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Late 2025 saw a surge in diplomacy as the US renewed efforts to end the war in #Ukraine. Talks in early January led European allies to commit security guarantees and plan troop deployments, while #Russia rejected foreign troops and signaled it would fight on. 🔗 acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
January 10, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Late 2025 saw a surge in diplomacy as the US renewed efforts to end the war in #Ukraine. Talks in early January led European allies to commit security guarantees and plan troop deployments, while #Russia rejected foreign troops and signaled it would fight on. 🔗 acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
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How could US intervention in #Venezuela reshape conflict across Latin America & the Caribbean? Join #ACLED’s upcoming webinar with regional experts to unpack the implications of US actions and what this means for conflict dynamics across the region. 🔗 Register now: events.zoom.us/ev/Amxdb2H6q...
January 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
How could US intervention in #Venezuela reshape conflict across Latin America & the Caribbean? Join #ACLED’s upcoming webinar with regional experts to unpack the implications of US actions and what this means for conflict dynamics across the region. 🔗 Register now: events.zoom.us/ev/Amxdb2H6q...
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Weeks after #Russia claimed control of Kupiansk, Ukrainian forces counter-attacked on 11–12 December and regained most of the city & 3 surrounding settlements. President Zelenskyy visited Kupiansk as fighting continues. 🔗 More: acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
December 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Weeks after #Russia claimed control of Kupiansk, Ukrainian forces counter-attacked on 11–12 December and regained most of the city & 3 surrounding settlements. President Zelenskyy visited Kupiansk as fighting continues. 🔗 More: acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
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The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project new Conflict Index reports around 78,000 people killed — including soldiers on both sides and civilians — in Ukraine this year, the highest of any conflict.
Read more: kyivindependent.com/ukraine-worl...
Graph: Nizar al-Rifai/The Kyiv Independent.
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Graph: Nizar al-Rifai/The Kyiv Independent.
December 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project new Conflict Index reports around 78,000 people killed — including soldiers on both sides and civilians — in Ukraine this year, the highest of any conflict.
Read more: kyivindependent.com/ukraine-worl...
Graph: Nizar al-Rifai/The Kyiv Independent.
Read more: kyivindependent.com/ukraine-worl...
Graph: Nizar al-Rifai/The Kyiv Independent.
Russia Aiming To Paralyze Ukraine's Railways
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Russia Aiming To Paralyze Ukraine's Railways
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December 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Russia Aiming To Paralyze Ukraine's Railways
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Europe experienced the greatest increase in violence in 2025, as the war in Ukraine reached its highest levels since the 2022 full-scale invasion. Conflict persisted in the Middle East, while violence fell 48% amid fragile ceasefires in Lebanon & Gaza and the end of Syria’s civil war.
December 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Europe experienced the greatest increase in violence in 2025, as the war in Ukraine reached its highest levels since the 2022 full-scale invasion. Conflict persisted in the Middle East, while violence fell 48% amid fragile ceasefires in Lebanon & Gaza and the end of Syria’s civil war.
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More armed groups are using drones than ever before. As of 2025, ACLED records 469 non-state armed groups —including insurgents, militias, gangs & transnational cartels— that have deployed #drones in attacks over the past 5 years. 58 did so for the first time this year: acleddata.com/report/whats...
December 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
More armed groups are using drones than ever before. As of 2025, ACLED records 469 non-state armed groups —including insurgents, militias, gangs & transnational cartels— that have deployed #drones in attacks over the past 5 years. 58 did so for the first time this year: acleddata.com/report/whats...
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Russia claimed full control of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region & Vovchansk in northern Kharkiv on 1 December, shortly after also claiming Kupiansk. While Vovchansk may no longer be under Ukrainian control, fighting continues around Pokrovsk & Kupiansk. 🔗 More: acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
December 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Russia claimed full control of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region & Vovchansk in northern Kharkiv on 1 December, shortly after also claiming Kupiansk. While Vovchansk may no longer be under Ukrainian control, fighting continues around Pokrovsk & Kupiansk. 🔗 More: acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
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Russia relies on locally recruited proxies for sabotage in non-occupied Ukraine — a tactic it appears to have adopted from #Ukraine. ACLED data show a surge in proxy attempts since mid-2024, with recruits behind about two-thirds of roughly 400 incidents. 🔎 More: acleddata.com/report/behin...
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Russia relies on locally recruited proxies for sabotage in non-occupied Ukraine — a tactic it appears to have adopted from #Ukraine. ACLED data show a surge in proxy attempts since mid-2024, with recruits behind about two-thirds of roughly 400 incidents. 🔎 More: acleddata.com/report/behin...
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Sabotage activity in Russian-occupied territories is picking up after a two-year lull, according to a new report by ACLED, an organization that tracks conflicts around the world.
Read more: kyivindependent.com/chart-of-the...
Chart: Nizar al-Rifai/The Kyiv Independent
Read more: kyivindependent.com/chart-of-the...
Chart: Nizar al-Rifai/The Kyiv Independent
December 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Sabotage activity in Russian-occupied territories is picking up after a two-year lull, according to a new report by ACLED, an organization that tracks conflicts around the world.
Read more: kyivindependent.com/chart-of-the...
Chart: Nizar al-Rifai/The Kyiv Independent
Read more: kyivindependent.com/chart-of-the...
Chart: Nizar al-Rifai/The Kyiv Independent
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#Ukraine has repeatedly targeted the Crimean bridge — from a ruck explosion in October 2022 to an underwater blast on 3 June 2025, marking a third attempt to disable a structure symbolic of Russia’s ongoing aggression since 2014. 🔍 Latest insights: acleddata.com/report/behin...
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
#Ukraine has repeatedly targeted the Crimean bridge — from a ruck explosion in October 2022 to an underwater blast on 3 June 2025, marking a third attempt to disable a structure symbolic of Russia’s ongoing aggression since 2014. 🔍 Latest insights: acleddata.com/report/behin...
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Ukrainian special services have carried out some of the most sophisticated sabotage inside #Russia — derailing trains, disabling aircraft, blowing up pipelines, & mining tankers. But escalation carries risks: a derailment in #Bryansk region killed seven & injured 127 civilians.
December 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Pro-Ukrainian sabotage has spread from occupied regions into Russia, showing varying levels of control in areas Russia claims as its own. Militias peaked in 2022 but have risen again in 2025, led by Atesh — responsible for over half of more than 30 attempts so far. 🔎 acleddata.com/report/behin...
December 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Pro-Ukrainian sabotage has spread from occupied regions into Russia, showing varying levels of control in areas Russia claims as its own. Militias peaked in 2022 but have risen again in 2025, led by Atesh — responsible for over half of more than 30 attempts so far. 🔎 acleddata.com/report/behin...
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Nine out of 10 residential buildings in Mariupol were damaged or destroyed during Russia’s invasion. Now, the apartment blocks are being rebuilt – and offered for sale to Russians with low-interest mortgages. youtube.com/shorts/yxsIV...
From Ruins to Russian Residences
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November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Nine out of 10 residential buildings in Mariupol were damaged or destroyed during Russia’s invasion. Now, the apartment blocks are being rebuilt – and offered for sale to Russians with low-interest mortgages. youtube.com/shorts/yxsIV...
#Moldova police recover a Gerbera-like (decoy) drone from the roof of a building in Cuhureștii de Jos, Florești district, following reports of at least 5 other Russian drones flying in Moldovan airspace this morning. www.zdg.md/stiri/stiri-... www.army.md?lng=2&action...
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
#Moldova police recover a Gerbera-like (decoy) drone from the roof of a building in Cuhureștii de Jos, Florești district, following reports of at least 5 other Russian drones flying in Moldovan airspace this morning. www.zdg.md/stiri/stiri-... www.army.md?lng=2&action...
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Russian forces are advancing through dense fog to threaten #Ukraine’s key logistics hub of #Huliaipole. In November, they seized at least six settlements in the Zaporizhia region, while blinding fog disrupted Ukrainian communications and drone operations. More: acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Russian forces are advancing through dense fog to threaten #Ukraine’s key logistics hub of #Huliaipole. In November, they seized at least six settlements in the Zaporizhia region, while blinding fog disrupted Ukrainian communications and drone operations. More: acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
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Russian strikes hit energy infrastructure across 10 Ukrainian regions, damaging a gas extraction facility in Poltava and triggering renewed rolling blackouts nationwide — disrupting heating and water supplies ahead of the cold season.
Full details: acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
Full details: acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Russian strikes hit energy infrastructure across 10 Ukrainian regions, damaging a gas extraction facility in Poltava and triggering renewed rolling blackouts nationwide — disrupting heating and water supplies ahead of the cold season.
Full details: acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
Full details: acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
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#Ukraine intensified attacks on Russian energy infrastructure last week, with ACLED recording a 65% rise in strikes damaging facilities. Attacks hit sites across 12 regions — including an oil refinery in Sterlitamak, over 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border. 🔗 More: acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
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ACLED’s Ukraine Conflict Monitor provides near real-time information on the ongoing war, including an interactive map, a curated data file, and weekly situation updates. It is designed to help researc...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
#Ukraine intensified attacks on Russian energy infrastructure last week, with ACLED recording a 65% rise in strikes damaging facilities. Attacks hit sites across 12 regions — including an oil refinery in Sterlitamak, over 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border. 🔗 More: acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
Happy to comment on the drone chaos in Europe and share some ACLED data in a post for my alma mater’s substack, Geo-Polemic. Thanks to Dr. Péter Marton for offering the space and providing Hungarian translation.
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Unidentified drones continue to wreak havoc across Europe /
Trends & responses / Trendek és válaszlépések (C. Vlas)
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November 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Happy to comment on the drone chaos in Europe and share some ACLED data in a post for my alma mater’s substack, Geo-Polemic. Thanks to Dr. Péter Marton for offering the space and providing Hungarian translation.
geopolemic.substack.com/p/unidentifi...
geopolemic.substack.com/p/unidentifi...
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Unidentified drones disrupted civilian flights and military sites across Europe in October, grounding airports in Germany and Spain & triggering new air defense measures in Lithuania. ACLED records about 20 unauthorized drone incidents across seven EU countries. Full: acleddata.com/update/europ...
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Unidentified drones disrupted civilian flights and military sites across Europe in October, grounding airports in Germany and Spain & triggering new air defense measures in Lithuania. ACLED records about 20 unauthorized drone incidents across seven EU countries. Full: acleddata.com/update/europ...
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Russian forces hit critical power infrastructure on 30 Oct, triggering nationwide blackouts that cut power to the Khmelnytskyi and South Ukraine nuclear plants — raising nuclear safety concerns. #Ukraine responded with strikes exposing gaps in Russia’s power grid. 🔗 acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
November 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Russian forces hit critical power infrastructure on 30 Oct, triggering nationwide blackouts that cut power to the Khmelnytskyi and South Ukraine nuclear plants — raising nuclear safety concerns. #Ukraine responded with strikes exposing gaps in Russia’s power grid. 🔗 acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
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Russian infantry are attempting to infiltrate Pokrovsk in Donetsk —a key hub for defending about one-third of the region still under Ukrainian control. Drone footage indicates Russian forces reached the railway station, where 3 civilians were killed on 19 Oct. 🔗 acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Russian infantry are attempting to infiltrate Pokrovsk in Donetsk —a key hub for defending about one-third of the region still under Ukrainian control. Drone footage indicates Russian forces reached the railway station, where 3 civilians were killed on 19 Oct. 🔗 acleddata.com/monitor/ukra...
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Suspicion that corruption led to the Novi Sad collapse sparked a protest movement in #Serbia demanding both criminal and political accountability. The government is struggling to resolve the crisis and regain control, while snap elections demanded by demonstrators remain elusive.
October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Suspicion that corruption led to the Novi Sad collapse sparked a protest movement in #Serbia demanding both criminal and political accountability. The government is struggling to resolve the crisis and regain control, while snap elections demanded by demonstrators remain elusive.
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Nearly one year on from the collapse of a newly reconstructed train station canopy in Novi Sad, suspicion of corruption continues to drive protests across #Serbia.
🔎 Full Expert Comment: acleddata.com/expert-comme...
🔎 Full Expert Comment: acleddata.com/expert-comme...
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Nearly one year on from the collapse of a newly reconstructed train station canopy in Novi Sad, suspicion of corruption continues to drive protests across #Serbia.
🔎 Full Expert Comment: acleddata.com/expert-comme...
🔎 Full Expert Comment: acleddata.com/expert-comme...