Society | 2026-03-18
Crimea's teenagers are done with Russia
Crimea's youth are learning Ukrainian in secret, fleeing conscription and turning away from Russia -- and Moscow knows it.
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Ukraine's AI drones are coming to Poland
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The Kremlin's phone checks are everywhere now
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Displaced Ukrainian children are not waiting for the war to end
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Poland builds Europe's first anti-drone shield
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Battle-tested in Ukraine, drone killers head to the Gulf
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No good deed goes unpunished in Putin's Russia
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Left in the dark: Independent sites fill the gap Russia's military leaves behind Russia has hidden its war dead for four years. Independent websites are helping families find the truth and the support they're owed.
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Russia spends record sums burying its war dead New procurement data reveals the Kremlin spent more on military funerals and memorials in 2025 than in any previous year of the war.
Conflict & Security | 2026-03-09
How Russia helped scale the Shahed threat now reaching the Gulf
The Shahed drones Iran is firing at Gulf states are produced in a Russian factory, upgraded with Russian modifications, and battle-tested through four years of strikes on Ukraine.
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Russia promised to protect Donbas. It hollowed it out instead.
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Russia records one of the world's highest emigration totals
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Russia moves to criminalize diaspora silence
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London and Oslo move to lock down NATO's northern flank
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From balloons to bridges, Lithuania fortifies against Russia and Belarus
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The middlemen of mobilization
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With 80,000 missing, Ukrainians abroad turn to DNA for answers
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Ukrainian POW returns home after being declared dead and buried
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Ukraine's information campaign puts faces on Russia's war losses
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Russia turns universities into drone war recruitment hubs
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Russia's slow gains in Ukraine carry a human cost unseen in modern warfare
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US expands footprint in South Caucasus through deals, drones and diplomacy
Who do you trust most to report accurately on events in the former Soviet space?
Society | 2026-02-26
For Kyiv's elderly, surviving winter is a full-time job
Elderly residents face freezing homes, long journeys for food and a shrinking safety net.
Society | 2026-02-23
