Russia
Inferno devours historic St. Petersburg landmark (VIDEO)
A major blaze has broken out in the Miller House located just across the street from the iconic Saint Isaac’s Cathedral A massive fire has broken out in a historic apartment block located in St. Petersburg’s city center. Known as the Miller House, the building stands just across the street from the iconic Saint Isaac’s Cathedral. The blaze that stated on Thursday evening quickly spread through the mas...
Read More Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:57:58
‘We don-t need handouts-: Key takeaways from Putin-s first address to Russia-s new parliament
The president has laid out economic, security and social priorities for the newly elected State Duma Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed the newly elected State Duma for the first time, outlining priorities from economic self-reliance and social spending to defense and long-term national security. Speaking at the opening session of the ninth convocation of the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, Puti...
Read More Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:33:14
Western F-16s promised safe skies over Kiev: Why could they all go MIA soon?
The donated jets could be grounded due to maintenance delays, The Wall Street Journal has claimed Ukraine’s NATO-donated F-16 fleet is out of commission more often than it engages Russian drones, The Wall Street Journal has claimed. The American-produced fighter jets were touted as the latest gamechanger weapon in Kiev’s conflict with Russia, a tool that will help achieve goals outside of Ukraine, as Da...
Read More Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:24:18
Slovakia-s Fico ridicules Kiev-s demands for more money
The Slovak prime minister has said his country will not take part in any financial scheme aimed at supporting Kiev’s war effort Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has ridiculed Ukraine’s continued demands for additional Western funding despite the EU already approving a €90 billion ($105 billion) loan for the country earlier this year. The joint debt package is intended to fund Kiev through 2026 and 20...
Read More Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:56:43
Lavrov reveals what brought CIA chief and Vatican envoy to Moscow
The simultaneous high-level contacts come as Moscow says it has lost faith in Western promises Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has addressed this week’s unusually intense diplomatic traffic in Moscow, shedding light on talks with the Vatican’s top diplomat while remaining deliberately vague about a visit by CIA Director John Ratcliffe. Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican’s Secret...
Read More Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:26:38
Battle for Konstantinovka: Why Russia-s latest Donbass victory matters
The capture of Konstantinovka could become one of the war’s biggest turning points Last weekend, the Russian authorities announced the complete liberation of the city of Konstantinovka, the battle for which had been raging since the end of last year. Why did the battle for this city take so long? Is Konstantinovka really strategically important? And why was so much time and effort spent on capturing it? We ...
Read More Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:58:48
Multiple blasts with secondary detonations rock Kiev (VIDEOS)
There were multiple explosions and fires across the Ukrainian capital, according to local officials and censored footage from the scene The Ukrainian capital and its suburbs were hit by a combined drone and missile strike early Monday morning, according to local officials and media reports. The Russian Ministry of Defense has yet to comment, while footage from the scene showed powerful secondary detonations. The fi...
Read More Mon, 06 Jul 2026 02:45:43
Three injured in suspected Ukrainian missile strike on Russian city
Initial reports suggest Western-supplied projectiles may have been used in the attack on Voronezh Three people have been injured by a Ukrainian attack on the Russian city of Voronezh, Governor Aleksandr Gusev has said. Authorities issued a missile attack warning on Monday morning for the region, which is around 450 km south of Moscow. Gusev later reported that air defenses had intercepted high-speed aerial targets ...
Read More Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:58:51
The worst day in Russian history: How the USSR met Hitler unprepared and still crushed him
On the 85th anniversary of the Nazi invasion, a look at why the Red Army nearly broke in 1941 and why the USSR did not Every country has its catastrophic moment – the date that goes down in history as the nation’s darkest day. For Russia, disaster struck on June 22, 1941. The Nazi attack on the USSR resulted in the deaths of 27 million people; around half of them were unarmed civilians – innocent ...
Read More Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:15:10
Russia wins third gold at Paralympics
Skier Ivan Golubkov triumphed in the 10 km sitting event, adding to the team’s growing medal tally in Italy Russian cross‑country skier Ivan Golubkov claimed gold in the 10 km sitting event at the 2026 Paralympics in Italy on Wednesday, securing the third top‑podium finish for the Russian team at the Games. This year’s event marks the first Paralympics in over a decade where Russian athletes have been a...
Read More Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:46:31
How Russia broke Ukraine-s defensive strategy in year four
Encirclements, buffer zones, and collapsing lines signal mounting pressure on Ukrainian defenses from Kupiansk to Gulaipole The fourth year of the Russian military operation has come to a close. And this was the first year the Ukrainian army has primarily focused on defense, only engaging in occasional operational-tactical counterattacks. In contrast, the Russian military advanced across the entire front:...
Read More Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:51:49
Russia launches large-scale ‘retaliatory- strikes on Ukraine MOD
Kiev has imposed emergency power shutdowns across the entire country, local officials say The Russian military has conducted a large-scale missile and drone strike on Ukraine in response to terrorist attacks by Kiev on civilian infrastructure in Russia, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. Russia has struck Ukrainian defense-related facilities for months, including power plants; it maintains that it never targe...
Read More Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:14:14
Moscow-s nuclear pact offer still stands Medvedev
New START, the only remaining nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the US, is set to expire this week Russia’s offer to extend the last major nuclear arms agreement with the US, the New START treaty, for one more year remains valid, former President Dmitry Medvedev has stated. The agreement is set to expire later this week. Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, told...
Read More Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:52:57
Elite Russian drone unit takes out Ukrainian armor (VIDEO)
The Defense Ministry in Moscow has published a compilation of successful strikes by operators of the Rubicon UAV center The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video compilation of successful FPV drone strikes on Ukrainian armored vehicles and military personnel in Donbass. According to the ministry, the attacks were carried out by operators from the elite Rubicon unit, which specializes in testing and de...
Read More Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:55:45
Kiev mayor urges residents to evacuate
Half of the apartment buildings in the Ukrainian capital have been left without heating, Vitaly Klitschko has said Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko has urged the city’s residents to evacuate, stating that some 6,000 apartment buildings in the Ukrainian capital have been left without central heating. Klitschko blamed the extremely difficult situation in the city on overnight Russian strikes. Moscow has said it targ...
Read More Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:32:12
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