Amy B. Zegart
North Korea’s direct involvement in the war with Ukraine on Russia side was never about charity or ideological solidarity - it was a calculated move. Beyond the political and economic gains, Pyongyang appears to have extracted practical military …
Ukrainian forces downed 74 out of the 95 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones and decoys, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported.
The number includes 920 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
German fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Aug. 26, Deutsche Welle (DW) reported.
“I know that there are governments that are trying to seize the money. But I would like to warn that this is not so easy legally,” Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said, warning that assets belonging to Russia’s central bank …
“It doesn’t matter what they say. Everybody’s posturing,” U.S. President Donald Trump said during a Cabinet Meeting on Aug. 26.
The new law will be extended to these three countries first, and then to the U.S. and Canada, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The Odesa Portside Plant (OPZ) will be put up for an open electronic auction with a starting price of 4.5 billion UAH (around $108 million), Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said.
Air defense support for Ukraine would involve U.S. aircraft, logistics, and ground-based radar facilitating a no-fly zone enforced by Europe, officials familiar with the discussions told the Financial Times.
Key developments on Aug. 26:
“This week, there will be contacts with Turkey, with the Gulf countries, and with European countries that could serve as platforms for talks with Russia. On our part, everything will be as ready as possible to end the war. It is important that …
“If Ukraine does not come to terms with the genocide in Volyn, if there is no exhumation or commemoration, it will have no chance of joining the European Union,” Kosiniak-Kamysz said.
In an interview with the Synergyir channel, Seyed Mohammad Sadr, a member of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, claimed that during the 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel in June, Russia passed Israel intelligence on the locations of Iranian …
The joint Russia-Belarus Zapad drills are a regular cause for concern in Europe.
While thinly veiled as defensive, the exercises have been straining Belarus' relations with its neighbors for over a decade. This September, they will be held again.
The …
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he plans to write a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump over Ukraine’s strikes on the Druzhba oil pipeline, which carries Russian crude to Hungary and Slovakia.
Ukraine continues to target infrastructure …
According to the data provided by the prosecutors, 202,997 criminal cases have been opened into unauthorized abandonment of military units, also known as absence without leave, from 2022 to July 2025. A total of 15, 564 people have been officially …
The number of HIV and hepatitis cases among Russian soldiers is on the rise, as Moscow appears to be deliberately recruiting those sick — even encouraging their enlistment.
According to the report from Carnegie Politika, the number of HIV cases …
Despite its stalled offensive in the area, Russia’s forces continue to suffer heavy casualties in Sumy. An attempted breakthrough near Yunakivka ended with the rout of an entire Russian regiment, claims
pro-war Russian channel Severny Kanal, which is …
