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In the biggest prisoner exchange since the Cold War, Warsaw freed a Russian-Spanish national suspected of spying for Moscow while posing as a freelance journalist who covered the war in Ukraine.
Aug. 15
Ukraine
Since the Kremlin launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, EU countries have paid €200 billion for Russian fossil fuels, mostly oil and gas, according to an analysis by think-tank CREA.
Aug. 15
War in Ukraine
The Russian Defense Ministry reported the destruction of 118 drones overnight, with 11 downed in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Additional drones were intercepted across several other regions.
Aug. 14
Russia
Ukrainian forces entered Russia's Kursk region last Tuesday, taking over two dozen settlements in the biggest attack by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II.
Aug. 14
War in Ukraine
Nearly 194,000 people are set to be evacuated from areas in the Kursk and Belgorod regions due to the ongoing Ukrainian military offensive.
Aug. 14
Russia
The Paris Olympics received rave reviews from Western media upon closing Sunday. Meanwhile, Russian media, excluded due to its war in Ukraine, criticized France's success.
Aug. 13
US
The United States has been in touch with European allies on reports that Iran is "planning to deliver hundreds of ballistic missiles to Russia," State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters.
Aug. 13
War in Ukraine
Authorities in the Kursk region said they were widening their evacuation area to include Belovsky district and neighboring Belgorod region said it was evacuating Krasnoyaruzhsky district.
Aug. 12
War in Ukraine
Staring at the slow, nearly static frontline land war, means not seeing the war fought by military and non-military means; on land, in the air, at sea, in space, in cyberspace, and cognitive space.
Aug. 12
War in Ukraine
Kyiv has deployed thousands of troops to the surprise operation, seizing the battlefield initiative after months of slow Russian advances across the east.
Aug. 12
War in Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russian forces of deliberately starting the fire as an act of "blackmail" against Kyiv. The nuclear plant has been under Russian control since 2022.
Aug. 12
War in Ukraine
AFU troops stormed across the border on Tuesday morning in what has been the largest and most successful such offensive by Kyiv since Russia’s full scale invasion.
Aug. 12
War in Ukraine
900 days of Russia’s full-scale war; Russia’s one-sided view of history and morality; Belarusian dictator Lukashenka blusters on.
Aug. 11
War in Ukraine
A quick assessment of what we know about the surprise Ukrainian assault into Russia, and what might be Ukraine’s strategic and operational objectives.
Aug. 11
Russia
The latest on Ukraine's surprise counter-offensive strike into Russia's Kursk region.
Aug. 11
A live broadcast on North Korean state TV saw seven members of Putin’s delegation thrown out for unknowingly breaking protocol by entering before the “Supreme Leader.”
Jun. 20