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At Russia’s flagship economic forum on 3 June, Konstantin Malofeev, founder of the Russian Orthodox monarchist media network Tsargrad and a US-sanctioned financier of Russia’s 2014 Donbas operation, presented a “Russia 2050” report whose “positive” scenario includes the use of nuclear weapons, Russian outlet Agentstvo reports. Alexander Dugin, the ultrarightContinue Reading

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Russia’s monthly production of ballistic missiles for its Iskander and Kinzhal systems is now running ahead of Lockheed Martin’s monthly production of PAC-3 MSE interceptors for the Patriot air-defense system. Ukraine relies on American PAC-3 MSE to stop those exact missiles, Defense Express chief editor Oleh Katkov said on SuspilneContinue Reading

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Russia’s GRU military intelligence service was preparing targeted terror attacks against engineers and other officials working at Ukrainian defense-industry factories, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) reports. The announcement came after detaining a GRU agent in Zakarpattia Oblast who was building intelligence files on the personnel involved. Russia has already killed prominentContinue Reading

russian-strike-damages-chinese-zeekr-dealership-in-kyiv,-while-chinese-components-have-been-documented-in-russian-weapons

A Russian overnight strike damaged a Chinese Zeekr dealership in Kyiv’s Podil district on 1-2 June. The premium electric-vehicle showroom at 4 Naberezhno-Luhova Street has temporarily suspended operations, the company said in its statement. China is Russia’s most important wartime economic partner — its top trading partner and a keyContinue Reading

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The newest automated remote-controlled turrets joined Kyiv Oblast’s air defense layer overnight on 2 June as Russia launched a “massive” drone-and-missile attack. The strike on the region continues, practically without pause throughout the night, Regional military administration Head Mykola Kalashnyk reports. In 2025, Ukraine announced the deployment of AI-guided defenseContinue Reading

belarus-is-now-integrated-into-russia’s-war-in-ways-that-go-beyond-hosting-troops-or-nuclear-weapons-—-belpol-investigation

Belarus is now industrially integrated into Russia’s war on Ukraine in ways that go well beyond hosting troops or nuclear weapons, ABC News reports. Over 500 Belarusian industrial enterprises now manufacture weapons and ammunition, repair military equipment, and provide logistics for Moscow’s forces, according to BELPOL.  It is an oppositionContinue Reading

russian-hits-maternity-ward-on-international-children’s-day-—-six-new-mothers,-their-newborns,-and-woman-in-active-labor-were-inside

A Russian drone struck the maternity ward of the city hospital in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odesa Oblast, on the morning of 1 June — International Children’s Day. Six new mothers with their newborns were inside the building, along with one woman in active labor, Odesa Regional Military Administration head Oleh Kiper reports.Continue Reading

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Russia has closed the Manhush-Berdiansk highway in occupied southern Ukraine after Ukrainian drone strikes on its logistics, residents of occupied Mariupol report in local chat groups, Vilne Radio wrote on 31 May. Drivers attempting the route between the two occupied cities have been turned back. Some say the section hasContinue Reading

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Ukraine’s Third Army Corps, one of the country’s most prominent formations, commanded by General Andrii Biletsky, plans to replace roughly 30% of its infantry with ground robotic systems by the end of 2026, his advisor Vladyslav Sobolevskyi told the Black Sea Security Forum in Odesa, Ukrinform reports. The plan, ifContinue Reading