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otkaz-0_w Ukrainian serviceman Shaba stays at a trench used as an observation point at a frontline area in Ruska Lozova, a village retaken by the Ukrainian forces, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region

Putin appears to back off threats as Nordics prepare to join NATO

Vladimir Putin appeared to climb down on Monday from Russia's objections to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, saying Moscow had no issues with them entering the U.S.-led military alliance they now aim to join in reaction to his invasion of Ukraine.

put-stal-0_w Masks depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, left, and jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, right, among others, are displayed at a souvenir shop in St. Petersburg.

Is Russia headed for a return to Stalinism?

Putin can’t reconstruct the regime that Stalin built — or save Russia from chaos

vag-0_w Ukrainian servicemen carry bodies of Russian soldiers killed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, before putting them in a refrigerated rail car

Ukrainian servicemen load bodies of Russian soldiers onto refrigerated rail cars

Ukrainian military authorities loaded the bodies of Russian soldiers collected after fighting in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions onto refrigerated rail cars on Friday.

sud_w War crimes trial — first of many — starts in Ukraine

War crimes trial — first of many — starts in Ukraine; Russian commanders taking risks under growing pressure

The trial of a single Russian sergeant opened in Ukraine in what is expected to start a massive prosecution for war crimes in a months-long conflict that on Friday saw fighting rage in the east as Russia appeared to suffer new losses when its forces attempted to breach a key river.

su-57-0_w Fact-check: Did Russia use the Su-57 stealth fighter in Ukraine?

Fact-check: Did Russia use the Su-57 stealth fighter in Ukraine?

The Sukhoi Su-57 Felon is the newest fighter jet in the arsenal of the Russian Aerospace Forces. The prototype took off in 2010 and immediately became the subject of rumor and speculation. 

psix-0_w Russian Troops Fed Up With ‘Old Nutjob’ Putin Vanish After Bizarre ‘Tribunal’

Russian Troops Fed Up With ‘Old Nutjob’ Putin Vanish After Bizarre ‘Tribunal’

A group of Russian soldiers who didn’t want to «keep going ahead» in Ukraine were reportedly stripped, tied up, and whisked off in buses to an unknown location.

stir-mash-0_w Ukrainian service member next to a destroyed Russian battle tank in the Kharkiv region on May 9

Sanctions forcing Russia to use appliance parts in military gear, U.S. says

With Western technology sales banned, Russia is using computer chips meant for household appliances in battlefield gear, Commerce secretary tells a Senate hearing

ut-0_w Ukraine Town Makes Mockery of Putin’s Troops and Their Shitty Arsenal

Ukraine Town Makes Mockery of Putin’s Troops and Their Shitty Arsenal

An eastern Ukrainian village that suffered tremendous devastation at the onset of the war is now turning the tables on Russian forces.

ukr-ros-0_w As the Kremlin’s Strategy Shifts, So Must Kyiv’s

Can Ukraine’s Military Keep Winning?

In 2014, when Russian forces entered the Crimean Peninsula, they faced remarkably little resistance. The Ukrainian military was weak, poorly trained, and corrupt. That was the Ukrainian military Russian President Vladimir Putin expected to encounter when he invaded the country again in February 2022. Assuming that the Ukrainian military would not put up much of a fight, Russia opted for a multipronged attack advancing from numerous locations in Russia, Belarus, and previously occupied Ukrainian territory. By the time it became clear that the multipronged invasion would not achieve the swift surrender that the Kremlin had expected, Russia’s forces were dispersed across a vast country and, in many cases, running critically short of supplies.

fuck-0_w «They Can Fuck Off With This War»: Putin’s Troops Finally Realize They’ve Been Hung Out to Dry

«They Can Fuck Off With This War»: Putin’s Troops Finally Realize They’ve Been Hung Out to Dry

Nearly three months after Vladimir Putin unleashed his «special military operation» against Ukraine and a day after his less-than-triumphant Victory Day speech, a series of intercepted phone calls and radio traffic suggest the «idiocy» of his war is finally becoming too much to bear for even his own troops.

odesa-udar-0_w A rescue worker at a destroyed shopping mall in Odesa, Ukraine, on Tuesday. The site was hit in a Russian missile strike late on Monday

A deadly strike hits Odesa within hours of a top European official’s visit

As the night sky over Moscow was lit by fireworks to mark Victory Day on Monday, Russian forces fired seven missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa.

gard-azst-0_w Men, women and children eat and drink at a food tent in Zaporizhzhia catering for evacuees after having arrived from Mariupol

«I didn’t think we would make it»: last wave of Azovstal evacuees reach safety

After two months sheltering in besieged Mariupol, civilians arrived in Ukraine-held Zaporizhzhia exhausted and with few possessions

net-yd-v-0_w Why the War in Ukraine Won’t Go Nuclear

Why the War in Ukraine Won’t Go Nuclear

Old Rules Still Apply to a New Era of Limited Conflict