What to Know About Russia’s Drive to Push Ukraine’s Troops Out of Kursk
President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin both claimed that Ukrainian forces were surrounded. Ukraine’s top military ...
Ukraine's General Staff says statements about "encirclement" in Russia's Kursk Oblast are untrue, just political pressure
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine denies the statements about the encirclement of Ukrainian units in Russia's ...
Foreign Affairs1d
The Return of Spheres of Influence
The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...
The Economist1d
The struggle to defeat Russian censorship and propaganda
Despite having wasted the lives of perhaps 200,000 Russian soldiers, his army is still failing to overwhelm Ukraine’s forces.
Putin orders army to eject last Ukrainian troops from Russian territory
After clinging for more than seven months to a gradually shrinking area, Ukraine has seen its position worsen sharply in the ...
Mayor proposes expanding city's boundary
Leicester mayor Sir Peter Soulsby believes the city's current political boundaries should be expanded. The Labour politician ...
Russian forces walked inside gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian troops from rear in Kursk
Russian special forces walked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian units from the rear in the Kursk region, Ukraine’s ...
Map Tracks U.S. Sanctioned Russian Oil Tanker to Syria
Russia maintains two key military bases in Syria, including an air base in Hmeimim and a naval base in Tartous.
Ukrainian forces fighting inside Russia are almost surrounded, open source maps show
Thousands of Ukrainian troops who stormed into Russia's Kursk region last summer in a shock incursion are nearly surrounded ...
Ukraine forces likely to pull out of Russia’s Kursk region within two weeks: sources
SUMY OBLAST, Ukraine — Ukraine’s seven-month-old sortie into the Russian province of Kursk is on the verge of collapse after Moscow’s troops broke through Kyiv’s defensive line near the Russian town ...
Map Shows World's 10 Largest Rare Earth Element Reserves
Given the increasing importance of rare earths, countries with large reserves are gaining significant economic and political influence.
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How Big Is Russia’s Appetite for Upheaval?
But even in a relatively permissive environment, Russia’s appetite for global upheaval has limits. New bursts of conflict ...