Eastern Europe Intelligence

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❗️Novorossiysk is under attack by Ukrainian strike drones, with Russian air defenses actively operating over the city. #Russia

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Russia's Putin vows retaliation after accusing Ukraine of hitting student dormitory

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Satellite images show damage from two attacks on Russia’s Yaroslavl refinery, with repair cranes near ELOU AVT-4 and AVT-3 columns, burn marks on AVT-3 equipment and a damaged tank. Oil processing has

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Drone operators from Ukraine’s 105th Volodymyr the Great Border Guard Detachment are dismantling Russian positions north of Chernihiv Oblast, while signaling to Belarus that the same response awaits i

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Ukrainian defenders have liberated 590 square kilometers of territory from occupiers since the beginning of the year, Zelensky says.

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv says spike in radiation detected after Moscow arms missiles with uranium - The Independent

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An Iskander-M missile that can carry nuclear warheads reportedly exploded at launch position during joint nuclear exercises with Russia in Belarus, Ukrainian channels report citing monitoring sources.

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Russia ‘looking for new soldiers’; Kyiv claims 83,000 dead so far in 2026 - Al Jazeera

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Ukraine live: Trump sends 5,000 troops to Poland as Nato jets scrambled over Baltics - The Independent

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Lukashenko says Belarus will not be dragged into Ukraine war, but will defend itself with Russia - Reuters

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Russia rehearses ‘use of nuclear forces’ in drills with Belarus

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Russia flexes nuclear muscles as tensions rise with NATO - Reuters

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More than 15,800 people killed in Russia’s all-out war on Ukraine: UN - Al Jazeera

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Russian drone hits Chinese ship off Ukraine before Putin meets Xi Jinping - Al Jazeera

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Ukraine’s 783rd Operational Preparation Brigade showed work on a new fortification line on one frontline axis. The unit said every meter of obstacles adds protection for Ukrainian troops, strengthens

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Russia requests UNSC extraordinary meeting after Kiev’s attack on Starobelsk college

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump sends 5,000 troops to Poland as Nato jets scrambled over Baltics - The Independent

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Ukrainian forces struck Russian troop quarters in Starobilsk, Luhansk region, housed in a former Shevchenko University building. Russian media report 35 casualties with up to 18 people possibly trappe

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Cannes 2026: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s 'Minotaur', about murder and corruption in Putin's Russia, jolts the festival

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Ukraine downed or suppressed 115 of 124 Russian drones overnight into May 22, including Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and other types launched from Russia and occupied Crimea. Hits were recorded at 5 locat

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US to send 5,000 more troops to Poland, Trump says

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❗️🇷🇺Kstovo Oil Refinery partially halts operations after 🇺🇦Ukrainian drone strikes — Reuters

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Russian troops didn't feel like joining a "meat wave" attack, so now they're getting a "detailed" explanation of why they were wrong. What a lovely country Russia is, with such lovely traditions.

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Northern Eagle drone operators from Ukraine’s 151st Mechanized Brigade detected a Russian equipment shelter during a reconnaissance combat flight and destroyed a 152mm D-30 howitzer. #Ukraine

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Putin and Lukashenko monitor joint Russia-Belarus nuclear exercises

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Zelensky said SBU Alpha special operators hit a Russian FSB headquarters and destroyed a Pantsir-S1 air defense system on temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory. He said the operation caused around

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Ukraine’s drones successfully attacked the Syzran oil refinery in Russia, triggering a fire at the facility. The strike adds another Russian fuel-processing site to the expanding wave of hits on refin

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Reuters says all major refineries in central Russia have halted or cut fuel output after recent Ukrainian drone attacks. Their combined capacity exceeds 238,000 tons per day, about a quarter of Russia

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Lavrov said Russia does not want to inflict excessive damage on territories it “liberates” and remains open to negotiations. He said Moscow is consistently carrying out the tasks of its so-called spec

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US warns Russia after Moscow threatens Latvia: ‘Nato membership will not protect you’ – as it happened - The Guardian

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As Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Sites, an Environmental Disaster Unfolds

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Russia’s Battlegroup North’s air defense units destroy over 90 Ukrainian fixed-wing UAVs

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Ukraine war briefing: Chinese ship hit on way in to Odesa port, says Zelenskyy - The Guardian

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US laboratories in Ukraine violate legal norms, threaten millions of people — Miroshnik

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Why is Trump deploying 5,000 troops to Poland?

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Hungary extends its ban on agricultural imports from Ukraine, Prime Minister Peter Magyar says. The government also withdraws Hungary's intention to leave the International Criminal Court.

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US State Secretary Rubio said the US has suspended three-way talks with Ukraine and Russia on ending the war, saying Washington sees no point in continuing meetings that produce no results and does no

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Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said Ukraine’s territorial integrity was guaranteed by the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, signed in Budapest, but the international community failed to ensure Ukraine’

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2/The parties agreed to resume bilateral dialogue and seek constructive solutions. Sybiha emphasized the importance of Ukraine’s accession to the EU and the timely opening of negotiation clusters.​​​​

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Russia and China condemn US over indictment of former Cuban leader

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❗️Russian Su-35/27 fighters approached a British RC-135W Rivet Joint electronic reconnaissance aircraft to a distance of only about six meters during a flight over the Black Sea.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Ukraine claims it killed scores of Russians in two strikes in occupied eastern region - CNN

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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha posted a selfie with a Swedish JAS-39 Gripen fighter and said this is what effective security and peace guarantees look like. He said Kyiv is working on Presid

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And it's another "good morning" in Russia. Following a drone visit, the Syzran oil refinery is on fire. This plant is part of Rosneft’s so-called Samara refining hub, which also includes the Kuybyshev

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Germany's Merz pitches 'associate' EU membership for Ukraine

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Japan says remilitarization criticism by China, Russia unfounded - Japan Wire by Kyodo News

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❗️🇺🇦Ukrainian servicemen from the 1st Separate Center of Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed a 🇷🇺Russian 220-mm MLRS Uragan.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Sweden handed Ukraine a unique handmade replica of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s battle banner during Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha’s visit. The original was lost after the 1651 Battle of Berestechko a

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Ukrainian Defense Forces are scaling up deep strikes on Russian logistics at ranges of 100–150+ km, and for some reason, the Russians aren't too thrilled about it.

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Zelensky said a renewed constructive three-way dialogue in the coming weeks, with Europeans involved, would be the right result. He said Ukraine had good contacts with the US on security and Russia-re

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China and Russia unite after Trump’s Beijing visit

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Armenia’s actions contradict relations with Russia, risk causing changes — senior diplomat

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FACTBOX: What is known about Bank of Russia vs Euroclear litigation

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How China and Russia could team up to shift global science ‘centre of gravity’

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Ukraine ally Britain eases sanctions on Russian oil as fuel prices surge over Iran conflict

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NATO planes down suspected Ukrainian drone over Estonia

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China and Russia block conservation bid for endangered emperor penguin - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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NATO's Baltic flank in crossfire between Ukrainian drones and Russian targets

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Ukrainian traveller injured in suspected elephant attack near Coimbatore

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After Trump visit, Xi hosts Russia’s Putin

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Putin says Russia-China ties at unprecedented level, invites Xi to Russia - Reuters

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How dependent is Russia on its economic ties with China?

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Ukraine increasingly able to strike inside Russia thanks to new drones

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China, Russia eye deeper ties ahead of Putin's visit to Beijing - Global Times

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Putin to meet in China with grown-up participant in 2000 joint photo — Kremlin aide

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Modi in Norway LIVE: PM calls for peaceful resolution of conflicts in West Asia and Ukraine

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❗️The first F-35 fighters have departed from the 🇺🇸USA to 🇵🇱Poland. They will be transferred to the Polish Air Force.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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The US approved selling Ukraine Hawk missile system support equipment valued at over $108 million, the State Department reports.

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2/and another Russian-controlled energy hub near occupied Crimea was also taken out of service.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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❗️Destroyed 🇷🇺Russian logistical vehicles are starting to accumulate along the roads approaching the temporarily occupied Mariupol.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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2/jurisdiction. In this way, Ukraine is taking a new important step in its campaign to recover compensation from the Russian gas monopolist.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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2/The footage shows how the unit thwarted yet another light attack before the enemy could even approach Ukrainian positions.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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