Eastern Europe
Telegram
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that if Paris sends troops to Ukraine, the Russians will consider them legitimate targets. Medvedev threatens Armageddon again.
May. 8
US
Reports said the US Army Staff Sergeant traveled to Vladivostok through China without authorization to meet a Russian woman he met while stationed in South Korea who filed the theft claim.
May. 8
Zelensky
Russian milbloggers accuse Kyiv of the indiscriminate use of anti-personnel mines, some of which they claim are fitted with motion detectors. Kyiv Post examines the veracity of those assertions.
May. 8
Ukraine
Kolomoisky, perhaps Ukraine’s most well-known oligarch, allegedly ordered the murder of a law firm director 20 years ago.
May. 8
NATO
On Tuesday May 7, a day after Vladimir Putin ordered Russian non-strategic nuclear drills, President Lukashenko ordered his defense forces to carry out inspections of their nuclear capable units.
May. 7
Poland
The Polish State Protection Service said it discovered the device in a routine check on Tuesday, and ongoing investigations are trying to establish its origin.
May. 7
Belarus
A democratic Belarus will make friendly relations with NATO a priority in its international security agenda, said Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the leader of the Belarusian Democratic Movement.
May. 7
One of the leaders of Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party told an Italian newspaper about how Putin shocked the former prime minister on a hunting trip in Russia.
May. 7
Kyiv Post intel source confirms a successful cyberattack by Ukrainian hackers on communication networks in one of Russia’s main economic zones of Alabuga, which includes important defense companies.
May. 3
War in Ukraine
US Intel says Ukraine war won’t end soon; NATO scolds Russia’s “malign activity”; Kyiv struggles to get China to peace summit; AFU ATACMs reportedly kills 116 Kremlin troops; Georgia protests erupt.
May. 3
What is the cost of a Russian victory?
May. 2
Russian forces have been increasingly using these guided bombs to target frontline regions.
May. 2
Crimea
Russia said it found an unexploded cluster munition from an intercepted ATACMS missile in occupied Crimea – whatever it was, it didn’t come from an ATACMS.
May. 2
Russia
Workers at a scrap yard called security forces after the local Roma diaspora in Russia's Tambov region scrapped the newest drone.
May. 2
US support for Kyiv has become a major source of controversy in Congress, with a number of far-right Republicans seeking to cut off backing for Ukraine in its war with Russia.
May. 1