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Russia’s weak response in Kursk shows Putin’s leadership still has a major flawRussia’s response was slow, allowing Ukraine to take territory, and it hasn’t put a general in charge.Putin doesn’t want a situation where “any general could claim credit for being the victor,” an expert told BI. Russia’s weak response…
Viktor Bout is brokering weapons sales to Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, per The Wall Street Journal.Bout was released in a prisoner swap for Brittney Griner after a decade in US custody.Houthi rebels have been attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea since last year. The notorious Russian arms dealer, who…
Ukraine said it carried out a drone attack on a Russian ammunition depot over the weekend.Kyiv said Iranian missiles had arrived at the site shortly before the attack.Russia received a number of short-range ballistic missiles from Iran earlier this month. Ukrainian forces used long-range drones to strike an ammunition depot…
A Russian teen was given 15 years for donating to the Freedom of Russia Legion, local media reported.Danila Yakovlev in Siberia had donated $54 to the organization, a source told Mediazona.He was found guilty of treason and financing terrorism, court records show. A Russian 19-year-old was sentenced to 15 years…
A Ukrainian battalion shared nighttime footage of one of its “dragon drones” breathing fire on a Russian position in Ukraine, setting a line of trees ablaze.In the footage, shared on Telegram on Sunday by the 205th battalion of the Territorial Defense Forces, a bright, glowing light is seen moving in…
Newly published satellite imagery shows extensive damage at three large ammunition depots inside Russia in the aftermath of multiple Ukrainian attacks over the past week.Ukraine said it struck three arsenals — one last week and two over the weekend — that housed Russian weaponry, including ballistic missiles, glide bombs, and…
By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Russia’s campaign of air strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid probably violates international humanitarian law, a U.N. monitoring body said on Thursday, as Ukrainians prepare for the toughest winter since Russia’s invasion. Over the course of its invasion, Russia has fired hundreds of missiles and…
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration is probing a surge in imports of enriched uranium from China since late 2023 amid concerns the shipments are helping Moscow sidestep a U.S. ban on imports of the power plant fuel from Russia, Reuters has learned. U.S. House lawmakers…
Russia could be running out of Russians.In the first half of this year, Russia’s population recorded its lowest number of births in 25 years, according to official data published on Sunday.From January to June, 599,600 babies were born in Russia — 16,500 fewer than the same period last year. It’s…
Newly released satellite imagery shows the extensive damage at a Russian airbase after it was hit by Ukrainian drones last month.Ukraine used long-range drones in an August 22 attack on the Marinovka airfield in Russia’s Volgograd region, which was used to facilitate strikes on the front lines.A source in the…
