2026-01-01: Ukraine Roundup | Positive Universe

Plain Spoken Summaries
of Mainstream Media
Top Stories

aljazeera.com (2025-12-31). LIVE: Israel's ban on aid groups to have 'horrific' outcomes in Gaza Israel says it will suspend more than three dozen humanitarian organisations, including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), for failing to meet its new rules for aid groups working in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip

2025-12-30: End of Ukraine Resistance in Donbass and Zaporozhye

apnews.com (2025-12-30). Israel to halt operations of several humanitarian groups in Gaza starting in 2026Israel on Tuesday said it had suspended more than two dozen humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders and CARE, from operating in the Gaza Strip for failing to comply with new registration rules.

independent.co.uk (2025-12-30). Trump says military struck 'big facility' in Venezuela in possible biggest escalation of conflict so far "We just knocked out, I don't know if you read or you saw, they have a big plant or a big facility...where the ships come from," the Republican president said. "Two nights ago we knocked that out, so we hit them very hard."
He didn't provide further information about the apparent military action.

palestinechronicle.com (2025-12-30). Harsh Winter in Gaza Worsens Suffering after Two Years of Genocide – UNRWA Harsh winter weather in the Gaza Strip "is compounding more than two years of suffering" for the Palestinian population, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has warned.
"More rain. More human misery, despair and death," UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said in a statement on X on Sunday.

2025-12-30: Breaking news and analysis on day 816 of the Gaza genocide | The Electronic Intifada

The Electronic Intifada

2025-12-30: STANISLAV KRAPIVNIK | Attack on Putin's Residence

Find more information about these and related subjects within.

2026-01-01: Ukraine Roundup

So far today: 2026-01-01 3:28pm GMT

A A (2026-01-01). Did Ukraine try to kill Putin? strategic-culture.su By Larry C. JOHNSON | Join us on , , and . | Contact us: | On the night of 28—29 December 2025, Russia's Defense Ministry and Fore…

adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University (2026-01-01). New year, new gym injuries. | Adam Taylor

Drago Bosnic (2025-12-31). Ukraine in 2025: Failure of the Peace Initiative, Russia's "Strategic Military Successes" , Ukrainian Losses at 1.5 Million Soldiers. globalresearch.ca When Moscow launched the special military operation (SMO) to end the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict, very few people thought it would last longer than a few months. | And indeed, Russia didn't want a protracted confrontation that would drag on for years, …

Sana Khan (2025-12-31). Russia Says Putin Ordered Expansion of Ukraine Buffer Zone in 2026. moderndiplomacy.eu Russia's top general said on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin has ordered an expansion of what Moscow calls a buffer zone in northeastern Ukraine in 2026. Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said Russian forces were advancing in Ukraine's Sumy and Kharkiv regions near the Russian border. Gerasimov said he inspected the "North" troop …

202601011028 | f9 | 14 | 272 | 2928 ∧

In Case You Missed It
Features and Commentary

aljazeera.com (2025-12-31). How many countries has Trump bombed in 2025? The US carried out military attacks against a total of seven countries in 2025.

palestinechronicle.com (2025-12-31). On the Politics of Possibility vs. The Hope that a Better World is Possible New Year's Eve is a traditional time for making resolutions for the coming months, personal promises to oneself to do better. Given the state of the world, in particular Palestine and the Global South, perhaps this year should be a time to make collective resolutions to work for a better world.

truthout.org (2025-12-31). All Security Council Members Except US Condemn Israeli Recognition of SomalilandAt an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Monday regarding Israel's recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland, 14 of 15 member states joined Somalia's permanent representative to the UN in condemning what the ambassador called an "act of aggression" - and at least one denounced the Trump administration's defense of Israel's move.

Find more information about these and related subjects within.