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ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders for crimes against women after Russia becomes only country in world to recognize their regime

In 2023, the ICC also charged Russian President Vladimir Putin with war crimes related to the forced deportation of Ukrainian children.

byOlena Mukhina

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Victory at any cost: Moscow will drain its people to feed front, expert says

As Russia ramps up its propaganda machine ahead of 9 May celebrations, military expert Serhii Hrabskyi warns that the Kremlin will go to extreme lengths to sustain its war effort — even at the expense of its own people.

byOlena Mukhina

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Taliban becomes Russia’s top flour buyer

Afghanistan, under Taliban rule, became Russia’s largest flour importer in 2024, doubling its purchases as Moscow deepened ties with the regime.

byOrysia Hrudka

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Russia paid Taliban to target US troops in Afghanistan in 2016-2019, investigation reveals

Russian GRU intelligence agency reportedly offered $200,000 for each US soldier killed, transferring funds via Afghan couriers who operated under the cover of gemstone trading.

byYuri Zoria

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Analysis

Is Russia really invincible? History suggests otherwise

Russia's defeats in Crimea, Japan, WWI, and Afghanistan tell a clear story: Moscow's military isn't invincible. For Ukraine's allies, this history matters.

byBenjamin Looijen

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ISW: Russia moves closer to delisting Taliban from terrorist organizations

Russia establishes legal means to delist terrorist groups, signaling policy shift toward Taliban-led Afghanistan and HTS-held Syria.

byYuri Zoria

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Ex-NATO chief warns Trump not to make Ukraine his Afghanistan

Rasmussen warns Trump against making Ukraine a geopolitical loss, urging support for Ukraine's military efforts, NATO membership, and more defense spending for NATO member states.

byYuri Zoria

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The Washington Post: Ukrainian troops are turning to buggies amid constant drone threat on battlefield

While buggies are useful for their mobility, they lack the firepower, capacity, and armor needed to carry significant troops and supplies or provide protection.

byOlena Mukhina

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US assistance approval shows Ukraine won’t be abandoned, Zelenskyy says, urging Senate to ratify the aid

Following US House's aid approval, Zelenskyy sees a firm commitment to Ukraine, urging the Senate to ratify the aid quickly to secure crucial weapons needed for Ukraine's defense against Russian advances.

byYuri Zoria

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Russia recruiting Afghan commandos for Ukraine war – Foreign Policy

US-trained special forces Afghan veterans, abandoned by the US and Western states when Afghanistan fell to the Taliban,…

byAlya Shandra

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International

Here is how Ukraine pulled off its “daring operation” to rescue 700 people from Afghanistan

On 29 August, the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail reported on the successful operation of Ukrainian special…

byUkrainian media sources

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Institutions matter: Dissecting Ukraine-U.S. relations after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan

In view of the events in Afghanistan, the White House must now think twice before boasting about some…

byYaroslav Bozhko

Russian private military companies (Wagner, MAR, E.N.O.T Corp, Slavyansky korpus, Redut, and RSB) that have been instrumental in Putin's military aggression in Ukraine (Image: video screenshot / Radio Svoboda)

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Putin may soon make ‘veterans of hybrid wars’ new symbol of Russia’s future, Shtepa says

With the passing of the World War II generation, few of whom now remain, Vladimir Putin appears ready…

byPaul A. Goble

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“Kremlin views Trump as ‘stupid, un-strategic, and manipulable,'” and other neglected Russian stories

The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…

byPaul A. Goble

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Chechen and Afghan echoes of Putin’s military operation in Syria

On the first anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s decision to introduce Russian forces into the Syrian civil war on…

byPaul A. Goble

Despite its backwardness in other things, Putin's Russia is heavily militarized and ready for imperialist aggression all over the world, whether it's a neighboring country, like Georgia or Ukraine, or a remote one, like Syria. (Image: TTOLK.ru)

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Moscow may have to open ‘third front’ to prevent Central Asian refugee influx into Russian cities, MGIMO expert says

Moscow may be forced to dispatch as many as seven army divisions to Central Asia lest the destabilization…

byPaul A. Goble

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Putin “played no less role” in creation of ISIS than Stalin did in rise of Nazis, Shmulyevich says

Vladimir Putin should be compared with Stalin rather than with Hitler, Avraam Shmulyevich says, not only because he…

byPaul A. Goble

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The Kremlin’s wars in Afghanistan and in Ukraine: ten parallels

The war against Ukraine threatens to have serious consequences for Russia, as was the case for the USSR,…

byRadio Liberty

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Why a new Russian offensive in Ukraine would cost Moscow more casualties than USSR suffered in Afghanistan

Ever more commentators are suggesting that a new round of Russian military aggression in Ukraine is likely in…

byPaul A. Goble