil and gas, officials wrote on Jan. 26.

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On January 27, 2026, the European Commission opened proceedings to assist Google in complying with two key Digital Markets Act (DMA) obligations¹:

1. Interoperability Requirements:

- Google must allow third-party services to interoperate with its operating system and software features
- The company cannot restrict access to hardware and software features that it uses for its own services²

1. Search Data Sharing:

- Google must provide competitors with access to search ranking, query, click and view data on fair terms
- This data must be anonymized when it contains personal information²

These proceedings follow earlier DMA enforcement actions from March 2024, when the Commission launched investigations into Google's potential self-preferencing in search results and restrictions on app developers in the Google Play Store³.

The Commission's role is to ensure Google implements these obligations effectively while maintaining security and privacy protections. Under the DMA, failure to comply could result in fines up to 10% of global turnover, rising to 20% for repeat violations⁴.

1. Commission opens proceedings to assist Google in complying with DMA obligations ↩︎
2. Bruegel - Digital Market Act designations: the interoperability of Google Android ↩︎ ↩︎
3. Hausfeld - 1st Anniversary of the Digital Markets Act (DMA): Lessons learned and road ahead ↩︎
4. EU Digital Markets Act - Updates and Compliance ↩︎