Eastern Europe
Russia
Videos showing plumes of smoke and a series of explosions were disseminated on social media at a suspected weapons depot site in a village 15-20 kilometers from the Russian city of Belgorod. Ukraine’s
May. 1, 2022
In part 1 we described how the Putin regime employs a repugnant category of crude propagandists to not only shape Russian domestic public opinion through disinformation but also to fan intolerance and
May. 1, 2022
Russia
The following is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s nightly address to the nation as it appears in the English language on the presidential website: Unbreakable people of the bravest country! To
May. 1, 2022
Russia
Ukrainian authorities say that Russian Maj. Gen. Andrei Simonov was killed near the city of Izyum of the northeastern region of Kharkiv. National Guard units reported on April 30 that they spotted a f
May. 1, 2022
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that Moldova is being dragged into NATO, which is, according to him, detrimental to its security. Responding to a question from Interfax as to whether
Apr. 30, 2022
TIME magazine has published a lengthy and detailed interview with President Volodymyr Zelensky focusing on him as a war leader in the face of Russia’s ongoing assault on Ukraine, which began on Feb.
Apr. 30, 2022
Russia
One Russian aircraft, nine drones were shot down in the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Air Force reported on Facebook. “A Su-25 attack aircraft and nine Orlan-10 drones of the occupiers were destroyed by th
Apr. 30, 2022
Russia
Maj. Stepan Tarabalka, 29, was killed defending Ukraine’s skies on March 13. His feats of shooting down some 40 Russian aircraft since Feb. 24, when Russia renewed its invasion of Ukraine, was believe
Apr. 30, 2022
Russia
Ukraine’s domestic spy agency, the Security Service (SBU), says it “neutralized” a network of alleged Russian agents who were gathering intelligence on defensive lines of Ukrainian troops and the depl
Apr. 28, 2022
Russia
The local government in Russia’s third-largest Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk passed a resolution on April 27 to expropriate grain from the occupied parts of Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson. The ne
Apr. 27, 2022
Russia
Ukraine’s largest single trading partner, the European Union (EU), has taken the first step to abolish import duties on all Ukrainian exports for one year in what it is calling an “unprecedented gestu
Apr. 27, 2022
It was not the first time unexplained nighttime explosions jerked villagers in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast out of their beds, but it was still a surprise. Between 3:30 and 4:30 in the morning Wednesday,
Apr. 27, 2022
Russia
An explosion near a Russian weapons depot was reported by a local official overnight on April 27 in the Belgorod regional village of Staraya Nelidovka. Open-source intelligence sites on social media p
Apr. 27, 2022
Russia
Editor’s note: The following is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s nightly address to the nation as it appears in English on the presidential website: Unbreakable people of the bravest country i
Apr. 26, 2022
Russia
Lt. Col. Roman Vasyliuk, a Ukrainian pilot of a ground attack Su-25 jet, was released from Russian captivity on April 24, the Air Force reported without providing many details. He was shot down on Mar
Apr. 26, 2022
Russia
Ukraine’s state postal service, UkrPoshta, says it’s printing additional stamps of a sell-out series of carrier emblems depicting a border guardsman famously telling a threatening Russian vessel to “G
Apr. 26, 2022