Conflict & Security | 2026-03-13
Poland builds Europe's first anti-drone shield
Poland, which watched Russian drones cross its border for the first time last September, is now deploying SAN-- Europe's first dedicated anti-drone shield -- built to stop the threat economically and at scale.
Society | 2026-03-13
Displaced Ukrainian children are not waiting for the war to end
Displaced by war, Ukrainian children are turning sports, art and dance into tools for survival and growth.
Conflict & Security | 2026-03-12
Battle-tested in Ukraine, drone killers head to the Gulf
Ukraine has spent four years shooting down the same drones now threatening US partners in the Gulf. Now it's sharing what it knows.
Society | 2026-03-12
No good deed goes unpunished in Putin's Russia
In today's Russia, saving lives can cost you your freedom, your savings, or your right to stay in the country.
Society | 2026-03-11
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.
Society | 2026-03-11
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.
Politics | 2026-03-10
Russia's regions are going broke to fund the Kremlin's war
Russia's regional budgets closed 2025 with a deficit five times larger than the year before.
Conflict & Security | 2026-03-10
Russia's recruits are dying before their first paycheck
New reports reveal Russian recruits are killed within days of signing contracts, often because they couldn't afford survival gear the army failed to provide, leaving families with a bureaucratic nightmare.
Society | 2026-03-09
Russian pensioners turn to soup kitchen as war economy stutters
Rising prices and shrinking pensions are pushing Russia's elderly toward charity kitchens once unthinkable in major cities.
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.
Society | 2026-03-06
Russia promised to protect Donbas. It hollowed it out instead.
Russia turned economic strangulation into a tool of occupation -- and forced 1.5 million people to flee.
Society | 2026-03-05
Russia records one of the world's highest emigration totals
A historic wave of emigration has created a diaspora that Moscow increasingly seeks to monitor, register and control.
Justice | 2026-03-05
Russia moves to criminalize diaspora silence
The Kremlin is moving to eliminate the loophole that allows Russians abroad to hide their foreign citizenships or residency permits.
Conflict & Security | 2026-03-04
From balloons to bridges, Lithuania fortifies against Russia and Belarus
From rigged bridges to smuggler balloons, Lithuania is preparing for conflict that may arrive in fragments rather than invasion.
Commentary | 2026-03-04
London and Oslo move to lock down NATO's northern flank
Britain and Norway move toward a deeper naval partnership in the High North amid rising Russian activity.
Society | 2026-03-03
The middlemen of mobilization
Across Russia, a growing network of recruiters profits from signing civilians up for war -- financed by regional budgets.
Conflict & Security | 2026-03-03
With 80,000 missing, Ukrainians abroad turn to DNA for answers
Overseas sampling campaigns offer displaced families a chance to confirm the fate of relatives lost in Russia's war against Ukraine.
Society | 2026-03-02
Ukrainian POW returns home after being declared dead and buried
A DNA mix-up led to a military funeral, years of mourning and now an investigation.
Conflict & Security | 2026-03-02
Ukraine's information campaign puts faces on Russia's war losses
By publishing detailed records of Russian casualties, a Kyiv-linked project aims to shape public perception of the war's cost.