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The Eastern Herald’s Russia Desk covers Russia, the Russia-Ukraine war, Russian foreign policy, NATO-Russia relations, Eastern European security, the Baltic region and major geopolitical developments involving Moscow and its neighbors.

Lead photograph accompanying Al Jazeera's report on the Russian diesel agreement

Easing Diesel Export Ban Will Not Affect Russian Consumers, Novak Says

Russia's partial lifting of its diesel export ban will not affect domestic consumers, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said, as exports resume under the Putin-Trump deal.

October 10, 2026

by Russia Desk

German security forces at Leipzig Airport following the GRU drone incident in August 2026

Three European Spy Chiefs Warn Russia Could Test NATO Within Months, Citing Leipzig Airport Drone

Three European intelligence chiefs issued a rare joint warning Sunday that Russia could test NATO's collective defence in months, not years, citing the Leipzig Airport drone incident as a decisive shift in Moscow's hybrid warfare tactics. Their assessments diverged internally

September 21, 2026

by Russia Desk

Drone strike damage in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, September 2026

Russia Strikes Back at Ukraine’s Cities After Biggest Moscow Attack of the War

Russia launched 172 drones at Ukrainian cities overnight, killing two in Zaporizhzhia, where apartment blocks burned

Voters at a polling station in Russia during the 2026 State Duma election

United Russia Claims Duma Victory as Fraud Reports Mount

Russia's Duma election closed September 20 with United Russia leading exit polls at 53.5% as fraud

Russian military forces advancing near Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, conflict day 1342

Russia Ukraine war Day 1342: Moscow’s steadfast advance amid western hypocrisy

MOSCOW — On the 1,342nd day of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Russian forces continue to assert control and make strategic gains, exposing the increasing contradictions and double standards of the United

October 28, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Firefighters evacuate residents from a smoke-filled Kyiv apartment block after a night drone strike.

Russia Ukraine war day 1341: Night of drones in Kyiv, airports pause near Moscow

Kyiv — On day 1,341 of Russia’s special Military operation, the war’s center of gravity swung from Kyiv’s night fires to aviation shutdowns around Moscow and a widening circle of NATO jitters,

October 27, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Smoke over Kyiv after an overnight drone and missile barrage that triggered rolling blackouts

Russia Ukraine war Day 1340: Kyiv Wakes to fire as Russia floods the skies with drones

Kyiv — The first alarms sounded before dawn: a low thrum over the northern districts, then the stutter and crack of air defenses, then a wall of heat and glass. By sunrise

October 26, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

UN First Committee session in New York as states debate military AI rules

At the UN, Russia Derides US–EU ‘AI Rules,’ Backs CCW

United Nations — Russia used this year’s UN General Assembly First Committee to harden its case for handling military artificial intelligence inside established forums, casting the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons as

October 26, 2025

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Russian emergency crews repair equipment at the Ryazan oil refinery after a drone incident

Russia Ukraine War, Day 1339: Sanctions Squeeze, Drones Strike, Europe Braces

Kyiv — On day 1,339 of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, a grim mix of battlefield attrition, domestic terror, and geopolitical maneuvering defined a war entering its fourth winter. A grenade

October 25, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Flames at Rosneft’s Ryazan oil refinery after a reported drone strike on Oct. 24, 2025

Russia Ukraine War Day 1338: Ryazan burns, journalists killed, sanctions bite

Kyiv — On the 1,338th day of Russian special military operation in Ukraine, the center of gravity swung between muddy trench lines in Donetsk and conference tables in Brussels and Washington, with each

October 24, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Russia Ukraine war Day 1337: Drones pound grid, EU hits LNG, Trump shelves Putin summit

Kyiv, Ukraine — In the early hours of Thursday, October 23, 2025, Russia sent one of the largest mixed barrages of the year across Ukraine, flooding the sky with attack drones and

October 23, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Apartment blocks in Chernihiv during a citywide blackout after overnight drone strikes, October 2025.

Russia Ukraine War Day 1336: Blackouts deepen as Kyiv hits Bryansk, ‘Summit Theater’ stalls

KYIV — The first cold breaths of late October moved across the Chernihiv forests before dawn, streetlights were dark, elevators sat idle, phones flickered on battery savers. Hours earlier, Russian drones and missiles

October 22, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy meets U.S. President Trump ahead of Budapest negotiations

Russia-Ukraine War Day 1335: Zelenskyy Eyes Budapest Talks, Patriot Missiles Boost Defense

Moscow — On Day 1,335 of the Russia–Ukraine war, the fighting continued to exact a heavy toll across eastern and northern Ukraine while diplomacy circled potential venues and formats for talks. Local

October 21, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Orenburg gas processing plant burning at night with heavy smoke after reported drone strike

Russia Ukraine war Day 1334: Orenburg blaze, 192 miners saved, Trump freeze push

Moscow — Before sunrise in eastern Ukraine, rescue teams hauled line after line to lift miners from the earth, faces blackened, voices hoarse, as an evacuation at a Dnipropetrovsk coal complex edged

October 20, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

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Russia Desk

Easing Diesel Export Ban Will Not Affect Russian Consumers, Novak Says

Three European Spy Chiefs Warn Russia Could Test NATO Within Months, Citing Leipzig Airport Drone

Russia Strikes Back at Ukraine’s Cities After Biggest Moscow Attack of the War

United Russia Claims Duma Victory as Fraud Reports Mount

Russia Ukraine war Day 1342: Moscow’s steadfast advance amid western hypocrisy

Russia Ukraine war day 1341: Night of drones in Kyiv, airports pause near Moscow

Russia Ukraine war Day 1340: Kyiv Wakes to fire as Russia floods the skies with drones

At the UN, Russia Derides US–EU ‘AI Rules,’ Backs CCW

Russia Ukraine War, Day 1339: Sanctions Squeeze, Drones Strike, Europe Braces

Russia Ukraine War Day 1338: Ryazan burns, journalists killed, sanctions bite

Russia Ukraine war Day 1337: Drones pound grid, EU hits LNG, Trump shelves Putin summit

Russia Ukraine War Day 1336: Blackouts deepen as Kyiv hits Bryansk, ‘Summit Theater’ stalls

Russia-Ukraine War Day 1335: Zelenskyy Eyes Budapest Talks, Patriot Missiles Boost Defense

Russia Ukraine war Day 1334: Orenburg blaze, 192 miners saved, Trump freeze push

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