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Ukraine Bookends Russia’s ‘Davos’ with Drone Raids on St. Petersburg

More than 140 drones intercepted on the forum’s final day; airport suspended; Zelensky’s open letter to Putin offers talks but promises more strikes if war continues Ukraine launched one of its largest drone attacks on Russia’s second city in the early hours of Saturday, striking St. Petersburg as delegates prepared to depart the St. Petersburg… Continue reading
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Dead Men and Prisoners Listed in Ukrainian Mobilization Fraud Scheme

As Ukraine’s manpower crisis deepens, authorities uncover recruitment fraud involving dead citizens, prisoners, and exempt individuals falsely listed as mobilized troops. Ukrainian authorities have uncovered a major falsification scheme inside the country’s military recruitment system, with officials accused of entering dead citizens, prisoners, and exempt individuals into mobilization databases in order to inflate enlistment figures.… Continue reading
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Hormuz Isn’t the Point

A controlled crisis in Hormuz could deepen East Asia’s dependence on U.S.-aligned energy flows much as Europe was severed from cheap Russian supply On 28 February 2026, United States and Israeli forces launched nearly nine hundred airstrikes against Iran within twelve hours, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, destroying nuclear facilities and missile infrastructure, and triggering… Continue reading
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Subordinate or Destroy: The Actual Logic Behind Washington’s Wars Against Russia, Iran, and China

Mackinder’s Revenge: How a Century-Old Theory of Global Domination Is Driving Three Wars Simultaneously An Editorial Analysis | May 2026 The wars currently consuming Ukraine, Iran, and the broader Middle East are treated in Western media as three distinct conflicts with separate causes, separate actors, and separate diplomatic remedies. That framing is analytically convenient but… Continue reading
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EU Leaders Ignore Deadly Starobilsk Dormitory Strike While Condemning Russian Retaliation

Western outrage again appears selective as deaths of 21 students in Lugansk receive little political attention, filtered through alliance politics rather than universal principle European Union leaders and several major Western governments have condemned Russia’s latest retaliatory missile strikes on Ukraine while remaining largely silent about the Ukrainian drone attack on the Starobilsk Professional College… Continue reading
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After Minab, Starobilsk: The Pattern of Civilian Children Becoming Targets in Modern War

As accusations and denials intensify, the central question remains unchanged: why do civilian children repeatedly become acceptable collateral in geopolitical conflict? The attack on the Starobilsk Pedagogical College in Russian-controlled Lugansk on 22 May entered public discussion through a familiar pattern of accusation, denial, and selective amplification. Russia’s representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia,… Continue reading
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After Minab, Starobilsk: The Pattern of Civilian Children Becoming Targets in Modern War

As accusations and denials intensify, the central question remains unchanged: why do civilian children repeatedly become acceptable collateral in geopolitical conflict? The attack on the Starobilsk Pedagogical College in Russian-controlled Lugansk on 22 May entered public discussion through a familiar pattern of accusation, denial, and selective amplification. Russia’s representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia,… Continue reading
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Moscow Warns Baltic States Against Deeper Involvement in Ukraine Drone War

Russian intelligence claims Latvia is facilitating Ukrainian drone operations against Russian territory, raising the risk that the Baltic theatre could become the next escalation point in the widening confrontation between NATO and Moscow. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has accused Latvia of permitting Ukrainian drone operators to use NATO territory for potential strikes against targets inside… Continue reading
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NATO’s Baltic Gamble Risks Direct War With Russia

Allegations of Ukrainian drone operations linked to Latvian territory expose the collapsing boundary between proxy conflict and open confrontation between nuclear powers, while Europe drifts deeper into a war increasingly detached from democratic consent or strategic restraint. The alleged use of Latvian territory and NATO-linked infrastructure for Ukrainian drone operations against targets deep inside Russia… Continue reading
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