Russia is already at Estonia’s gates. Tallinn may become the next target for Russia’s aggressive war because the Russians have several convenient pretexts for it, The Economist reports.
Category: 6. Opinion
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Estonia may become next testing ground for NATO’s Article 5 — and Russia’s ruthless ambition
Estonia and the Baltic countries were part of the Russian Empire for 200 years before gaining independence… -
Barrels of blood: Israeli strikes on Iran unleash surge of cash for Russia’s war machine
The war in the Middle East could decide the fate of Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Israeli “strikes have led to a sharp rise in oil prices,” which is a negative factor. According to him, “the Russians are strengthening due to higher revenues…
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A Russian drone flew into Ukraine’s “hidden” Krab gun — and exposed a billion-dollar flaw in artillery design
Ukraine has received 108 Krab self-propelled howitzers from Poland. In three years of hard fighting since the first of the 53-ton, five-person guns arrived in Ukraine, Ukrainian forces have lost no fewer than 35 of the howitzers, which fire Ukraine’s best 155-millimeter shells as far as 31…
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Ukraine conducts fourth POW swap in a week, returns defenders held since 2022
Ukraine conducted another prisoner swap with Russia, returning home dozens of wounded, ill, and young defenders, many of whom had been held since 2022. Both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and POW HQ did not specify the exact number of POWs returned in this exchange. One of the photos…
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Moscow’s crashed Su-25 attack jet may have been downed by another Russian plane in eastern Ukraine
Near the frontline, a Russian Su-25 ground attack aircraft crashed on 13 June under unclear circumstances in the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast, with reports and video footage suggesting multiple possible causes, including friendly fire and structural failure.
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Frontline report: Kupiansk front turns into mass execution zone as Russian soldiers murder their commanders, steal trucks, and vanish
Today, there are interesting updates from the Kupiansk direction. Here, as Russian losses have officially hit an unprecedented 1 million count, the breaking point finally came, and the soldiers began turning their rifles on their own commanders rather than face certain death in futile assaults.
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“Everything is gone”: Russian drones destroy humanitarian warehouse in Zaporizhzhia, injuring three
In the early hours of 14 June, Russian forces launched a large-scale drone attack on Ukraine, deploying 58 Shahed-type drones, the Ukrainian Air Force reported. Air defenses neutralized 43 of them, including 23 shot down by fire and 20 suppressed or lost from radar through electronic warfare….
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Frontline report: Ukraine is deconstructing Russia’s drone factories—with fire and steel
Today, there are a lot of interesting updates from the Russian Federation. Here, deep inside Russia, the Ukrainians are launching coordinated precision strikes to diminish the effectiveness of Russian drone strikes against Ukraine.
With strikes aimed at fiber optic and battery factories,…
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Bloomberg: US blocks EU and UK push to cut Russian oil price cap to $45
The United States is blocking European efforts to cut the G7 price cap on Russian oil from $60 to $45 per barrel, frustrating EU and UK attempts to ramp up pressure on Moscow’s war financing, Bloomberg reports.
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Ukraine hits two Russian plants tied to explosives production, in Stavropol and Samara regions (video)
Ukrainian drones struck two Russian plants overnight on 14 June, damaging facilities connected to explosive production and petrochemical refining in southern Russia’s Stavropol Krai and the Volga region’s Samara Oblast. Videos from the scene, shared by several Telegram channels, show drone…
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