Aerial view of the Diego Garcia, an island in the Chagos archipelago locate din the Indian Ocean. The island is home to a key strategic military base shared between the UK and US militaries. A deal ha

I'm Steve Gutterman, the editor of RFE/RL's Russia/Ukraine/Belarus Desk. Welcome to The Week In Russia, in which I dissect some of the key developments in the country and in its war against Ukraine, a

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the country is now capable of manufacturing up to four million drones annually, underscoring its commitment to boosting local production. In his s

More than 80% of Ukrainians completely or rather agree that since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, the mental health of their relatives and friends has significantly worsened, and onl

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During the summer, Ukraine’s victories winning Olympic gold medals in Paris made me think about the country’s resilience in the face of overwhelming odds. And just as you can see this strong drive amo

Chinese social media giant TikTok is “more dangerous” to Ukraine in terms of spreading Russian propaganda and disinformation than the Russia-founded messaging app Telegram, according to Alina Aleksiee

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A drone attacked an oil depot belonging to the firm Annanefteprodukt in the settlement of Anna in Russia's Voronezh Oblast on the night of 3-4 October. Source: Russian media Telegram channels; Voronez

A fire has broken out at a private oil storage facility in Russia’s Perm Oblast on the night of 3-4 October, with the flames engulfing fuel containers. Source: Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations

In mid-September, the international intelligence community InformNapalm published an investigation alleging that Kazakh defense contractors are aiding Russia in circumventing international sanctions.

Against the backdrop of the announced purchase of 12 new attack submarines, the Canadian government has launched a request for information to various players in the naval industry to assess the availa

Thirty missiles are reported to have hit the Khmeimim airbase. (Image: X social media) Israel has reportedly struck a Russian airbase in Syria, causing a huge fire to break out. Thirty missiles are re

6 Days in Ukraine: The War on Hockey chronicles W. Graeme Roustan’s tour of Ukraine, which has seen hockey rink facilities damaged or destroyed during the ongoing war with Russia. Roustan won the Best

Videos were released showing the two sides of the attack on the tanker Cordelia Moon (163,288 dwt), from the perspective of the Houthis which launched a drone boat, and the security guards aboard the

With international attention firmly fixed on the Russian army’s advances in eastern Ukraine and the Ukrainian invasion of Russia’s Kursk region, it is easy to overlook important developments taking pl

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Moldovan police carried out dozens of raids Thursday after discovering that at least $15 million was transferred from Russia to Moldovan citizens in an "unprecedented" effort to tamper with presidenti

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky reported to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the response of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Russia's attacks on the Ukrain

Ukrainian missile forces hit Russian Nebo-M radar with American ATACMS missiles, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said. "Units of the missile forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine succ

The United States Federal Bureau for Investigation (FBI) has revealed details of Russia’s extensive disinformation campaign aimed at manipulating public opinion in the West. This disinformation campai

“I think it may be a little bit more difficult for Iran to provide meaningful weapons to Russia if they end up in a conflict.” Iran’s strikes on Israel put the Kremlin in a “difficult position,” says

Tbilisi, Georgia — The speaker of the Georgian parliament signed into a law Thursday a bill that severely curtails LGBTQ+ rights in the country and mirrors legislation adopted in neighboring Russia. S

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Early one morning in July 2023, I boarded a minibus for a weekend pilgrimage to the Pochaiv Monastery in western Ukraine. The country’s second-largest Orthodox complex after the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, i

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Russia manages to bypass sanctions by purchasing electronic components from Western companies for its missiles, overpaying twice for them. Source: Bloomberg Details: Most of the missiles are manufactu

On 3 October, the British Defense Ministry released an intelligence update indicating that a Russian missile strike on the merchant vessel Aya carrying grain in the Black Sea on 11 September was likel

A single artillery round takes several kilograms of gunpowder to propel the projectile out of the barrel and provide it with the necessary velocity. The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have caused

The Patriot anti-aircraft missile system that Bucharest pledged to transfer to Kyiv has arrived in Ukraine. Source: Constantin Spînu, spokesperson for Romania's Defence Ministry, in a comment to Radio

Lithuanian border guards refused to let the cars of the Moscow-Kaliningrad transit train pass, which had the letter "Z" painted on them and the inscription "Vilnius is a city of Russia". Source: Lithu

Andrius Kubilius, a candidate for the post of EU defence commissioner and former Lithuanian Prime Minister, has stated that the EU should increase its military capabilities for a possible confrontatio

The expert highlighted that the prospects for the birth rate in Ukraine are extremely low. According to her, the birth rate will remain below the level necessary for normal population reproduction. It

The Eurasia Center discusses the state of the war in Ukraine and Russia.

The Institute of Demography and Quality of Life Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine has predicted that Ukraine's population could decline to 25.2 million by 2051. To minimise the c