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Russian general killed in blast outside Moscow identified as Damir Davydov, MoD official responsible for ammunition supplies to front
Yesterday saw the Balashikha neighborhood's second car bombing, as Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik was killed nearby in similar circumstances in April 2025.
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A second round of interference: After Pashinyan’s election victory, Moscow is set to increase its economic pressure on Armenia
From import bans to threats over gas prices and migrant rights, Russia will continue its efforts to reverse Yerevan’s Westward move.
Investigation shows Russia plans to produce 72 Mi-8 helicopters in two years, potentially offsetting war losses
37 Mi-8MTV-1 helicopters will be made at the Kazan Aircraft Plant by the end of 2026, according to leaked documents reviewed by @dallas-ua.bsky.social.
“Mr. Ivanishvili thinks that everybody is plotting against him,” Salomé Zourabichvili tells The Insider
The current government in Tbilisi is incapable of accurately assessing the scale of real public discontent — or coping with it, according to Georgia's fifth president.
Russia launches drone strike on spent nuclear fuel facility at Chornobyl, radiation levels remain normal
IAEA’s Rafael Grossi described the incident as “deeply concerning,” with large volumes of nuclear material located within meters of the strike site.
First evidence emerges of Russia transporting fuel to Crimea using military trucks disguised as civilian vehicles
The move follows successful strikes on Russian military logistics, according to the AFU. Crimea is facing severe gasoline shortages, recently capping sales at 20 liters per customer.
NATO forces shoot down drone over Latvia for the first time as another UAV explodes in Moldova
А French fighter jet made the interception between Rēzekne and Kārsava, near the border with Russia’s Pskov Region. Residents in several districts received alerts urging them to take shelter.
The loyalty test. Trump’s purge of moderate Republicans is an electoral gift to the Democrats
Trump is using primaries to punish disloyal Republicans, but purging dissenters could weaken the GOP in key Senate and House races ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Armenia’s Pashinyan wins election but fails to secure constitutional majority, faces risk of new escalation with Azerbaijan
Pashinyan’s party did not achieve the two-thirds majority of seats required to adopt the constitutional changes demanded by Baku.
Disruptions from unidentified drones cost German aviation industry close to €160 million in 2025
The largest incident involved unidentified UAVs entering the airspace of Munich Airport on Oct. 2 and 3. 81 flights were cancelled and 46 were delayed.
Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections ended with a victory for the Civil Contract party led by the country’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan. The party…
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Russia plans to produce 72 Mi-8MTV-1 helicopters over the next two years, including 37 by the end of 2026, according to minutes from a meeting attended by…
Bidzina Ivanishvili's regime in Georgia has become so saturated with its own propaganda about a foreign "deep state" that it has begun to see threats even from…
Russia struck the site of the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility near the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant with a drone in the early hours of June 7,…
On June 6, AFU spokesman Vladyslav Voloshyn said the command of Russia’s Dnepr grouping of troops had ordered the mass use of civilian vehicles to transport…
For the first time, NATO air force jets patrolling the skies over the Baltic states have shot down a drone over Latvia, according to a statement released by…
With November’s mid-term elections fast approaching, Donald Trump has decided to use the Republican primaries as a weapon to fight fellow partisans whom he…
Civil Contract, the party of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, won the country’s June 7 parliamentary elections, receiving 49.8% of the vote, according…
German airports were fully or partially closed 116 times in 2025 due to unidentified drone flights, with at least 226 drone sightings recorded during the year,…
The general killed on June 9 in an explosion in Balashikh outside Moscow was Lt. Gen. Damir Davydov, the Russian Defense Ministry official responsible for…
