Witkoff and Kushner to visit Kyiv and Moscow to revive peace talks as Russia ramps up attacks across Ukraine
The US envoys will meet Russian and Ukrainian leaders as Washington attempts to put peace talks back on track.
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Gasoline rationing returns to Moscow and St. Petersburg as Rosneft caps fills nationwide
Rationing has returned to Russia’s two biggest cities, and Rosneft is now capping fills at 30 liters at every station in the country.
Ex-FSB general who wired Russia’s spies and army found dead in Moscow—a gunshot, no note, no official report
The 83-year-old chaired a long-time supplier of encrypted communications for the country's security and military structures.
Ukraine planned 1,000 AI-guided drones a night to shut Moscow airports, Atlantic reports
Two anonymous sources said the drones could identify targets despite jamming. A Ukrainian presidential official denied the project existed.
Russia claims it downed a record 1,671 drones—as fires burn across Moscow Oblast
A drone struck another Wildberries warehouse, but this one caused no major fire as others had in previous strikes.
Russia jails two more of its own warbloggers days apart—one for extortion, one for “justifying terrorism”
Both had cheered the invasion for years, and both had recently started blaming Russia's leadership for a war they say is going wrong.
Russia’s Arctic bases sit near-naked as air defenses vanish to guard Moscow and refineries burning inland
Satellite images show S-300 and S-400 batteries gone from long-held sites near Rogachevo and the nuclear-submarine city of Severodvinsk, RFE/RL says.
Anti-drone nets keep failing: Russia’s fuel tanks burn from Azov to Moscow
Fuel facilities burned from Krasnodar Krai and Rostov Oblast to Moscow and Tatarstan as Russia claimed hundreds of drones downed.
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.
Russia says it downed Ukraine’s first ballistic missile—a weapon Kyiv has never announced
Kyiv stayed silent. Moscow's ministry did the announcing.
100% down: Moscow’s biggest refinery cannot refine crude until next year — Reuters
Two strikes in three days disabled both primary units, halting all crude processing at the plant
Moscow’s airports shut for hours as Ukrainian drones target the Russian capital
Russia's Defense Ministry claimed 301 drones downed across the country, while the mayor put the count near Moscow at dozens.
“Safe Moscow” is no more – drone strikes are eroding the sense of security felt in Russia’s capital, SBU unit says
A Ukrainian SBU drone unit says repeated strikes on a key Moscow refinery are eroding the idea that Russia’s capital remains insulated from the war.
Moscow refinery supplying 50% of region’s diesel hit by drones – second strike in three days
The Kapotnya refinery sits about 15 kilometers from the Kremlin
Ukraine strikes Moscow’s largest oil refinery, 15 kilometers from the Kremlin
Putin pulled nearly all of Russia's key air defense to the capital. It was not enough.
No air show, no confidence: Russia quietly cancels MAKS for fourth year as Ukraine intensifies strikes on Moscow region
The decision follows a pattern of scaled-back public events amid sustained Ukrainian UAV strikes on refineries, tech sites, and military facilities around Moscow.
Russians caught putting Pantsirs on rooftops in Moscow in the rain following Ukrainian strikes
Every air defense platform defending Moscow is a platform not defending elsewhere.
Russian church courts strip priests of rank for refusing Patriarch Kirill’s war prayer
About 50 priests have been documented as targets so far. Several have since had their ranks restored by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople after lengthy appeals.
Ukraine’s attack on Moscow: Show of force? Yes. Path of revenge? Not quite.
Moscow's air defense "never coped under the pressure of regular UAVs."
Is Ukraine about to repeat Hitler’s mistake with the London Blitz?
The West left Ukraine one exit. It's the wrong one.