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Smoke seen on the horizon reportedly coming from Russia's Engels-2 airbase in Saratov, following a drone strike on 16 July 2026. Photo: Exilenova+

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Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian airbase used to attack its cities, using a drone similar to the Russian Shahed

A reported overnight drone strike sparked a fire at Russia's Engels-2 airbase, home to the strategic bombers that regularly launch cruise missile attacks on Ukraine.

byBenjamin Murdoch

Russian shadow fleet tanker in the crosshairs of a Ukrainian drone in the Mediterranean Sea. Screenshot from video: hromadske

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Ukraine hit 147 Russian shadow-fleet ships in 10 days. Now Moscow is pulling its best drone unit off the front to guard the tankers, partisans say

Rubicon built its reputation hunting Ukrainian logistics near Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine. A partisan network says it's being sent to sea instead.

byTaisiia Vivdych

AVT-5 and AVT-6 units at the Syzran Oil Refinery, 12 July 2026. Photo: Exilenova+

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Every primary unit at a Rosneft refinery is burning — 100% of its crude processing capacity

The plant turned 8.5 million tons of oil a year into gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Analysts say it now turns out nothing.

byTaisiia Vivdych

Ruslan Puptaiev, also known as Aslan Khakimov, his wife Oleksandra, and their daughter Amina in 2025. Puptaiev is contesting deportation from Ukraine after authorities discovered he had lived for years under a false identity. Photo from social media, via Babel

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Russian who helped Ukraine’s military faces deportation after decade under false identity

Ruslan Puptaiev says he fled persecution in Russia and built a new life in Ukraine under a false identity. After authorities uncovered his real identity, he was detained for deportation, though the European Court of Human Rights has temporarily blocked his return to Russia.

byBenjamin Murdoch

Aeroflot Airbus A330 at Narita Airport, illustrating the airline’s reported role as cover for Russian industrial espionage in Japan.

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New York Times: Russian spies used Japan to source technology for war

A little-known GRU unit allegedly operated through an Aeroflot office near Japan’s national police headquarters, according to NYT's reporting. They used business and logistics ties to obtain equipment for Russia’s war machine.

byDaniel Thomas

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Russia halts Don-Azov Channel shipping, closes Kerch Strait after Ukrainian tanker strikes

Russia's border guards, who report to the FSB, gave shipping firms no date for when the Kerch Strait halt would be lifted.

byMaria Tril

Japanese Trade Minister Ryosei Akazawa, 26 May 2026. Photo: Ryosei Akazawa on X

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Russia tried to secure Japanese jet fuel amid shortages. Tokyo closed the loophole

Japan said its ban on jet fuel exports to Russia covers shipments through third countries and ship-to-ship transfers after Reuters reported Moscow was seeking a cargo via traders.

byBenjamin Murdoch

Aftermath of the attack on Moscow, 18 June 2026. Credit: Exilenova+

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No experience required: Russia advertises for drone operators to defend Moscow from Ukrainian attacks

A job listing on Russia's largest employment platform seeks drone operators to help defend Moscow, reflecting the growing impact of Ukraine's expanding long-range drone campaign.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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Italy joins Bulgaria in resisting EU sanctions on Patriarch Kirill

Rome's objection traces back to the Vatican's unease at sanctioning a Christian leader

byMaria Tril

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Belgorod loses power and water after Ukrainian strike on gas-turbine plant, one killed

The strike came a day after Russia's deadliest assault on Kyiv this year.

byMaria Tril

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Russia’s fourth-largest refinery is on fire again. It just came off a shutdown

Drones struck Russia's NORSI oil refinery near Kstovo on 2 July, days after an earlier strike had already knocked out its main crude unit.

byMaria Tril

Russians demonstrating in the Immortal Regiment march in Paris, with banners unfurled, 9 May 2025

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France pivots on visas for Russians, shutting application shortcuts as EU crackdown spreads

Paris reverses course months after posting the EU's steepest rise in Russian visa issuance.

byDaniel Thomas

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What Moscow does to foreign embassies, Latvia will now do to Russia’s

PM Braže said Russian services routinely screen people entering other countries' diplomatic buildings in the Russian capital.

byYuri Zoria

Estonian and Russian border posts at Narva-Jõesuu on the Estonia-Russia border

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Russia shuts seven rail crossings on its NATO borders. It won’t say why

Move comes weeks after Moscow doubled freight tariffs to the same neighbors

byMaria Tril

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Ukraine burned half of Russia’s oil refining, made Moscow’s diesel ban for three days, Ukrainian analyst says

Moscow weighs a diesel export ban next, then backs off

byMaria Tril

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Ukrainian missiles strike Volgograd arms plant making Iskander components

10 wounded, arms factory ablaze: Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missiles hit Volgograd defense plant

byMaria Tril

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Earthquakes are doing what Ukraine’s missiles couldn’t. Seismologist says they’ll finish Crimean Bridge

The structure sits on unstable ground and faces irreversible weakening that could fell it without a single Ukrainian missile, the scientist says.

byOlena Mukhina

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Ukraine strikes Russia’s only helium plant and largest gas complex 1,200 km from the front

Confirmed strike targets feedstock for Russian missiles, explosives, and gunpowder

byMaria Tril

Fire seen at oil depot in Russia’s Gukovo, Rostov Oblast, after reported Ukrainian drone strike on 18 June 2026. Screenshot from video: Supernova+

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Oil storage site burns in Russia’s Rostov Oblast after Ukrainian strike on key fuel logistics hub behind occupied territory

Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces say they struck an oil depot and fuel storage base in Gukovo, confirming a strike that OSINT analysts linked to a major fire at a fuel facility in Rostov Oblast.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian airbase used to attack its cities, using a drone similar to the Russian Shahed

Ukraine hit 147 Russian shadow-fleet ships in 10 days. Now Moscow is pulling its best drone unit off the front to guard the tankers, partisans say

Every primary unit at a Rosneft refinery is burning — 100% of its crude processing capacity

Russian who helped Ukraine’s military faces deportation after decade under false identity

New York Times: Russian spies used Japan to source technology for war

Russia halts Don-Azov Channel shipping, closes Kerch Strait after Ukrainian tanker strikes

Russia tried to secure Japanese jet fuel amid shortages. Tokyo closed the loophole

No experience required: Russia advertises for drone operators to defend Moscow from Ukrainian attacks

Italy joins Bulgaria in resisting EU sanctions on Patriarch Kirill

Belgorod loses power and water after Ukrainian strike on gas-turbine plant, one killed

Russia’s fourth-largest refinery is on fire again. It just came off a shutdown

France pivots on visas for Russians, shutting application shortcuts as EU crackdown spreads

What Moscow does to foreign embassies, Latvia will now do to Russia’s

Russia shuts seven rail crossings on its NATO borders. It won’t say why

Ukraine burned half of Russia’s oil refining, made Moscow’s diesel ban for three days, Ukrainian analyst says

Ukrainian missiles strike Volgograd arms plant making Iskander components

Earthquakes are doing what Ukraine’s missiles couldn’t. Seismologist says they’ll finish Crimean Bridge

Ukraine strikes Russia’s only helium plant and largest gas complex 1,200 km from the front

Oil storage site burns in Russia’s Rostov Oblast after Ukrainian strike on key fuel logistics hub behind occupied territory

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