Tag: Russia

Is Putin ready for peace? Abu Dhabi talks will tell

(Jamie Dettmer - Politico) Another round of U.S.-brokered Ukraine talks commence today in Abu Dhabi. The overall outlook remains no less bleak for Ukraine,...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 1, 2026

(Institute for the Study of War) Russian drones struck a maternity hospital and a bus carrying miners on February 1, causing significant civilian casualties. The Kremlin...

La guerra alla credibilità: Trump contro l’ombrello russo

(Girolamo Boffa) Trump non sta combattendo la Russia sul piano militare, ma su quello reputazionale. Il bersaglio non è Mosca in quanto tale, né l’apparato militare...

Ukraine peace talks pushed back as Washington juggles Iran crisis

(Antoaneta Roussi - Politico) Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signaled that trilateral talks with Russia and the United States — scheduled to take place on...

Il Cremlino continua a eliminare le compagnie militari private e le unità di volontariato semi-autonome

(nostra traduzione da The Jamestown Foundation/Alex Horobets) Il 4 dicembre 2025, le forze di sicurezza russe hanno ucciso Stanislav “Spaniard” Orlov, comandante della compagnia militare...

A peace deal between Russia and Ukraine looks close, except on everything that matters

(Eva Hartog - Politico) As negotiators gear up for another round of U.S.-brokered talks to end the war in Ukraine, Moscow and Kyiv remain...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 27, 2026

(Institute for the Study of War) The United States is reportedly pushing Ukraine to cede the remainder of Donetsk Oblast to Russia in exchange for...

Drones caused 3 out of every 4 Ukraine war casualties, Latvian spies say

(Eva Hartog - Politico) Drones are responsible for between 70 and 80 percent of those injured or killed on both sides of the war...

Russia using Interpol’s wanted list to target critics abroad, leak reveals

(Cate Brown, Max Hudson and Julia Luft - BBC) Thousands of files provided by a whistleblower at Interpol expose for the first time the extent...

Surrender or freeze: Putin’s winter blitz targets Ukrainian civilians (Yuliya Kazdobina – Atlantic Council)

Millions of Ukrainians have spent much of January without electricity and heating amid subzero winter temperatures, sparking fears that the country is on the...

My survival guide to the Kremlin’s winter of terror in Kyiv (Veronika Melkozerova – Politico)

Without electricity for 12 hours a day, the fridge is no longer any use. But it’s a stable minus 10 degrees Celsius on the...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 20, 2026 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure cut power to electrical substations powering the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant on January 20, consistent with a recent...

The Arctic camp where troops are training for war with Russia (Dan Bloom and Esther Webber – Politico)

In the deep snow of the Arctic mountains, Britain’s Royal Marines are readying for war with Russia. The elite troops are introduced to the...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 16, 2026 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian milbloggers continue to loudly reject the alternate battlefield reality that Russian President Vladimir Putin and senior Russian military commanders are trying to create. The...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 15, 2026 (Institute for the the Study of War)

Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to demonstrate that he will not be satisfied with a peace settlement that only pertains to Ukraine and does...

Russian Occupation Update, January 15, 2026 (Institute for the Study of War)

A Russian occupation official confirmed that several Ukrainian children — some with severe disabilities — whom Russian authorities forcibly transferred from occupied Kherson Oblast...