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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

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

Conflicts, Military and War·News

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

Conflicts, Military and War·News

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

Conflicts, Military and War·News

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

Conflicts, Military and War·News

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

Conflicts, Military and War·News

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

Conflicts, Military and War·News

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

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Novorossiysk oil terminal burning after reported Ukrainian sea drone strike

Russia Ukraine war day 1,310: Novorossiysk and Tuapse hit as NATO draws lines, IAEA confirms drone blast near South Ukraine plant

Kyiv — Day 1,310 of the Russia Ukraine war opened with a familiar pattern and sharper stakes. Ukraine again pushed naval drones deep into Russia’s Black Sea logistics while Russia answered with

September 26, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Fire at Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat after reported Ukraine strike

Russia Ukraine war day 1,308: Refineries burn, ZNPP blacks out, NATO bristles

Kyiv — Day 1,308 of the Russia–Ukraine war opened with the familiar thrum of drones and the exhausting arithmetic of damage and response. Overnight and into the morning, Ukraine pressed its long-distance

September 25, 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 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

Russia Ukraine war day 1,310: Novorossiysk and Tuapse hit as NATO draws lines, IAEA confirms drone blast near South Ukraine plant

Russia Ukraine war day 1,308: Refineries burn, ZNPP blacks out, NATO bristles

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