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Marauder’s thumbs make micro-adjustments on the FPV controller, keeping the racing drone steady at 5 km above ground. On his screen: a speck against gray sky—the Russian…
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A defence-led growth strategy comes with compromises
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The US and Russia can lead the way in banning nuclear-armed drones
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The writer is a lecturer at Stanford University and former deputy secretary-general of Nato
Not so long ago, Vladimir Putin took a step that astonished me: he called for…
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Pokrovsk Is In Danger Of Falling To Russia. Ukrainian Soldiers Are Fuming.
Since midsummer, Ukrainian forces have played a game of whack-a-mole in Pokrovsk, watching individual Russian soldiers and small units pop up in building ruins or basements in the frontline Donetsk region city, and then hammering them one by one.
On the city’s eastern and southern perimeters,…
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Under Fire Near Pokrovsk: Ukraine Battles To Keep Vital Supply Lines Open
Russian forces are pushing deeper into Pokrovsk in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.
Amid relentless assaults and waves of drone attacks, Ukrainian troops fight to hold the line and protect key supply routes along the front.
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Stop fighting now, talk borders later: RFE/RL uncovers EU’s hush-hush plan to lock the Russia-Ukraine war in place
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A leaked 12-point peace proposal circulating in European capitals aims to pause Russia’s war in Ukraine within just 24 hours. RFE/RL reports that the draft, initiated by…
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Frontline report: How Ukraine’s precision strikes are saving Pokrovsk from Russia’s artillery fury
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Today, there are important updates from the Pokrovsk direction.
Here, the Russians have intensified the shelling on Pokrovsk to support their infiltration attempts into the…
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Russian Strikes Kill Civilians Across Ukraine As Fighting Intensifies In Pokrovsk
Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine have killed at least six people and injured dozens of others, including children, as Russian troops step up assaults around the country’s strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on October 30 described the attacks as a…
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Russian Strikes Kill Civilians Across Ukraine As Fighting Intensifies In Pokrovsk
Two people were killed and at least 17 others were injured, including six children, as a result of overnight Russian missile and drone attacks on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on October 30 described the attacks as a “complex, combined strike,” noting…
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Trump and Xi Ease Off the Trade War, but New Nuclear Threat Brings a Chill
The two leaders reached an agreement on fentanyl, some tariffs and rare earths, at least for a year. But even as the global trade picture cleared a little, Mr. Trump spurred new worries about nuclear proliferation.
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