Tag: Russia

Ukraine and Russia to meet for third round of talks as fourth anniversary of war looms

(Luke Harding and Pjotr Sauer - The Guardian) Senior Ukrainian and Russian officials are to meet this week in Switzerland for a third round...

‘Economic fighters’: the volunteers helping direct sanctions against Russia

(Aisha Down - The Guardian) In August 2022, Olena Yurchenko stumbled across a heated discussion on a Russian-language online forum – and made a...

Russia scales up offensive from north of Pokrovsk, Ukrainian military says

(Asami Terajima - The Kyiv Independent) Russian troops have scaled up their offensives from villages north of Pokrovsk, intensifying efforts to encircle the city...

Ukrainian forces hit several ‘important’ Russian military targets in 3 regions, General Staff says

(Asami Terajima - The Kyiv Independent) Ukrainian strikes hit several "important" military targets in Russian-occupied parts of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, the General...

Investigation: European companies keep the motors of Russia’s war machine running

(Lucas Tonks, Mykola Khodyeyev - The Kyiv Independent) Since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has sought supplies of motor oil additives and...

‘Air defense is a daily necessity’ — Zelensky says additional aid packages expected by Feb. 24 following return from Munich

(Dmytro Basmat - The Kyiv Independent) President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Feb. 15 that Kyiv expects to receive additional aid...

For Ukraine’s population, this is the hardest stretch of the war

(David Kirichenko - Lowy The Interpreter) As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, Moscow is still fighting for incremental gains in the...

Diplomacy alone won’t end Russia’s war

(Tennyson Dearing - ASPI The Strategist) Peace talks began slowly at first, then all at once. But a durable peace will require changing Russia’s...

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...