NewsSweden expands checks on Russia’s “shadow fleet” beyond its territorial waters, making half the Baltic a risk zone for Moscow3 June 2025
NewsAustrian-looking sniper rifles surface in North Korea — possibly supplied by Russia which acquires them by skirting international sanctions3 June 2025
NewsKerch Strait Bridge briefly closed to traffic after Ukraine says it damaged supports in underwater blast3 June 2025
NewsOwner of four trucks used to launch drones in Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb identified as 37-year-old native of Zhytomyr2 June 2025
NewsOSINT analysts confirm 13 Russian aircraft damaged by Ukrainian drone strikes in “historic” behind-the-lines Operation Spiderweb2 June 2025
NewsWeekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: Russian advance in Sumy Region, “old man with Starlink” near Chasiv Yar, record UAV raids on Russia30 May 2025
NewsVucic promises Serbia will halt indirect supplies of ammunition to Ukraine following accusations by Russian intelligence30 May 2025
NewsChinese supplier sold key gunpowder component to Russian importers, meeting over half of military demand in 202430 May 2025
NewsU.S. federal judge orders ICE to release Russian scientist Kseniia Petrova, arrested for “illegally” bringing frog embryos into the country29 May 2025
NewsGerman company Knauf supplies construction materials for Russian nuclear facility upgrades, Der Spiegel reports29 May 2025
NewsDutch intelligence report says Russian hacker group stole data on 63,000 police officers, targeted NATO government systems27 May 2025
NewsWeekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: Elusive saboteurs near Bryansk, record drone strikes on Russia, and Putin’s latest “buffer zone”24 May 2025
NewsSecretary-General of Finnish Parliament suspected of treason over disclosing state secrets, potential data leak to Russia23 May 2025
NewsRussian-Italian national Ruslan Sidiki sentenced to 29 years in prison for sabotage of Russian military logistics23 May 2025
NewsMilitary equipment deployed in central Moscow amid Ukrainian drone attacks, over 160 flights delayed as authorities jam signals22 May 2025
NewsUK accuses Russian GRU hackers of hijacking 10,000 security cameras across Ukraine and Europe to track Western aid shipments22 May 2025
NewsLatvia launches probe into KLC Group over sanctions evasion after The Insider’s investigation into supply of industrial equipment to Russia22 May 2025
NewsIntercepted radio and drone footage obtained by CNN show Russian soldiers receiving orders to execute Ukrainian POWs21 May 2025
NewsPoland intercepts Russian “shadow fleet” vessel near Baltic undersea power cable, says PM Donald Tusk21 May 2025
NewsRussian military base in Syria’s Khmeimim attacked by unknown assailants, reports of possible casualties20 May 2025
NewsUK expands sanctions list to include more “shadow fleet” tankers and company linked to Russian drones exposed by The Insider20 May 2025
NewsLatvian firm supplied Western industrial automation equipment to Russian defense sector despite EU sanctions20 May 2025
NewsRussia outlaws international NGO Amnesty International as “undesirable” in latest crackdown on dissent19 May 2025
NewsKremlin aide Yuri Ushakov says 9-for-9 prisoner exchange in the works after Trump-Putin call19 May 2025
NewsWeekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: Russia’s “tactical breakthrough” east of Myrnohrad, third F-16 lost, peace talks in Istanbul17 May 2025
NewsRussia’s lead negotiator Vladimir Medinsky misquotes made-up Bismarck line, invents new Napoleon quote while commenting on Ukraine talks16 May 2025
NewsArrests, blacklists, and a legal precedent: Key details of Russia’s first crackdown against book publishers under the “LGBT extremism” law16 May 2025
News63-year-old Russian political prisoner Alexei Gorinov “may not survive” after being diagnosed with TB and held in cold cell, says lawyer16 May 2025
InvestigationsFour rotors and a prayer: How Russia built a billion-ruble drone industry using Chinese parts16 May 2025The Insider
NewsThreats from Moscow, “detached” demands, largest POW exchange to date: Key takeaways from the Russia-Ukraine talks in Turkey16 May 2025
NewsRussian botnet begins sending out fake European articles defending Putin’s decision not to meet with Zelensky in Istanbul15 May 2025
NewsU.S. Justice Department seeks to deport Russian biologist working at Harvard for “smuggling” frog embryos15 May 2025