Kursk theme
Is Ukraine's Ministry of Defense sitting and estimating how much materiel must be available at the battle lines in Kursk for next year's Christmas holidays so that the Russians' North Koreans do not succeed in pushing them out?
The war in Ukraine in 2025. In the coming year, the United States will most likely try to get negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. Until then, both countries will try to gain good negotiating positions. "Even though people are terribly tired and grief is everywhere in society, the Ukrainians do not want to surrender," says SVT's Ukraine correspondent Elin Jönsson. Watch the feature on SVT News.
Twice as many Russians are prosecuted for conscientious objection. Over 10,000 Russians were accused of refusing military service in 2024, according to figures obtained by Russia's independent Mediazona.
Last year, the corresponding figure was just over 5,000 cases. Since Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine, military courts have handled almost 16,000 criminal cases, the majority of which are about ungranted absences. See the article on SVT Nyheter.