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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

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant as teams work to restore external power lines under IAEA monitoring

Russia Ukraine war day 1333: ZNPP repairs, deep strikes, EU sanctions push

Moscow — The war’s map barely shifted on Sunday, but the stakes did. Moscow said its forces edged forward in Donetsk while technicians seized a narrow repair window at Europe’s largest nuclear

October 19, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Night sky glows orange over Kyiv as an apartment block burns after a drone strike, Day

Russia Ukraine war Day 1332: Blackouts test Kyiv as Washington hedges on range

KYIV — On day 1,332 of Russia’s full-scale war, the battlefield and the diplomacy table overlapped in dissonant ways. Overnight, Russian drones and missiles again pressed Ukraine’s power grid, leaving pockets of

October 18, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Kyiv skyline at night with districts in darkness after strikes on energy infrastructure

Russia Ukraine war day 1331: Blackouts bite as Budapest summit looms

KYIV — The war’s 1331st day opened with two clocks ticking at different speeds. In Europe, repair crews moved through half-lit neighborhoods, tracing fresh scorch marks along power lines after another night

October 18, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Trump meets Zelenskyy to discuss Ukraine military aid and Tomahawk missiles

Trump balks at supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine in tense Zelenskyy meeting

Moscow — Russia Ukraine war Day 1330 framed a capital managing rolling blackouts while Washington weighed the next move. Inside the White House, President Donald Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and

October 18, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Odesa repair crew restores a substation after overnight strikes during nationwide power cuts.

Russia Ukraine war day 1326: Blackouts, refinery blaze, NATO

Mascow — Russia Ukraine war day 1326: A predawn volley of drones and missiles lashed Ukraine’s energy grid and cities for the second straight weekend, plunging parts of the south into darkness

October 17, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Resident uses phone light during a power outage in Kyiv as grid cuts hit the capital.

Russia Ukraine war day 1327: Kyiv blackouts, Kupiansk evacuations, and small gains in Zaporizhzhia

KYIV — The lights flickered first, then went out across blocks of central Kyiv, sending commuters hunting for phone flashlights and station attendants scrambling to keep the metro running on reserve power.

October 17, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Kyiv traffic moving through dark streets during scheduled power cuts after renewed strikes

Russia Ukraine war day 1328: Kyiv on reserve power, Kupiansk evacuations

KYIV — Trains rolled through the capital on reserve power, traffic lights blinked out in patches, and water pressure fell in a few neighborhoods before stabilizing. For much of Tuesday and into

October 17, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Smoke rises on Kyiv’s skyline as residents brace for rotating power cuts

Russia Ukraine war day 1330: Kyiv counts the hours between blackout windows as Moscow hammers the grid

KYIV — Ukraine’s worst fears for the winter returned to life in the dark. Before dawn on Thursday, waves of drones and cruise missiles knifed across the country, punching at gas processing

October 16, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Kyiv apartments in near-darkness during scheduled power cuts on Day 1329 of the war.

Russia Ukraine war day 1329: Kyiv blackouts, hospital hit in Kharkiv, evacuations widen

KYIV — Before dawn on Wednesday, the war’s rhythms converged into a now-familiar pattern across Ukraine: glide-bombs hammered Kharkiv, families near Kupiansk were told to pack and leave, and rolling outages flickered

October 15, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Evacuation in Kyiv following overnight strikes

Russia Ukraine war Day 1324: Kyiv grid hit, evacuations in Donetsk

KYIV — Before dawn the city went dark by districts, stairwells filling with the hard glow of phone flashlights as air raid sirens stitched across the river. Fire crews moved block to

October 10, 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 1333: ZNPP repairs, deep strikes, EU sanctions push

Russia Ukraine war Day 1332: Blackouts test Kyiv as Washington hedges on range

Russia Ukraine war day 1331: Blackouts bite as Budapest summit looms

Trump balks at supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine in tense Zelenskyy meeting

Russia Ukraine war day 1326: Blackouts, refinery blaze, NATO

Russia Ukraine war day 1327: Kyiv blackouts, Kupiansk evacuations, and small gains in Zaporizhzhia

Russia Ukraine war day 1328: Kyiv on reserve power, Kupiansk evacuations

Russia Ukraine war day 1330: Kyiv counts the hours between blackout windows as Moscow hammers the grid

Russia Ukraine war day 1329: Kyiv blackouts, hospital hit in Kharkiv, evacuations widen

Russia Ukraine war Day 1324: Kyiv grid hit, evacuations in Donetsk

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