Parts of the UNESCO-protected Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine’s most revered Orthodox monastery, were set ablaze during a Russian missile and drone barrage. Across the country, at least nine people were killed and dozens injured as 70 missiles and more than 600 drones targeted major cities….
Category: 2. RussianAggression
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Russia damages historic Kyiv cathedral in massive missile strike
Firefighters seen battling flames at Unesco-listed Dormition Cathedral after Moscow’s overnight attack
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Sweden demands other EU states tackle Russian oil tankers in their waters
Also in this newsletter: Kallas fronts up amid EEAS reform talk
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Ukrainian drone campaign chokes Moscow’s lifeline to Crimea
Fuel shortages are plaguing Russian-occupied peninsula that is ‘very easy to capture and very hard to keep’
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Russian Air Strikes Kill Nine Across Ukraine Hours After Trump-Putin Call
At least nine people were killed throughout Ukraine following Russian air strikes — including on a UNESCO-protected monastery — hours after US President Donald Trump spoke by phone to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and told him he wanted to help end the war.
Ukrainian Interior Minister…
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Deadlocked Wars: How Major Powers Misread the Regions They Attacked
President Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir V. Putin, both resist the idea that ostensibly weaker powers fought them to a stalemate, with the two leaders leaning on negotiations to win the capitulation that they failed to secure in battle.
Iran and Ukraine have pushed back robustly…
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Ukrainian Drones Target Key Russian Oil Facility, Chemical Plant
Russia and Ukraine continued to exchange air attacks on June 14, as indefinitely paused peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv appear to be overshadowed by developments on the battlefield.
A fresh wave of Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russian regions targeted Russia’s key oil facility and a…
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How Sanctioned Russians Are Using A Backdoor Into Europe
This year, Serbia granted citizenship to four times as many Russians as people of all other nationalities combined, and some of them were under international sanctions, an RFE/RL analysis shows. This is a red flag for the EU. Because Serbia has visa-free access to the bloc, these passports…
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Russia may soon have more tanks than pre-war. It just can’t use them.
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- Russia has restored thousands of old Soviet-era tanks
- Despite enormous losses in Ukraine, the Russian tank force is actually bigger than it was pre-war
- But drones…
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Deadlocked Wars: How Major Powers Misread the Regions They Attacked
President Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir V. Putin, both resist the idea that ostensibly weaker powers fought them to a stalemate, with the two leaders leaning on negotiations to win the capitulation that they failed to secure in battle.
Iran and Ukraine have pushed back robustly…
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