Tag: Russia

Marine drone self-detonates in Romanian port after Ukraine says Russia jammed vessel

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) A maritime drone self-detonated on Friday in Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanta near an oil terminal, without causing casualties, as Ukraine...

A Perfect Storm – Russia Losing Its War Against Ukraine May Lead to Regime Change

(Taras Kuzio - The Jamestown Foundation) Russia is entering a perfect storm of military setbacks, economic deterioration, public dissatisfaction, elite fragmentation, and growing fears...

Russia is Losing its Strategic Depth

(Vadim Shtepa - The Jamestown Foundation) Ukraine’s expanding long-range drone campaign is eroding Russia’s strategic depth, bringing Russia’s major cities, industrial centers, and critical...

Moscow Allows Then Kills Article Suggesting Russians Win at Home When They Lose Wars

(Paul Globe - The Jamestown Foundation) Russian President Vladimir Putin will claim any outcome he gets in Ukraine is a victory. He is not...

Russia: Schools have turned into “factories of compliance” through state indoctrination and surveillance of children

(Amnesy International) The Russian authorities are denying children their right to quality education by using propaganda-filled textbooks and lectures to indoctrinate children and justify...

Russia Steps Up Mobilization Pressure in Occupied Ukraine

(Maksym Beznosiuk - The Jamestown Foundation) Moscow is stepping up mobilization pressure in occupied Ukraine to compensate for manpower losses in the war against...

Russian strikes rock Ukraine, killing nine and wounding dozens

(AFP/Al Arabiya) A barrage of Russian missile and drone strikes killed nine people and wounded dozens across Ukraine, authorities said on Tuesday, just days...

How Ukraine’s new middle strike drone campaign aims to strangle Russian logistics

(Jimmy Rushton - The Kyiv Independent) A charred Russian KAMAZ armoured vehicle sits by the side of the road, the latest victim of a...

Russia’s Saratov Oil Refinery reportedly struck by Ukrainian drones

(Dmytro Basmat - The Kyiv Independent) Ukraine's military reportedly carried out a drone attack against the Saratov Oil Refinery late on May 30, Russian...

Russian region establishes new ‘drone defense ministry’ as Ukrainian strikes change balance of war

(Abbey Fenbert - The Kyiv Independent) Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast has established a new ministry for drone defense, according to a decree signed by...

Estonia installed first stationery systems for detecting drones on Russian border

(Yuliia Taradiuk - The Kyiv Independent) The Estonian Police and Border Guard Board has installed its first stationary anti-drone detection and surveillance devices along...

Ukraine aligns sanctions with EU’s 20th package against Russia as Zelensky signs decrees

(Yuliia Taradiuk - The Kyiv Independent) President Volodymyr Zelensky signed decrees on May 29 imposing new sanctions that align Ukraine's restrictions with the European...

How a Russia–Ukraine ceasefire could imperil Ukrainian and European security

(Chatham House) A ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine would have significant implications for European and Ukrainian security. Notably, Moscow’s record of manipulating negotiations and...

In Sign Of Deepening Ties, Russia And Afghan Taliban Sign Military Deal

(Farangis Najibullah (RFE/RL) Russia and Afghanistan’s Taliban government have signed a military agreement, in a move that signals deepening cooperation between the sides, experts...

Russian drone strikes residential building in Romania, injuring 2, amid aerial attack on Ukraine

(Volodymyr Ivanyshyn - The Kyiv Independent) A drone struck a residential building in Galati, Romania, overnight on May 29, Romania's Defense Ministry confirmed, after...

Moscow’s Arrests of Muslim Spiritual Directorate Officials Likely to Backfire

(Paul Globe - Jamestown Foundation) Moscow has launched a campaign of arrests against officials of the Muslim Spiritual Directorates (MSDs) that the Russian government...