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EXPLAINER: Why the UN finally calls Russia’s cold a crime against humanity
A man in Kyiv. Fifty-three years old. Last winter. One precise fear. Not the missiles. Not the sirens. “The scariest thing was to fall asleep and not to wake up.”
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ANALYSIS: Abu Dhabi after November 4, a peace negotiated without Europe
A date. November 4. A Russian holiday. Then, maybe, a table. In the Gulf. The Kremlin set its calendar, and it pinned it to…
OPINION: China learns drone warfare on Kyiv’s back, and Moscow lends it a wind tunnel
Researchers at the windows. A jump. On September 28, a Russian strike hits the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv. Scientists jump out of…
COLUMN: Melania Trump wrests a truce for Oleshky, and Moscow has a different date
Melania Trump bent two general staffs. Not with missiles. With a calendar. Oleshky will breathe. A local truce starts on October 29, 2026. The…
EDITORIAL: Putin wants a final deal and signs it with 21 missiles on Kyiv
Putin wants a final deal. He said so on television. Not a short pause. A full settlement. Nothing less.
COLUMN: At 54 Volodymyrska Street, Moscow burns the address Ukrainian science has held since 1919
A Russian jet-powered drone struck the presidium building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on September 28, in broad daylight, at 54…
NARRATIVE: At 11:18 a.m. on a Monday, the Kremlin strikes Dnipro with its offices full
In Dnipro, once the search was over on September 28, the regional police were still trying to put a name to a woman found…
EXPLAINER: Putin denies any mobilization, then signs his fourth army expansion in seven months
Vladimir Putin signed a decree on September 28 that sets the authorized strength of Russia’s armed forces at 2,441,630 positions, including 1,550,500 service members.
EDITORIAL: Peskov names the “price” Ukraine will pay. Arm its sky before Putin’s spring
On September 28, speaking in Moscow, Dmitry Peskov warned that Ukraine would have to “pay a price for the actions that have taken place…
ANALYSIS: With decree 686, Putin hides who buys Russian oil and how his refineries are holding up
Decree 686, signed by Vladimir Putin on September 28, does not ban refining oil: it bans publishing the volumes.