Eastern Europe
US
Moscow is holding several American nationals on espionage and other charges, as tensions between Russia and the United States balloon over the conflict in Ukraine.
Jan. 9
Russia
Ukraine’s military intelligence received 100 gigabytes of classified information from a Russian drone and electronic warfare manufacturer, and hackers doxed clients of Russia’s Alfa-Bank.
Jan. 9
Putin
Military enlistment offices in Russia have begun issuing the first war veterans’ certificates to former mercenaries of the Wagner group, which mutinied against the Ministry of Defense last year.
Jan. 8
War in Ukraine
The Kremlin has tried to maintain the semblance of normalcy in Russia as it conducts its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but recent strikes in Belgorod have brought its war closer to home.
Jan. 8
Russia
Authorities have tried to quell protests with one resident lamenting that he “wished they’d brought back the heating as fast as they dispatched the cops.”
Jan. 8
Russia
Ukrainian military intelligence released a video showcasing what it said is the successful operation of special forces “inside enemy territory” – laying mines and attacking a Russian platoon.
Jan. 5
Ukraine
Newly-elected Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has pledged to find a resolution to the protest, which has been ongoing since the beginning of November.
Jan. 2
Russia
Defiant new Russian democratic oppositionist, Yekaterina Duntsova, announced she wants to create a political party.
Dec. 27, 2023
Ukraine
Kyiv and Warsaw are working to resolve the blockade of Polish transport companies, which has been ongoing since the beginning of November, Ukraine’s top diplomat said.
Dec. 27, 2023
Emissary from new Polish government affirms in Kyiv Warsaw's continuing solidarity with Ukraine.
Dec. 23, 2023
Russia
In St. Petersburg, 11 migrants who just made their oaths to become Russian citizens were served draft summons on the spot in the Kremlin’s latest move to placate ultranationalist factions.
Dec. 23, 2023
Ukraine
The two countries fates are increasingly intertwined, as both have entered EU accession talks. Moldova has also announced plans to fully pull out of the Moscow-led CIS.
Dec. 22, 2023
Orban is the only EU leader who has maintained close ties with the Kremlin following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Dec. 21, 2023
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brought to focus the need for Moldova to update its mostly dilapidated equipment dating from the Soviet era.
Dec. 20, 2023
Drama in Warsaw as new government sacks management of state media installed by their predecessors.
Dec. 20, 2023
The two countries both blocked Sweden's NATO bid. Turkey made it conditional on the US Congress providing Ankara with F-16 fighter jets. Hungary meanwhile maintains warm relations with Moscow.
Dec. 18, 2023
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The RU foreign minister has made more threats against Ukraine and allies for allowing the use of ATACMS and other US-made long-range weapons to strike inside Russia after months of lobbying by Kyiv.
Nov. 18