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The Domino Effect: Why Losing Pokrovsk Would Be a Catastrophe for Ukraine
Russian forces are making gains in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, targeting Ukrainian military formations and hindering their attempts to escape encirclement, according...
Russia’s Mishustin Heads to China for High-Stakes Talks Amid Western Pressure
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin began a two-day visit to China on Monday, holding talks with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang to...
Drones Hit Russia’s Vital Oil Port, Vessels Damaged
A Ukrainian drone attack on Sunday damaged at least two foreign vessels and the oil terminal at Russia’s Black Sea port of Tuapse. This...
How the Yugoslav Wars Grew NATO and Subsequently Molded Vladimir Putin
In the 1990s, Europe witnessed one of the most harrowing conflicts since World War II, which involved widespread war crimes, ethnic cleansing, genocide, and...
Russia Says It Eliminated Ukrainian Special Forces Unit in Pokrovsk
Russian forces reported the defeat of a Ukrainian special forces team sent to the eastern city of Pokrovsk. This operation aimed to prevent further...
Europe’s Weakest Link: Arctic Security
A war is never confined to a single stage. Developments in Ukraine echoes in the Arctic, just as dynamics in the High North have...
Orban to Ask Trump for Russian Oil Sanctions Waiver
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday he would ask U.S. President Donald Trump to exempt Hungary from Washington’s new sanctions on Russian...
Trump Cancels Putin Summit After Russia Insists on Ukraine Concessions
A planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest has been cancelled after Moscow reaffirmed hardline demands over...
Japan Says It Can Replace Russian LNG if Sakhalin-2 Supplies Stop
Japan’s top utilities say they can secure alternative liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies if shipments from Russia’s Sakhalin-2 project are disrupted, even as Washington...
Kyiv: Russia Using INF-Banned Missile Behind Trump’s 2019 Treaty Exit
Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said Russia has used the 9M729 cruise missile the same weapon that pushed Donald Trump to withdraw from the...