Russia-Ukraine war
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Why Putin is losing his war, and Xi is winning his
Putin chose to launch a kinetic war to expand his territory. Xi chose “grey zone” warfare – distinctly aggressive, but without firing a shot.
- by Peter Hartcher
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Russia retaliates against Ukraine for tanker attacks, unleashing drone barrage
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 70 attack drones and missiles, including cruise missiles from aircraft and Iranian-made, Shaheds.
Ukrainian drone strikes second Russian tanker
Moscow strongly condemned what it sees as a Ukrainian “terrorist attack” on a civilian vessel in the Kerch Strait and promised retaliation.
- by Hanna Arhirova
Ukrainian official admits attack on Russian warship at Black Sea
A Russian warship was seriously damaged by a Ukrainian drone on the Novorossiysk naval base, although Russia said it had fended off the attack.
- by Hanna Arhirova and Emma Burrows
Russia blames ‘phone scammers’ for tricking elderly into fire-bombing army enlistment offices
Most of the perpetrators of the recent attacks have been identified as aged 50 or older, according to media reports from two dozen Russian regions.
- by Nataliya Vasilyeva
Russia targets Ukraine’s Danube port, sending global grain prices higher
“Moscow is waging a battle for a global catastrophe,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “They need world food markets to collapse.”
- by Pavel Polityuk
‘House of cards’: Russia’s booming economy could lead to big problems
A spending splurge has boosted Russia’s economy but there are fears it is threatening the country’s financial stability.
- by Anatoly Kurmanaev
What the Niger coup could mean for Russia’s war in Ukraine
The military power grab is stoking fears Russia and the Wagner mercenary group could use the coup to their advantage.
- by Lucy Cormack and Chris Zappone
Russia invades Minecraft with anti-Ukrainian propaganda
“Glory to Russia,” declared a video tutorial on how to construct a flagpole with a Russian flag on Minecraft. It showed a Russian flag over a cityscape labelled Luhansk, one of the Ukrainian provinces that Russia has illegally annexed.
- by Steven Lee Myers and Kellen Browning
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Putin’s Russia flirts with nuclear catastrophe
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has delivered a repulsive reminder of the threat of nuclear war.
- The Herald's View
Wagner is not recruiting mercenaries now, but ‘keep in touch’, says Prigozhin
The leader of the aborted “march for justice” on Moscow’s military leadership in late June has published a voice message to would-be fighters with his Wagner Group.