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Embassy of the Russian Federation in Vienna. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

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Austria expels Russian Embassy and OSCE diplomats over suspected spying. Vienna remains a Russian spy hub

Austrian security authorities raised suspicions of espionage involving four Russian diplomats, prompting Vienna to declare them persona non grata.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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Ukrainian journalists say Austria detained them “like terrorists”: prosecutor says suspicion unsubstantiated

Tkach says armed people smashed the car windows, forced the journalists onto the road, and put a knee on his neck during the detention.

byZoriana Katola

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Moscow’s message to European business: your Russian assets are now leverage against your governments

ISW expects decisions on which firms to seize to depend entirely on Russia's relations with each company's home country.

byYuri Zoria

Vienna, the capital of Austria. Credit: UkrInform

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Forged end-user certificates through eight countries: how one network kept European tech flowing into Russian missiles

Austrian counterintelligence exposed an international network that funneled high-tech industrial equipment to Rostec-linked Russian defense firms.

byOlena Mukhina

F-16 simulator of the Ukrainian Air Force. Still from a video by Ukraine's Ministry of Defense

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Ukraine is building a flight school under fire—and the simulator delivery shows how fast

Scarce jets, contested skies, no fixed base that can stay hidden. Ukraine's answer: train pilots on Ukrainian soil, in equipment that moves.

byTaisiia Vivdych

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WSJ: Putin’s sanctioned inner circle keeps buying Western business jets through a web of middlemen

A WSJ investigation traces Bombardier and Gulfstream business jets from European dealers through Dubai and Bermuda into Kremlin hands.

byYuri Zoria

Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger at a joint press conference with her Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha (March 2025). Photo: Bundesministerium für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten / Michael Gruber

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Neutrality doesn’t mean indifference: Austria joins tribunal to prosecute Russia’s aggression

Vienna says neutrality doesn't mean indifference as it becomes the 20th state to back prosecution of Russia's crime of aggression.

byAlexander Moisseenko

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How you rob a bank convoy in the EU: Be Hungary, bring an APC and machine guns, deport bank couriers, keep cash and gold as “evidence”

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says Hungary returned the seven couriers and kept $40 million, €35 million, and 9 kg of gold — held as "evidence" in a criminal case with no named suspect.

byYuri Zoria

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Orbán’s Hungary robbed Ukraine’s state bank of $82 million — Oschadbank launches international legal fight to recover it

The Ukrainian state-owned bank confirmed the shipment was conducted under a valid international agreement with Raiffeisen Bank Austria, fully documented under European customs procedures, and carried by employees with up to 21 years' service.

byYuri Zoria

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Iran hit Abu Dhabi but not the peace talks — Kyiv says the next Ukraine-Russia-US round is still days away

The Ukrainian president says the 5-6 March trilateral is on track — he prefers Geneva, though Austria, the Vatican, or Turkey are also options if Russia wants a neutral venue.

byYuri Zoria

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Baltic leaders call on Europe to claim its seat at Russia-Ukraine peace talks

Latvia's PM and Estonia's president say Europe must stop watching from the sidelines and get its own representative into the room where the war's future is being shaped.

byYuri Zoria

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Russian attacks 256 energy sites in Ukraine, but Austria’s far right says “no winter aid”

Vienna argues supporting Ukraine now helps prevent future refugee crises in Europe.

byOlena Mukhina

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Peace in Ukraine must guarantee its sovereignty and territorial integrity, says Austrian Foreign Minister

Beate Meinl-Reisinger at the OSCE meeting in Vienna: “The rule of law must prevail, not the law of the strongest.”

byMaria Tril

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Media: Body of 21-year-old Ukrainian found in Vienna, murder suspected

A 21-year-old Ukrainian refugee was beaten in the garage of a luxury Vienna hotel and then burned alive in his own car, Austrian police say.

byMaria Tril

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Austria to shutter its last Ukrainian refugee arrival center by year’s end

Austria's final reception center will be closed, potentially leaving new arrivals without shelter as winter approaches. Vienna currently provides basic care to over 10K Ukrainians out of about 30K nationwide

byMaria Tril

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Austria was the last holdout — now it’s greenlighting the EU’s 19th Russia sanctions round

Austria had insisted Brussels unfreeze Russian assets to compensate for penalties imposed by Moscow, but has now dropped the demand ahead of a vote scheduled for 20 October.

byYuri Zoria

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Amid Russian spy allegations, Austrian energy firm fires executive

The fired executive reportedly met with a Russian diplomat suspected of being an FSB agent and had access to sensitive information on OMV and Adnoc.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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After backlash, Austria scrambles to clarify: no return to Gazprom after Russia’s war in Ukraine

“Once the war is over, this must of course be taken into account,” Austria's energy official Zehetner said earlier.

byYuri Zoria

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Diplomacy can wait, but weapons can’t. Kyiv is ready to spend cash on American equipment

The Ukrainian president reveals plans to negotiate a new defense deal with Trump

byOlena Mukhina

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Ukraine urgently needs more than sanctions, says Austrian colonel after failed Istanbul talks

Behind closed doors in Istanbul, Moscow’s delegation played for time, not peace. Meanwhile, on the ground, Russian forces inch forward, relentless and determined.

byOlena Mukhina

Austria

Austria expels Russian Embassy and OSCE diplomats over suspected spying. Vienna remains a Russian spy hub

Ukrainian journalists say Austria detained them “like terrorists”: prosecutor says suspicion unsubstantiated

Moscow’s message to European business: your Russian assets are now leverage against your governments

Forged end-user certificates through eight countries: how one network kept European tech flowing into Russian missiles

Ukraine is building a flight school under fire—and the simulator delivery shows how fast

WSJ: Putin’s sanctioned inner circle keeps buying Western business jets through a web of middlemen

Neutrality doesn’t mean indifference: Austria joins tribunal to prosecute Russia’s aggression

How you rob a bank convoy in the EU: Be Hungary, bring an APC and machine guns, deport bank couriers, keep cash and gold as “evidence”

Orbán’s Hungary robbed Ukraine’s state bank of $82 million — Oschadbank launches international legal fight to recover it

Iran hit Abu Dhabi but not the peace talks — Kyiv says the next Ukraine-Russia-US round is still days away

Baltic leaders call on Europe to claim its seat at Russia-Ukraine peace talks

Russian attacks 256 energy sites in Ukraine, but Austria’s far right says “no winter aid”

Peace in Ukraine must guarantee its sovereignty and territorial integrity, says Austrian Foreign Minister

Media: Body of 21-year-old Ukrainian found in Vienna, murder suspected

Austria to shutter its last Ukrainian refugee arrival center by year’s end

Austria was the last holdout — now it’s greenlighting the EU’s 19th Russia sanctions round

Amid Russian spy allegations, Austrian energy firm fires executive

After backlash, Austria scrambles to clarify: no return to Gazprom after Russia’s war in Ukraine

Diplomacy can wait, but weapons can’t. Kyiv is ready to spend cash on American equipment

Ukraine urgently needs more than sanctions, says Austrian colonel after failed Istanbul talks

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