Tag: Russia

What we know about rare poison Russia is accused of using on Navalny

(Rebecca Falconer - Axios) European allies' findings that Putin critic Alexei Navalny was killed with a rare toxin from poison dart frogs is "troubling,"...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 15, 2026

(Institute for the Study of War) The Kremlin continues to discuss future elections in Ukraine to advance its false claim that the current Ukrainian government...

Poland should ‘begin work’ on nuclear defenses, Nawrocki says

(Zia Weise - Politico) Polish President Karol Nawrocki thinks his country should start developing nuclear defenses, given the threat from Moscow. In an interview...

Ukrainian drones hit key Russian oil port, local governor says

(Zia Weise - Politico) One of Moscow's oil and grain export hubs was damaged by Ukrainian drone strikes overnight, local officials said on Sunday....

Russia Struggling to Resist PRC Rare Earth Dominance

(Anna J. Davis - The Jamestown Foundation) Russia is expanding domestic development of rare earth elements (REEs) as it joins global attempts to reduce...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 13, 2026

(Institute for the Study of War) Western reporting suggests that the United States has accepted Russia’s demanded sequence of having Ukraine cede territory to Russia...

Russia Strikes Ukraine Overnight As Zelenskyy Denies Plans For Elections On War Anniversary

(RFE/RL) Russian forces launched overnight ballistic missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed reports that elections...

Satellite Imagery Points To Possible Russian Oreshnik Missile Site In Belarus

(RFE/RL) A satellite image captured this week and obtained by RFE/RL contains details that suggest Russia may be deploying a nuclear-capable, hypersonic missile system...

Russia says ‘long way to go’ in Ukraine peace talks as Lavrov rejects US optimism

(Tim Zadorozhnyy - The Kyiv Independent) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said negotiations to end Russia's war against Ukraine remain far from finished, pushing...

Moldova’s new prime minister makes first official visit to Ukraine to deepen EU, security ties

(Tim Zadorozhnyy - The Kyiv Independent) Moldovan Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu arrived in Kyiv on Feb. 10 for his first official visit to Ukraine,...

Guerra ibrida, boomerang per Mosca

(nostra traduzione da The Jamestown Foundation / Pavel K. Baev) Le provocazioni russe, dal taglio dei cavi sul fondo marino alle incursioni dei droni nell'Unione...

Von der Leyen softens plan for intelligence cell

(Antoaneta Roussi and Jacopo Barigazzi - Politico) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is softening a push to take greater control of EU...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 9, 2026

(Institute for the Study of War) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov explicitly blamed the United States on February 9 for the lack of progress in...

Russia Accuses Ukrainian Intelligence Of Plot To Assassinate Top General

(Mike Eckel - RFE/RL) Russia officials said the man they identified as the gunman who shot the No. 2 general in the Russian military...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 8, 2026

(Institute for the Study of War)  Russian forces are continuing their cognitive warfare campaign that uses small-scale cross-border attacks in previously dormant frontline areas in...

Poland’s mass-army turn is reshaping NATO’s eastern flank

(Darius von Guttner - The Strategist) Planning a massive expansion of its armed forces by 2039, Poland is deliberately building a national capacity for...