Chinese warships arrive in Russia as tensions simmer in Pacific

The partners have stepped up joint naval training and patrols in a challenge to U.S. military dominance in the Pacific.

Russia is still inching forward in eastern Ukraine, but experts say claims of progress are exaggerated

Russia is still inching forward in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, but outside experts and Ukrainian soldiers say Russia’s claims of advancement are exaggerated.

Ukraine is raising the cost of war for Russia — and testing Putin's resolve

A string of political victories and deep-strike successes has bolstered confidence in Ukraine amid its long-running war with ...

Russia Is Building Huge Protective Shelters For Its Strategic Bombers

In a break in decades of doctrine that left its prized bombers exposed, Russia is building shelters for them at a ...

Russia asks Kazakhstan for gasoline to ease shortages, sources say

MOSCOW, June 24 (Reuters) - Russia is in talks with Kazakhstan to import about 50,000 metric tons of AI-92 gasoline to ease a ...
The Economist

Russia’s Crimean conquest is turning into a deadly mess

S irens did not wail in the early hours of June 21st in Feodosia, an attractive resort town on the east coast of the Crimean ...

Putin: Russia ready for talks with Ukraine only if based on Istanbul 2022 agreements

Russian ruler Vladimir Putin has said that Russia is willing to hold peace talks with Ukraine, but only on the basis of the ...

Ukraine to conduct preemptive attacks on facilities Russia uses for war, Zelenskiy says

June 25 (Reuters) - Ukraine will carry out preemptive attacks on facilities Russia is using for its war, President Volodymyr ...
The Economist

Russia’s war economy has problems—but is not about to crash

It is true that this resilience owes a lot to Russia’s heavy fiscal stimulus. Last year the government spent the equivalent ...