Drones strike Ukrainian passenger train in ‘act of terrorism’ & Russia suffers more losses ‘than any major power since WW2’

Day 1,434.


Today, as Russia kills five civilians in a drone attack targeting
a passenger train in Ukraine, we report on how a senior European
diplomat has said the world must call this what it is: terrorism.
As President Zelensky urges all “decent people of the world” not
to remain silent in the face of Russian war crimes, we examine a
new US assessment which concludes that Russia has suffered more
military losses than any major power in any conflict since the
Second World War. We also ask whether the North Sea and Baltic
Sea are now effectively closed to Russia’s shadow fleet following
coordinated action by 14 European countries. Plus, we speak to
colleagues at The Telegraph about why EU leaders’ long-held
ambitions to turn the European Union into a genuine geopolitical
power may, at last, be taken seriously.


Contributors


Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence).
@DomNicholls on X.


Lily Shanagher (Foreign Reporter). @LilyShanagher on X.


Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.


James Crisp (Europe Editor). @JamesCrisp6 on X.


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CONTENT REFERENCED:


The growing risks to maritime safety (UK Government):


https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-growing-risks-to-maritime-safety/the-growing-risks-to-maritime-safety


United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UN):


https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf


The plans to turn Europe into a new superpower (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/26/plans-turn-europe-new-superpower/


‘After Budapest and Minsk, Ukraine knows what empty guarantees
look like’ (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/28/why-ukraine-cant-trust-another-ceasefire-with-putin/ 


Ukraine: We won’t accept meaningless security guarantees (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/27/ukraine-russia-security-guarantees-trump-nato/


EU-sanctioned oil tanker escorted to Morocco by Spanish rescue
ship, merchant marine says (Reuters):


https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/eu-sanctioned-oil-tanker-escorted-morocco-by-spanish-rescue-ship-merchant-marine-2026-01-27/


Russia’s Grinding War in Ukraine (CSIS):


https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-grinding-war-ukraine


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