Ukraine says its strikes on oil refineries have forced Russia to start importing jet fuel for its warplanes

Ukraine has been conducting a long-range strike campaign, hitting Russia's oil and gas facilities to try to hurt its economy ...

Russia Tests Readiness for New Round of Military Mobilization

Recent exercises gauged the military’s ability to absorb a mass of recruits in case the Kremlin orders a fresh mobilization ...

Russia threatens strikes on UK military targets, ‘catastrophic consequences’ over Ukraine

Russia threatened to strike British military targets inside and outside Ukraine after Moscow accused Kyiv of using Storm ...

Russia denies knowledge of US military plane amid CIA director visit report

Flight-tracking data showed the U.S. military plane taking off from Riga and arriving at Vnukovo airport in Russia.
AFP on MSN

Thwarted Niger mutiny exposes junta's Russia dependence

The pivotal role played by Russia's Africa Corps mercenaries in putting down a mutiny in Niger at the weekend has revealed ...
Al Jazeera on MSN

Niger mutiny puts Russia’s expanding role in the Sahel to the test

Failed uprising in Niamey exposed tensions in Niger’s military, and the role of the Africa Corps in suppressing unrest.

NATO's Arctic moves pose 'direct threat' to Russia, foreign minister Lavrov says

Russia sees NATO activity in the Arctic as a direct security threat, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an article ...
The Business Standard

Niger, with Russia's help, regains control of key airbase after soldiers mutiny

The mutiny marks a fresh challenge to Niger’s military government as frustration grows within the armed forces over repeated losses to jihadist groups.
Meduza

Russia doesn’t need a military economy, it’s a ‘complete breakdown of the system,’ says former Finance Minister Mikhail Zadornov

Russia’s economy “doesn’t need” to become a military one, and doing so is “impossible,” Mikhail Zadornov — Russia’s finance ...