For the second year in a row, Russia failed to meet its targets for the Northern Sea Route, with cargo volumes declining and the Kremlin’s goals still out of reach.
President Vladimir Putin’s ambitious drive to turn the Arctic into a strategic …
Amy B. Zegart
For the second year in a row, Russia failed to meet its targets for the Northern Sea Route, with cargo volumes declining and the Kremlin’s goals still out of reach.
President Vladimir Putin’s ambitious drive to turn the Arctic into a strategic …



After Starlink was disabled for the Russian military, Ukraine recorded a sharp drop in Russian drones operating deep behind the lines; such strikes have now almost disappeared.
Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported a noticeable decline in Russian drone …
Russia is urging that details of the understandings discussed during U.S.-Russia talks in Alaska in August 2025 not be made public. That meeting brought together Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin says future negotiations should be …

A breakthrough in negotiations to end the “Ukrainian conflict” is possible only if the positions agreed at the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, are observed, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry …







Ukrainian forces have stepped up activity near Hulyaipole, but not as part of a counteroffensive, Ukraine’s military says. Pro-war Russian bloggers (“Z-channels”) are spreading false claims about a supposed Ukrainian “counteroffensive” and about …
Ukraine’s Defense Forces conducted a series of precision strikes on Russian military targets, inflicting what they described as significant losses to Russia’s “offensive potential.” The attacks destroyed a command post, an ammunition depot and, …
Ayk Gasparyan, the commander of the volunteer battalion “ArBat” with the call sign “Abrek,” went to war with the Russian Armed Forces and was killed after three years of fighting. “Abrek” had been imprisoned for robbery and was due to serve seven …
Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence directorate published an audio intercept it says confirms another war crime committed by Russian forces.
According to the intercepted call, two servicemen from Russia’s army shot local civilians in the Pokrovsk area and …


