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Trump poised to meet Putin to discuss Ukraine – but Zelensky set to be left on the sidelines

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The Conversation · Aug 7, 2025

Inside Ukraine’s remarkable drone attack

You can generally tell when Vladimir Putin appears rattled by an adverse event in his war on Ukraine. He (or one of his proxies) ramps up the bloodcurdling rhetoric. And so it is with Ukraine’s “Spiderweb” drone attack on four airbases inside Russia, which reportedly destroyed or damaged as many…

The Conversation · Jun 5, 2025

Why is Russia targeting Ukraine’s energy grid with missile attacks?

Moscow unleashes second major strike on power sector in two weeks in what Ukrainian president Zelensky calls ‘vile escalation’

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2024

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Why is Russia launching massive airstrikes across Ukraine?

For some experts, Vladimir Putin’s air attacks are an attempt to reclaim the narrative after Kyiv’s Kursk incursion

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2024

From Khrushchev’s KGB to Putin: the deep roots of Russian influence in Africa

When Russian President Vladimir Putin develops his network of influence in Africa, he isn’t doing so at random. He is drawing on the rich history of Soviet relations with African countries that dates back to the 1960s and the efforts made by Russian spies during the Cold War to counter…

France 24 · Jul 18, 2023

Private Russian military companies are multiplying – and so are the Kremlin’s problems

The Kremlin said Friday that it is considering granting legal status to some of the more than two dozen private military companies active in Russia. Legally, these shadow paramilitary groups do not exist – which allows them to operate parallel to Russia's armed forces, at times doing high-risk "dirty" jobs…

France 24 · Jul 16, 2023

The Sudan crisis: A power struggle by design

How do the rival Sudanese army and the paramilitary RSF stack up against each other, and what might happen next?

Al Jazeera · May 18, 2023

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