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Kremlin Revives Soviet-Style Youth Indoctrination as It Eyes ‘Forever War’ With Ukraine and the West

According to a source close to the Kremlin, the presidential administration is dusting off old Soviet practices and studying them closely.

Russia Using Chinese Engines to Make Attack Drones – Reuters

The engines, produced by the Chinese firm Xiamen Limbach, are reportedly used to manufacture Garpiya-A1 drones in the republic of Udmurtia.

Zelensky Announces 49 Ukrainian POWs Returned to Kyiv

Zelensky said civilians were also among the returnees, including a "girl who was taken hostage when she came to take care of her sick father."

Russian State TV Reporter Discharged From Hospital After Drone Attack Injury

Yevgeny Poddubny was hospitalized after a drone struck the vehicle he was riding in during a reporting assignment in the embroiled Kursk region.

Putin Warns West Risks ‘War’ if It Backs Ukraine Long-Range Strikes

Putin's comments came as Kyiv pressed the West to provide more powerful weapons with fewer restrictions.

How Are Ukrainian Drones Targeting Russia's Far North?

Ukrainian drones have targeted Russia's Murmansk region at least twice over the past month, marking the deepest strikes inside Russia since the start of...

Shelling Kills 3 Red Cross Workers in Eastern Ukraine

The strike comes just days before ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric is set to visit Moscow.

Russian Army Releases 45 Indians Recruited for Ukraine War

The Indian nationals were able to return home after Prime Minister Modi raised their plight with Putin during his visit to Moscow in July.

Russian Army Confirms Kursk Counteroffensive, Says Recaptured 10 Villages

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also confirmed the counteroffensive but insisted Kyiv's incursion was still going according to plan.

‘My Hands Are Stained with Blood’: The Russian Soldiers Fleeing the War in Ukraine

Activists who help Russian men desert told The Moscow Times that the number of deserters is on the rise.

Kursk Region Governor Says Over 150K Civilians Evacuated From Border Areas

Authorities also estimated that Ukraine’s border incursion had cost the Kursk region’s critical agricultural sector nearly $1 billion.

Kremlin Believes U.S. Has Authorized Long-Range Ukrainian Strikes on Russia

“All these decisions have most likely already been made, it can be assumed with a high degree of probability,” Dmitry Peskov said.

Drones Target Murmansk Region in Russia’s Arctic

Regional authorities introduced restrictions on air traffic at airports in the city of Murmansk and the town of Apatity.

Russia Launches Counteroffensive in Kursk Region, Pro-Kremlin Sources Say

A Ukrainian open-source intelligence group also claimed that Kyiv’s forces recently lost control over some towns in the embroiled region.

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In Seeking to Humanize Russian Soldiers, ‘Russians at War’ Glosses Over Their Atrocities

Anastasia Trofimova’s controversial film skirts around questions of Ukrainian humanity and suffering, the agency of Russian soldiers and her own documentary...

Ukraine Blames Russian General Wanted by ICC for Deadly Children’s Hospital Strike

Ukraine charged Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylash with violating the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder committed by a group of...

What to Make of Russian Drones in NATO Airspace

The reported breaches have stirred concern over heightened confrontation between NATO and Russia.

Russia Says Captured Town, 3 Villages in Eastern Ukraine

Russian troops have been advancing steadily in the Donetsk region in recent weeks and are closing in on the town of Pokrovsk.

Shoigu Rules Out Talks With Ukraine Amid Kursk Incursion

“Naturally, we won’t have any negotiations with them [Ukraine] until we throw them out of our territory,” Security Council chief Sergei Shoigu said...

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