Russia is losing its grip on Kaliningrad, despite using the exclave for anti-Nato scare stories – EUobserver
Russia will use nuclear weapons if Nato tries to blockade Kaliningrad. That was the blunt warning from the Kremlin last…
[Interview] Why does Putin bother with elections when everybody knows they are a sham? Russia expert explains weekend vote – and how it may escalate war
No party critical of Russia’s war with Ukraine is standing in the Russian parliamentary elections, which for decades…
Israel triples size of key West Bank settlement, testing von der Leyen’s ‘unacceptable’ rebuke – EUobserver
Israel is to almost triple the size of its catastrophic E1 settlement in the West Bank, Haaretz has…
Russians feel puzzled after Putin issues fake, AI-fuelled claim of victory in a Ukrainian battle (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,656)
Every day, the Ukraine Battlefield update newsletter offers a clear look at how the war is unfolding on the ground.…
Russian forces in Donetsk salient are at risk of being cut off, after daring Ukrainian manoeuvre on independence day (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,643)
Every day, the Ukraine Battlefield update newsletter offers a clear look at how the war is unfolding on the ground.…
Putin takes aim at UK in anti-Nato game of fear – EUobserver
Western Europe has become so used to Russia’s petty violence on its territory that even assassinating a British…
What is now happening at the viral Moscow refinery whose ‘roof flew off’ in a blast in June? (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,630)
Every day, the Ukraine Battlefield update newsletter offers a clear look at how the war is unfolding on the ground.…
Russia’s new ‘drone‑proof’ tanks overwhelmed by Ukrainian swarms in Donbas battle (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,628) – EUobserver
Every day, the Ukraine Battlefield update newsletter offers a clear look at how the war is unfolding on the ground.…
Another record-distance Ukrainian strike leaves Russia’s Wildberries facing collapse — unless the Kremlin steps in(Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,625)
Every day, the Ukraine Battlefield update newsletter offers a clear look at how the war is unfolding on the ground.…
Poland’s six‑minute Russia missile scare shows how fast Nato can spot a threat — and the agonising slowness of deciding if to fire back
A Russian cruise missile came down in an open field near Tarnawa-Kolonia, in Poland’s Lublin province, shortly before…
EU options paper on Israel settler imports is ‘misleading’ and designed to ‘justify inaction’, legal scholars say – EUobserver
The European Commission is facing fresh legal scrutiny after a group of leading scholars questioned its options paper…
Germany has lost its moral compass, as it shields Israel from sanctions and legal scrutiny – EUobserver
Berlin’s moral compass has gone dangerously south. For decades post-war Germany stood, rightly, as the global exemplar of…