On November 6, a Ukrainian kamikaze drone (probably an A-22 Flying Fox) hit Russian warships in the Caspian Sea for the first time. According to the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, at least two targets were damaged. These are likely missile patrol ships Tatarstan and Dagestan moored at the Russian naval base in the city of Kaspiysk, Dagestan.
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Kyiv is imposing its own rules of the game on Moscow with the operation in the Kursk region
In August 2024, Ukraine initiated a military offensive in the Kursk Oblast. As of mid-October, Ukraine controls a larger portion of Russian territory than Russia managed to capture in Donetsk Oblast during their summer offensive campaign.
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Deep strikes into Russia: a partner’s decision for Ukraine’s strategic success
Two years ago, on May 31, 2022, President Joe Biden announced in his New York Times op-ed that the United States would provide Ukraine with high-mobility artillery rocket systems. The op-ed noted that the White House neither encourages nor allows Ukraine to launch strikes outside its borders. “We don’t want to prolong the war just to hurt Russia,”…
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How Russia’s economic lobby in the European Union works
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 27 EU states have imposed 13 rounds of sanctions on Russia. Since then, restrictions have been imposed on trade in oil, coal, timber, and many other resources. However, a serious loophole in the sanctions regime remains: European industry continues to buy raw materials classified as “critical” or “strategic”, such…
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Ukraine “denazifies” Russian neo-Nazi units on the battlefield
On May 9, Russia celebrated the victory over Nazism in World War II. The message of the victory over Nazism is one of Russia’s fundamental state-building messages. In Russian ideology, the “Russian nation” is seen as almost the sole victor over the Third Reich, while the term Nazism is demonized to the maximum extent possible….