One afternoon in March 2014, while reporting on Russia’s covert operation to annex Crimea, I spotted a familiar figure. With his muscular build and shiny shaved head, Pablo González was easy to recogn

Spanish authorities on Tuesday said they had arrested four people suspected of orchestrating a sanctions-busting commercial network after intercepting 13 tons of chemical products bound for Russia. Th

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Ukraine 'built more wind farms than Wales' amid war 3 hours ago Brendon WilliamsBBC News Getty Images Welsh ministers are said to have placed green jobs and growth at the very top of their agenda Ukra

The Dniester River canyons with their rocky banks, are called one of the natural wonders of Ukraine. I’ve seen them only once when I interviewed a bereaved mother. The woman had the fluffiest white do

While the authorities are actively communicating about the Ocean-2024 naval exercise, which, according to the Russian Navy, would bring together 400 ships, 125 aircraft and 90.000 men, it seems, as me

Russian propagandists are gloating that Britain is so poor its pensioners and porn stars are being left to freeze to death this winter. A presenter for Russia-1 said a 'budget deficit' in Britain and

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sybiha and his Angolan counterpart Tete António held a phone conversation to discuss the topical issues of cooperation and ways to enhance it, the press s

The Russians assembled a "special Buryat battalion" recruited from among citizens of Democratic People's Republic of Korea, while 18 North Korean personnel have already escaped from positions located

Latvia has now built 80% of the fence on the border with Russia. This is 222 of the 283 kilometres of the total length of the border. Source: Renārs Griškevičs, Chairman of the Board of the state-owne

In recent years, the issue of Transnistria has returned to expert discussions. The name "Transnistria" has been popping up more frequently in global media. However, Moldova's government feels there is

A new study finds that elephants are able to detect landmines by scent. HowStuffWorks Biologist Michael Chase was tracking African elephants in the early 2000s, when he noticed a startling phenomenon.

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The Armed Forces of Ukraine has received a new batch of locally-made Novator-2 armored personnel carriers. The 12th Special Operations Brigade “Azov” under the Ukrainian National Guard based in Mariup

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A suspected sabotage nearly caused a flight to crash in Germany earlier this year when a package destined for its cargo hold burst into flames before it was loaded. One of the country's spy chiefs war

Russia Poses Long-Term Threats to Moldova’s European Integration Beyond the October Elections By Christina Harward October 15, 2024 Executive Summary: Moldova stands to advance its path towards Europe

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Another Russian missile attack on Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa damaged two civilian vessels and a grain storage on Monday, killing one person and injuring at least eight, Ukrainian authorities sa

The UK government believes that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, authorised the Salisbury novichok poisonings, which could have killed thousands of people, an inquiry has been told. A senior For

Images from an anti-Ukrainian Telegram channel that has spread calls to burn cars belonging to Ukrainian military personnel and representatives of conscription centers. Several state institutions in U

berlin — Increased acts of espionage and sabotage, possible direct military confrontation with NATO as early as 2030: German secret services sounded the alarm Monday about the growing danger they beli

Vladimir Putin slammed the 'stupidity' of Russia seizing Crimea from Ukraine and decried Moscow 's outdated 'heavy imperial legacy' in a resurfaced TV interview from 25 years ago. The tyrant dictator

The Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine together with NGO Wikimedia Ukraine will hold the Ukrainian Language Week in Wikipedia from October 15 to November 5. "The goal of the p

In late September, in the Siberian republic of Tyva almost 5,000 kilometers from Moscow, the Great Khural regional parliament convened to swear in its new cohort of deputies at the start of its autumn

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening video address that one million drones purchased with state funds had been delivered to the front lines as of mid-October. Drones became a cr

While it may be too early to discuss the liberation of the Kinburn Spit, Ukrainian Defense Forces Spokesperson Serhii Bratchuk emphasized that such an operation is merely a matter of time and capabili

BriteStorm is able to perform ‘stand-in jamming’: an airborne electronic warfare capability, deployed ahead of the main force, to deliver high-powered interference against a wide spectrum of threats.

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A Russian state prosecutor on Monday requested a prison sentence of three years and three months for French researcher Laurent Vinatier, who is accused of violating Russia's "foreign agent" law. Vinat

China deployed fighter jets and warships to encircle Taiwan on Monday, in drills Beijing said were aimed at sending a “stern warning” to “separatist” forces on the self-ruled island. Beijing has not r

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Ukraine destroyed a Russian Tu-134 military transport aircraft belonging to Russia’s 117th Military Transport Aviation Regiment on the night of 12-13 October, according to Ukraine’s Main Intelligence

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Russia’s government plans to increase state maternity payments by around $500 next year as the country struggles with a shrinking number of births, Labor Minister Anton Kotyakov said Monday. First-tim