Conflict & Security | 2026-05-14
Is Russia eyeing the deployment of nuclear weapons in Earth's orbit?
US commanders are war-gaming the scenario. Russia may be building for it. One nuclear weapon in orbit could knock out satellites, crash banking systems and end precision warfare as we know it.
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Russia's Army is running out of capable soldiers
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Ukraine's drone interceptors are now shooting down 80% of Russian Shaheds
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Russia's Supreme Court deleted 20 years of crime data
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Russia leaves dying Crimean prisoners behind bars
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No tanks at Russia's Victory Day parade for first time since 2007
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Kremlin moves to ban VPNs for citizens, spends $4 million on VPNs for itself
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From Russia's orbit to Europe's doorstep: Armenia makes its move After the CSTO abandoned Armenia in its hour of need, Yerevan chose a new partner, and this week, it made that choice official.
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Russia's Mali retreat puts its African model in question Russia's Africa Corps withdrew from its most symbolic position in Mali the same week Western forces demonstrated exactly the model Moscow claimed to have replaced.
Society | 2026-05-04
Russia puts combat veterans on urban patrol duty
Russia is deploying veterans of the so-called special military operation as street patrols. It is framed as a crime solution, but analysts say it's a warning to the public.
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The Kremlin is losing Russians over the internet
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Why foreigners keep coming to Ukraine -- even as bombs fall
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Freeze, expand or grind on: Russia's three-track war strategy
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Poland clamps down on eastern border aviation after Russian drones
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Warsaw is going underground
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Russia's Black Sea Fleet has nowhere left to run
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Ukraine targets the backbone of Russia's oil industry
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Russians feel they have nothing left to lose amid internet crackdown
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Ukrainians are rewriting their cultural calendar
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Russia has 1.6 million Ukrainian children. US funded the search
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Parades in poison: The cover-up behind Chernobyl's deadliest days
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The Chernobyl self-settlers: The last residents of a radioactive zone
Russia's internet crackdown is already underway. What happens next?
Technology | 2026-04-23
The drone war that runs on glass
A Ukrainian strike on Russia's sole fiber optic factory, surging Chinese prices, and a global supply crunch are reshaping how both armies fly their deadliest drones, but only one side prepared for the shortage.
