Tag: Russia

Mosca verso un nuovo equilibrio con l’Iran

(Marzia Giglioli) Mosca reagisce all'attacco in Iran, da parte degli USA e Israele, chiedendo la riunione del Consiglio di Sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite e con...

Russia, Navalny and the Uses of Poison in State-Sponsored Assassinations

(Brett Edwards and Luca Trenta - RUSI) ‘We have been pursuing the truth on this since Alexei died in prison.’ In February 2026, almost...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 25, 2026

(Institute for the Study of War) ISW has not observed evidence of Ukrainian forces operating within Pokrovsk since late January 2025, indicating that Russian forces...

What happened after Elon Musk took the Russian army offline

(Ibrahim Naber - Politico) “All we’ve got left now,” the Russian soldier said, “are radios, cables and pigeons.”. A decision earlier this month by...

German defense minister slams Trump for ‘rolling out the red carpet’ for Putin

(Milena Wälde - Politico) German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has taken a pointed swipe at Donald Trump, accusing the U.S. president of sending the...

What Negotiators Miss in Ukraine Talks: Territorial Concessions Would Abandon Real People – and Fail to Bring Peace

(Svitlana Starosvit - Just Security) As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, the Trump administration has ramped up efforts to negotiate...

Four years on, Russia’s war in Ukraine has transformed conflict and shattered global security

(Nick Paton Walsh - CNN) Four years of war in Ukraine has brought seismic evolution to the world – to the nature of warfare,...

Slovakia to EU: Investigate if Kyiv is lying about Russian oil pipeline

(Ben Munster - Politico) Slovakia wants the European Commission to investigate Ukrainian claims that a critical pipeline supplying oil to Slovakia and Hungary was...

Putin is running his war on the Micawber Principle: Something will turn up

(Jamie Dettmer - Politico) Charles Dickens’ character Wilkins Micawber and Vladimir Putin are an unlikely pairing. For all of his fecklessness, the fictional Micawber...

Why Ukraine remains defiant and does not feel close to defeat

(Jeremy Bowen - BBC) On a dark and cold night in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, the netting protecting the road from attacks by explosive...

Russian soldiers tell BBC they saw fellow troops executed on commanders’ orders

(Ben Steele, Mike Radfordand, George Wright - BBC) Four Russian soldiers have exposed the horror and brutality of conditions on their side of the...

Four years on, Russia’s war in Ukraine has transformed conflict and shattered global security

(Nick Paton Walsh - CNN) Four years of war in Ukraine has brought seismic evolution to the world – to the nature of warfare,...

Trump’s international strategy is becoming clearer

(Ross Babbage - Lowy The Interpreter) Donald Trump’s behaviour during this presidential term reveals a surprisingly deep strategic logic. The core goal remains to...

Zelensky tells BBC Putin has started WW3 and must be stopped

(Jeremy Bowen - BBC) Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky continues to send out a firm message of defiance. When we met this weekend in the...

As Ukraine War Enters Fifth Year, Europe Faces Hard Truth On China

(Zoriana Stepanenko and Reid Standish - RFE/RL) Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western policymakers have debated whether diplomatic pressure and...

Kyiv condemns ‘blackmail’ by Hungary, Slovakia as energy standoff escalates

(Jones Hayden and Ben Munster - Politico) Ukraine condemned “ultimatums ⁠and blackmail” by the governments of Hungary and Slovakia on Saturday, after Budapest and...