They work in places most soldiers can’t reach — areas as dangerous as Pokrovsk, on Ukraine’s eastern front. These ground drones drive through fire delivering supplies, evacuating the wounded, and striking targets where tanks no longer go. For the crews who build and control them, every…
Category: 2. RussianAggression
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Russia Says Ready To Resume Talks With Ukraine As It Battles For Pokrovsk
Russia said its forces continue to make gains around Pokrovsk as Moscow intensifies efforts to penetrate the battered Ukrainian city with local officials calling the situation difficult.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said on November 12 that its forces had pushed Ukrainian troops out of Sukhyi Yar,…
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Russian information warfare escalates with fabricated MiG-31 hijacking plot targeting Romania and Ukraine
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Russia’s Federal Security Service has launched a sophisticated disinformation campaign alleging that Ukrainian and British intelligence services plotted to hijack a MiG-31…
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Lukoil faces fire sale and takeover threat after US blocks Gunvor deal
The collapse of Lukoil’s sale of its overseas business to Gunvor has plunged the Russian company into crisis, raising the risk of a €14bn asset loss and fuelling talk of a possible takeover push by domestic rival Rosneft.
Washington last week blocked the commodity trader’s swoop on Lukoil…
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UK’s Jonathan Powell contacted Moscow in bid to build back channel to Vladimir Putin
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UK national security adviser Jonathan Powell tried to open a back channel to Russian President Vladimir Putin as Britain and its closest European allies feared the…
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Frontline report: Ukrainian troops reclaim Pokrovsk city center in daring nighttime raid
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Today, there are important updates from the Pokrovsk direction.
Here, despite Russian claims of total control over Pokrovsk, the Ukrainian command proved them wrong by…
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Frontline report: Europe moves to seize Russian energy assets as US sanctions force Lukoil withdrawal
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Today, the biggest news comes from Europe.
Here, governments across the continent are preparing to seize or nationalize Russian-owned energy assets after new US sanctions…
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Brazil cuts reliance on Russian diesel amid new US oil sanctions
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Where’s Putin? How The Kremlin Hides His Location With Three Nearly Identical Offices
In a report aired on October 11, 2020, a Russian state TV journalist breathlessly tells viewers what’s in store: excerpts from his interview with President Vladimir Putin and news about the test of a hypersonic missile Moscow has been boasting about, among other things.
“After the interview,…
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EU ‘Democracy Shield’ Aims To Counter Russian Disinformation
The European Commission is preparing to present its latest plan to protect the bloc and EU candidate countries from foreign interference and political manipulation.
The “democracy shield,” as it’s being called, is a collection of proposals to be rolled out in the coming years. An advanced draft…
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