IFMA restores Russian and Belarusian flags and anthems at every muaythai championship and age category
Wrestling, gymnastics, judo, sambo, and taekwondo have already done the same; World Aquatics has postponed the same step.
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From job offers to “meat assaults”: The deception of Russia’s foreign fighters
A joint human rights report reveals that Russia’s global recruitment system increasingly relies on deception, coercion, and economic desperation to funnel tens of thousands of foreign nationals into high-intensity combat in Ukraine.
Days after Trump leaves Beijing, Putin arrives—gas price gap and Ukraine on the table
Putin arrives in Beijing days after Trump's visit. China wants Russian gas at $50 per thousand cubic meters; it currently pays $258.
Drone hits Yaroslavl refinery for third time in two weeks as Russia’s fourth-largest oil plant burns again
Yaroslavl governor confirms Ukrainian drone struck industrial facility on 19 May; fire contained, no casualties, six Russian airports closed.
Belarus is now drilling nuclear-weapon use with Russian forces from “unprepared” deployment areas next to EU and Ukraine
Minsk announces these drills, then says they threaten no one.
Ukraine says it has Russia’s hidden war-damage assessment — one Moscow won’t show its own population
A single mid-sized Russian oil company has been forced to shut down around 400 wells.
“Stop treating Russia’s bankers as faceless technocrats”: inside the war crimes case against Russia’s central bank
A landmark ICC complaint reframes Russia's financial occupation of Ukraine — pillaged banks, forced rubles, and passport-gated medical care — as a war crime
For first time in war, Ukrainian strikes begin worrying Russians more than front
Meanwhile, Russian state TV gave the largest Moscow attack of the war under a minute.
Russia killed 52 people in Ukraine this week — firing mostly ballistic missiles, hardest for air defense to stop
Russia fired 3,170 drones at Ukraine in seven days.
Russia maintains military presence in post-Assad Syria – but Damascus now holds leverage
Satellite imagery shows renewed Russian cargo activity in Tartus as Damascus renegotiates the terms of Moscow’s long-standing military presence.
Russia’s Nevinnomyssk Azot chemical plant reported on fire after overnight explosions – at least 6th attack on the site
Regional authorities say air defenses were active, while online footage suggests damage at a facility central to Russia’s chemical production chain.
Ukraine strikes Russian Caspian Fleet base deep inside Russia, home to missile-capable ships used in Kalibr strikes – General Staff
Kyiv reports damage to a major Russian refinery and naval vessels in the Caspian Sea base of Kaspiysk, alongside strikes on logistics and weapons storage sites.
As rescuers clear rubble of Kyiv apartment building, Russia’s security council secretary lists same 2022 demands for ending war
Same demands as Russia's failed 2022 Istanbul talks were issued from Bishkek hours after Russia's biggest two-day strike on Kyiv.
Russia is building 168,000-strong drone force by year-end through stealing Kyiv UAV model, says Ukraine’s drone commander Madiar
An average Ukrainian brigade is now intercepting up to 60 Russian "Molniya" strike drones per day because Russia has centralized production.
If this were real life, they would already be dead: Ukrainian drone pilots force NATO drills on Gotland to stop three times
During the pause, the opposing forces had time to think about how to act better against the enemy.
Kremlin terms unchanged: Moscow repeats Putin’s 2024 demand for four Ukraine’s oblasts as peace push stalls
That is a demand for capitulation, not for peace.
Russia is abandoning its push on Stepnohirsk where average mobilized Russian soldier survived 12 minutes
Russia threw elite units at Stepnohirsk. The average newly mobilized soldier lasted 12 minutes. Now Russia is leaving.
Nicolas Tenzer: stop talking about peace, the question is victory
French geopolitical expert on his book Our War, Putin's nihilist regime, and the strategic autonomy Europe must build with or without Washington
“Mirror response”: Ukraine confirms Orenburg strike 1,500 km from border after renewed Russian aerial attacks
A drone strike in Orenburg damaged a residential building near a major missile and aircraft components plant, according to analysis and local reports.
NYT: Lost Starlink, throttled Telegram, missed recruits — Russia’s worst battlefield year since 2023
Russia's military has slowed to a crawl in Ukraine and at its current monthly rate of advance would…