ISW: Russia’s playbook for invading Ukraine now aimed at Finland — same lies, same threats, new target
The Kremlin begins repeating old propaganda lines, but this time against a NATO country.
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Russian airports crippled by mysterious airspace threat—171 flights canceled in Moscow alone
Authorities cite safety concerns as Moscow, Ivanovo, Kaluga, Pskov, Tambov, and St. Petersburg airports stop servicing flights.
ISW: Putin’s victory plan hinges on Western fatigue and Ukrainian collapse
The think tank outlines Moscow’s unchanged core goals: a pro-Kremlin Ukraine and weakened NATO.
ISW: Putin’s economic forum now a tool to spread wartime optimism
The Kremlin uses feel-good stories and veterans in office to distract Russians from the reality of war.
Drones attack Moscow. Strategic defense plant burns in Saint Petersburg
Russia experienced drone strikes, airport delays, and a major fire at a strategic defense plant.
Trump’s envoy Witkoff meets with Putin, advocates giving Russia four Ukrainian regions
Meanwhile, Ukraine's European allies pledge massive military support to Ukraine amid continued fighting.
Ukrainian tractor driver sentenced to 10 years for “espionage” in St. Petersburg
Questions surround the case of a Ukrainian man convicted of espionage in Russia, as details of his detention remain unclear.
Alleged Ukrainian drones target occupied Crimea, oil facilities in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai and St. Petersburg
On 19 May, drones targeted an oil depot and an airfield in Russia's Krasnodar Krai and explosions occurred in occupied Crimea. Meanwhile, a fire broke out at Russia's Saint Petersburg oil depot, with local officials denying it resulted from a drone attack.
Explosion rocks St. Petersburg oil refinery in reported Ukraine intel’s attack
In the early hours of 31 January, a drone hit an oil refinery in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city and the Baltic Sea port, in a reported Ukrainian intelligence-orchestrated attack.
Ukrainian-made drone flew 1,250 km and hit “target” near St. Petersburg, Minister confirms
"Yes, last night we hit the target, and this thing [drone] flew exactly 1,250 km," Minister Kamyshin said.
Putin’s ‘magic’ has disappeared like Cinderella’s coach, Golts says
Like Cinderella’s coach at the stroke of midnight, Vladimir Putin’s “magic,” his “negative charm, no longer works” as…
‘With Crimea, we got Poklonskaya,’ some Russians say in disgust
Some Russians recognize that Putin’s Anschluss of Crimea was simply wrong, others are upset that absorbing the Ukrainian…
Experts say the Kremlin may have been behind the St. Petersburg terrorist acts
The terrorist acts in Saint Petersburg were likely organized by the Russian special services. This is according to…
Five signs of less than universal Russian approbation of Crimean Anschluss
Today, on the third anniversary of Putin’s Crimean Anschluss, the Russian government is orchestrating demonstrations across Russia in…
Russians living near Europe radically different from Russians in the interior, Mironova says
It is an ancient observation that people who live in port cities or in portions of a country…
‘Stop feeding Moscow!’ – slogan of next Russian revolution, St. Petersburg regionalist says
The second anniversary of Boris Nemtsov’s murder near the wall of the Kremlin has sparked many memories about…
Despite crackdown, some brave Russians continue to demonstrate for Crimean Tatar rights
Yesterday as they have done every 18th of the month since November, small groups of activists have come…
Russians to erect monument to Putin
A monument to Russian President Vladimir Putin is being erected in Saint Petersburg, the Ataman of the IRBIS…
How Russian trolls are recruited, trained and deployed
Wikipedia defines a troll as Internet slang for “a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting…
Kreml-Propaganda baut ein Netzwerk pseudo-ukrainischer Nachrichtenportale auf
Die Redaktionen mehrerer Internet-Nachrichten-Portale, die sich als ukrainisch ausgeben, sitzen eigentlich in Büros in der Savuschkin-Straße in St.…