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After months of discussions over whether to confiscate Russian assets frozen in the West, G-7 nations decided in mid-June to use the future proceeds of those assets to provide a $50 billion loan to Ukraine. But that G-7 decision may leave Western companies still operating in Russia footing the bill for funding Ukraine. Many Western…

It would be dangerously wrong to think Ukrainian success in airfield attacks is the solution to Russian air dominance. Because it isn’t. In June 1941, during Operation Barbarossa — the massive German invasion of Russia — more than 3,500 Soviet aircraft were destroyed in the first week. Many of those planes were hit on the…

For most of the time, life in Kyiv is much like anywhere else. The routines of the day are predictable and mostly benign. But for the 627 child patients at the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital on the morning of July 8, something unforeseeable happened. Russia’s war leadership tried to kill them.  I was some distance away, at home, but I…

Lennart Preiss/Getty Images/File In this July 2022 photo, soldiers of the US-Army 1st Raider Brigade gather at the Grafenwoehr training grounds near Grafenwoehr, Germany.…

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday will lay out his vision for a conservative American foreign policy, addressing the interconnected global threats posed by China, Russia and Iran and the path to counter them through U.S. deterrence and hard power.The discussion, hosted by the Hudson Institute, a Washington think tank, will mark the first time…

Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Russian servicemen with a barrage balloon on Red Square in 2015. Reuters Russia is planning to use barrage balloons to counter Ukrainian drone strikes.The balloons will rise up to 300 meters and drop a 250-meter net to stop drones from getting through.The tactic was…

An older South Korean Hyunmoo-1 rocket.Wikimedia Commons On June 19, Russian president Vladimir Putin flew to Pyongyang for the first time in 24 years and inked an agreement with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. The details of the pact are unclear, but Kim announced the two countries had a “fiery friendship.” It’s widely assumed the…

Next week, several heads of state and ministers of defense will gather in Washington, D.C., for the 2024 NATO Summit. The three-day gathering will “address the challenges facing the Alliance” and discuss how to “further strengthen NATO’s deterrence and defence” in the 21st century. At the top of the agenda will be NATO’s deterrence and defense…

Image caption, Robert Woodland in court in MoscowArticle informationAuthor, Matt MurphyRole, BBC News 2 hours agoA US citizen has been sentenced to 12.5 years at a maximum security penal colony by a Russian court after being convicted on drugs charges. Robert Woodland, 32, was detained in Moscow in January and accused by prosecutors of seeking…

18 hours agoBy Paul Myers, Olga Robinson, Shayan Sardarizadeh and Mike Wendling, BBC Verify and BBC NewsXJohn Mark Dougan, an American ex-cop, now lives in Moscow and runs a network of AI-powered fake news sitesA network of Russia-based websites masquerading as local American newspapers is pumping out fake stories as part of an AI-powered…