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Kyiv

Capital and largest city of Ukraine

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Oct 28, 2025
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How many ukranian soldiers have been killed or wounded since the war began in 2022

Ukrainian official statements and independent compilations place , creating a working range of roughly and since Russia’s full-scale invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022 . Broader tallies that combine deat...

Dec 18, 2025
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What are the current frontlines and territory changes between Russia and Ukraine as of December 2025?

Russian forces control roughly 19–20% of Ukraine as of mid-December 2025, having gained several thousand square kilometers during 2024–25 and continuing modest, steady territorial advances through lat...

Dec 7, 2025
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Why did the Russia-Ukraine conflict start

The Russia–Ukraine war began with Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, driven by Kremlin leadership seeking to control Ukrainian territory and political orientation; Moscow’s aim...

Dec 6, 2025

How many did bolsheviks kill

Estimates of how many people the Bolsheviks killed vary widely depending on period, method and definition: some accounts count millions in the Russian Civil War and famines, others count executions an...

Dec 8, 2025

Are Ukrainian-registered vehicles common among Monaco residents and visitors?

Claims that “half” or many supercars in Monaco bear Ukrainian licence plates originate from remarks by Donald Trump Jr. at the Doha forum and have been widely repeated in pro‑Russian and partisan outl...

Dec 9, 2025

What evidence supports or disputes claims of a U.S.-orchestrated coup in Ukraine in 2014?

Major claims that the United States “orchestrated” a 2014 coup in Ukraine rest largely on two strands of evidence cited by proponents: public U.S. diplomacy and assistance (notably Victoria Nuland’s c...

Jan 13, 2026

Why did the war in Ukraine start?

The war in Ukraine grew out of a decade-long escalation that began with Ukraine’s 2014 political upheaval, Russia’s seizure and annexation of Crimea, and an eight-year low-intensity war in the Donbas ...

Nov 23, 2025

I need ammo not a ride did zelensky really say this

Multiple contemporaneous reports say U.S. officials offered Volodymyr Zelensky evacuation early in Russia’s 2022 invasion and that he replied “The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride,” or a c...

Dec 16, 2025

is trump still sending money to ukrain

President Trump’s administration has not authorized new large congressional packages for Ukraine but has continued some deliveries of weapons and reinstated paused shipments; Congress and the Pentagon...

Dec 21, 2025

How have equipment-loss ratios between Russia and Ukraine changed month-by-month since January 2024?

Since January 2024 open-source and intelligence reporting show Russian equipment losses outpacing Ukrainian losses by a wide margin, with aggregate attrition ratios reported variably between roughly 5...

Dec 7, 2025

Could a Russia-NATO escalation over Ukraine lead to wider war by 2026?

A direct Russia–NATO escalation over Ukraine is a real and treated-as-serious risk by officials and analysts, but most expert forecasts in the available reporting place a large-scale NATO–Russia war l...

Dec 2, 2025

Zelenskyy wealth

Estimates in mainstream reporting and fact-checks place Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s personal net worth in 2022–2025 in the roughly $20–30 million range, repeatedly far below billionaire claims (see Forbes/F...

Oct 18, 2025

How does the Russian government justify its actions in Ukraine?

Russia’s government publicly frames its actions in Ukraine as a defensive, legitimacy-driven response: it portrays Kyiv as illegitimate, claims it must protect Russian-speaking or “historical” lands, ...

Nov 22, 2025

Can Ukraine join NATO?

Ukraine is officially on a declared path to NATO membership — NATO statements say Ukraine “will become a member” but Allies have not set a timeframe and no invitation has been issued; NATO removed the...

Oct 5, 2025

Map of Russian overnight drone and missile attacks in Ukraine

Russia has carried out repeated overnight drone and missile strikes across Ukraine in early October 2025, while analysts report Moscow has modified ballistic missiles to evade Ukrainian air defenses a...

Dec 13, 2025

What is the historical status of Donbas region between Ukraine and Russia?

The Donbas is a historical, industrial region made of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts that has lain predominantly within Ukraine since 1991 but has been the focal point of armed conflict and partial Russi...

Jan 19, 2026

How did U.S. and allied intelligence agencies respond to the 2022–23 Pentagon document leaks and what were their conclusions?

U.S. agencies mounted an immediate, multi‑agency investigative and diplomatic response, standing up an interagency review team, notifying allies and conducting damage assessments while also pursuing t...

Dec 14, 2025

Which foreign policy actions defined Trump's presidency and what were their long-term effects?

Donald Trump’s second-term foreign policy in 2025 refocused U.S. strategy on “America First,” shrinking the stated purpose of engagement to “core national interests” and shifting burden-sharing onto a...

Jan 12, 2026

Did ukrain prohibit russin language

Ukraine has not enacted a blanket legal ban on speaking Russian in private or in everyday life, but since 2019 and especially after Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion Kyiv has tightened laws and local ...

Dec 14, 2025

What role did ethnic, linguistic, and economic factors play in Donbas's ties to Ukraine and Russia?

Ethnic Ukrainians formed a majority in Donbas according to pre-war censuses — about 57–58% in Donetsk and Luhansk versus roughly 38–39% ethnic Russians — yet Russian became the dominant urban language...