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Patriarch Kirill, head of the Kremlin-controlled Russian Orthodox Church (ROC MP), spoke about the continuing social and ideological divisions in Russ ...

Kremlin is struggling to prepare the campaign for the Russian State Duma elections in September 2026 due to the uncertainty about the course of the wa ...

The pace of Russia's offensive in Ukraine has picked up in recent weeks, but remains slow and consistent with positional warfare rather than rapid me ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to deny the presence of North Korean military personnel in Russia on October 24, following official Ukrainian ...

The adoption of a declaration on 23 October , the second day of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, showed that Russia has not yet secur ...

South Korea may be considering sending weapons and intelligence personnel directly to Ukraine in response to reports of North Korean troops stationed ...

Russia appears to be trying to ease tensions in its relations with South Korea after receiving credible reports of increased North Korean cooperation ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky presented to Verkhovna Rada on October 16 The five-part plan for Ukraine's victory in the war by the end of ...

< p>The Kremlin is likely to use the recent strategic partnership agreement with North Korea from June 2024 to deploy troops on the borders. Thi ...

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov arrived on official visit to the People's Republic of China (PRC) on October 14, highlighting ongoing Russia ...

Russian Military Bloggers largely praised Russia's execution of Ukrainian POWs, reinforcing the cultural norm of justifying and glorifying war cri ...

Russian forces are relying on illegally obtained access to the Starlink satellite internet service to improve the effectiveness of their tactical in ...

Russian forces on the evening of October 10 intensified the push of Ukrainian forces from the Kursk region. They are reported to have simultaneously s ...

Russian military command likely ordered Russian forces to conduct relatively high-tempo mechanized attacks in Ukraine to make significant tactical pro ...

Ukraine continues to make efforts to expand domestic production of significant military equipment and to maintain its advantage over Russia in unmanne ...

Germany, France and the US announced on September 25 and 26 several packages of longer-term aid to Ukraine, writes the Institute for the Study of War ...

Ukrainian forces conducted a successful drone strike against a Russian missile and ammunition depot near Toropets, Tver Oblast on September 18. A sour ...

Ukraine has taken steps to address personnel shortages, but delays and shortfalls in Western military aid to Ukraine continue to limit its ability to ...

Ukrainian officials indicated that the invasion of Kursk region has prompted Russian authorities to significantly increase Russian forces. This is ...

Russian troops continue counterattacks in the area of the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast, but as of September 12 they were achieving only minim ...

< p>Russian forces launched counterattacks along the western edge of Kursk Oblast and reportedly captured several villages northeast and south o ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended at the Joint Ministerial Meeting of Russia and the Gulf Cooperation Council for Strategic Dialogue in ...

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns has warned the West not to be alarmed by Russia's nuclear weapons rattle, which the Insti ...

U.S. and European officials said that Iran has supplied hundreds of short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to support its invasion of Ukraine, accor ...

Russian forces have stepped up their long-running offensive west and southwest of Donetsk city. Apparently, the coordinated operations from Pokrovsk t ...