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Russian Federal Security Service FSB officers conduct counterintelligence operation after detaining Ukrainian agent in Crimea who mapped air defense positions

Russia’s FSB Arrests Ukrainian Agent in Crimea Who Mapped Air Defense Sites, Plotted Railway Attacks

Russia's Federal Security Service detained a Russian national in Crimea who passed air defense positions near Belbek Airport to Ukrainian intelligence since 2022 and was preparing sabotage attacks on railway infrastructure before

August 13, 2026

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a security meeting as Russia warns Japan that its drone investment in Ukraine constitutes a hostile act against Moscow

Japan Taking Hostile Steps Against Russia’s National Security With Drone Investment in Ukraine, Moscow Says

Russia's Ambassador to Japan Nikolay Nozdrev accused the Sanae Takaichi government of taking clearly hostile steps aimed at undermining Russia's national security, citing a Japanese drone company's acquisition of stakes in two Ukrainian drone manufacturers and Tokyo's participation in NATO

August 13, 2026

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Fires and emergency response following drone attacks on Russian territory as Ukrainian UAVs strike the Rostov Region overnight

About 90 Drones Shot Down Over Russia’s Rostov Region in Overnight Attack, Fires Break Out

Some 90 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed overnight over Russia's Rostov Region, with fires breaking out

Russian President Vladimir Putin at Pacific Fleet ceremonies in Vladivostok as Russia deepens bilateral academic and economic ties with Malaysia

Russia and Malaysia Sign Cooperation Agreements at Vladivostok Joint Commission

Russia and Malaysia signed a protocol and three university-level cooperation agreements in Vladivostok on Thursday at

Russia Ukraine war, day 1317: winter test, grids hit, Europe on edge

Russia — The Russia Ukraine war, now on Day 1317, continues to redraw the map of risk in Europe. The front is not only measured in trenches along the Dnipro, it is

October 3, 2025

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Russia Ukraine war Day 1,316: power lines near Chornobyl after a temporary grid outage

Russia Ukraine war, Day 1316: Chornobyl power cut jolts Europe

Moscow — Russia Ukraine war Day 1316 unfolded with a familiar, and more perilous, rhythm: missiles and drones probing power nodes, fresh damage to rail links that knit the country together, and

October 2, 2025

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Firefighters extinguish flames at Kharkiv market after Russian airstrike

Russia Ukraine war day 1315: Grind gains edge as Europe flinches

KIYV — Russia Ukraine war Day 1315 of the war opened to a familiar metronome in Ukraine’s east: sirens over Kharkiv, the thud of aerial munitions, and firefighters threading hoses through a

October 1, 2025

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Kyiv skyline at night with air-defense intercepts streaking above the Dnipro River on day 1,314 of the Russia-Ukraine war

Russia Ukraine war day 1314: Kyiv reels as ZNPP risk and Baltic airspace jitters grow

Kyiv — The explosions came in waves, thickening the pre-dawn sky over the capital with streaks of light and the dull thud of impacts that people here have learned to count almost

September 30, 2025

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Air-defense intercepts over Kyiv during Russia’s overnight strike

Russia Ukraine war day 1313: Moscow’s deterrent salvo redraws Europe’s air rules

Kyiv — The night bled into morning under the thud of intercepts and the whine of generators. In one of the heaviest combined barrages of the war, Russia sent waves of missiles

September 29, 2025

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Nighttime interceptor trails above Kyiv as air defenses engage during Russia-Ukraine war day 1,312

Russia Ukraine War day 1312: Europe’s skies on edge as Kyiv hits fuel nodes, znpp on diesel

Kyiv — The Russia Ukraine war 1,312 day of the war opened with the same sleepless calculus that has governed Ukraine and its neighbors for months: drones tracing nervous arcs in the

September 28, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Long-exposure streaks from air defenses over Kyiv during Russia’s overnight barrage

Russia’s overnight barrage exposes Kyiv’s thin air shield

Moscow — Russia imposed one of the longest, loudest nights of the war on Sunday, unleashing a massed wave of drones and missiles that rolled over Kyiv and other regions for more

September 28, 2025

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant at dusk as grid connection remains unstable

Russia Ukraine war day 1,312: NATO stiffens Baltic watch as Ukraine’s drones sting Russia

Kyiv — Day 1,312 of the Russia–Ukraine war unfolded as a study in pressure and adaptation, with Ukraine extending its long-range campaign against Russian energy infrastructure, Moscow claiming incremental gains on the

September 28, 2025

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Rescue workers in Kherson clear debris after a Russian strike that hit residential blocks on Russia-Ukraine war day 1,311.

Russia-Ukraine war day 1311: Refinery blaze, EU drone wall talk, Trump hedges

Gaza — Russia-Ukraine war day 1311, unfolded as a ledger of strikes and counterstrikes, border incidents, and political gambits stretching from the lower Dnipro to Brussels and back to Moscow. Ukraine absorbed

September 27, 2025

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Sergei Lavrov at the United Nations after alleging NATO and the EU declared a “real war” on Russia

At the UN, Lavrov says NATO and EU declared a ‘real war’ on Russia

United Nations — Russia’s foreign minister chose the most crowded diplomatic week of the year to level his sharpest charge yet, telling counterparts in New York that the West has crossed from

September 26, 2025

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Russia’s FSB Arrests Ukrainian Agent in Crimea Who Mapped Air Defense Sites, Plotted Railway Attacks

Japan Taking Hostile Steps Against Russia’s National Security With Drone Investment in Ukraine, Moscow Says

About 90 Drones Shot Down Over Russia’s Rostov Region in Overnight Attack, Fires Break Out

Russia and Malaysia Sign Cooperation Agreements at Vladivostok Joint Commission

Russia Ukraine war, day 1317: winter test, grids hit, Europe on edge

Russia Ukraine war, Day 1316: Chornobyl power cut jolts Europe

Russia Ukraine war day 1315: Grind gains edge as Europe flinches

Russia Ukraine war day 1314: Kyiv reels as ZNPP risk and Baltic airspace jitters grow

Russia Ukraine war day 1313: Moscow’s deterrent salvo redraws Europe’s air rules

Russia Ukraine War day 1312: Europe’s skies on edge as Kyiv hits fuel nodes, znpp on diesel

Russia’s overnight barrage exposes Kyiv’s thin air shield

Russia Ukraine war day 1,312: NATO stiffens Baltic watch as Ukraine’s drones sting Russia

Russia-Ukraine war day 1311: Refinery blaze, EU drone wall talk, Trump hedges

At the UN, Lavrov says NATO and EU declared a ‘real war’ on Russia

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