For much of 2025, any phone call between President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine put Kyiv on edge. Ukrainian officials feared their country could be traded away by an American president prone to indulging his Russian counterpart. After…
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Moscow’s Military Axis With Iran Impacting Battlefield, Ex-Pentagon Analyst Matthew Tavares Says
WASHINGTON — The deepening military partnership between Moscow and Tehran has moved beyond simple arms deals and into a sophisticated cross-continental defense ecosystem, according to a former Pentagon analyst.
Matthew Tavares, who specialized in Russian military strategy and US foreign policy,…
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Ukraine Strikes Deep Inside Russia, Tuapse Hit Again
Ukrainian forces again struck an oil refinery in Russia’s Black Sea port of Tuapse early on May 1, a day after launching drones at a Russian oil facility some 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, the latest in a series of long-range strikes by Kyiv targeting Russian energy facilities.
“In…
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40 Years After Explosion, Chernobyl Site Faces New Threats From Russia
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Forty years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, officials are grappling with the impact of a 2025 Russian drone strike that set back decades of efforts to contain it. Ukrainian officials said the Russians…Continue Reading
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Trump, Putin Discuss Temporary Cease-Fire In Ukraine War
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed a possible cease-fire to halt fighting in Russia’s 4-year-old, all-out war on Ukraine, as the two presidents spoke in an lengthy phone call, their first since last year.
Trump said that during the 90-minute conversation, the two leaders broached the…
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Trump and Putin Call for a Brief Cease-Fire in Ukraine
In a lengthy phone call on Wednesday, President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia agreed that there should be a brief cease-fire in Ukraine in the coming days, according to both Mr. Trump and a top adviser to Mr. Putin.
The cease-fire would coincide with the May 9 Russian holiday…
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Russia’s Victory Day Parade Will Be Missing Tanks and Other Heavy Military Armor
In a departure from decades of tradition, Russia will hold its annual Victory Day parade without heavy military equipment rolling across Red Square, the government said on Wednesday, acknowledging that long-range Ukrainian strikes were forcing the Kremlin to downsize its showcase of power and…
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No Tanks, No Convoys: Moscow Scales Back Victory Day Parade
Russia says it will scale back this year’s Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square over security concerns and there will be no column of military vehicles taking part this May 9. The move follows waves of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia as it battles against Moscow’s full-scale invasion.
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More Ukrainian drones are hitting Russian supply lines. The hardened targets are fine.
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- Zozulia drones have joined Ukraine’s strike campaign targeting Russian logistics
- The goal is to degrade Russian units before they attack
- But the Zozulia and many other…
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Hybrid War At NATO’s Door: Lawmaker Wesley Bell On The Baltics, Russia, And US Resolve
WASHINGTON — With US and global attention divided among multiple geopolitical theaters, a bill focused on the security of NATO’s northeast flank, the Baltic states, has advanced in the House of Representatives.
Last week, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 41-3 to advance the Baltic…
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