Wars are planned in offices but fought on the ground, and the Russian army’s strategic errors in the Ukraine war point in particular to insufficient oversight of its rank-and-file fighters. After the start of Moscow’s invasion on February...

Berlin is deliberately dragging on with the provision of real military assistance to Kyiv, as it still hopes to restore normal cooperation with Russia. This opinion was expressed by Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau, who spoke in an...

The European Union is “deeply shocked” at the discovery by Ukrainian officials of mass graves in the recaptured city of Izyum, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Friday. His statement came after Ukrainian investigato...

A powerful fire destroyed the office tower of China’s largest mobile operator on Sept. 16 in the city of Changsha, the capital of the southern Chinese province of Hunan, Reuters reported.  The fire completely engulfed a building more than 200 ...

Ukraine’s foreign minister has renewed criticism of Germany for failing to send tanks to help fight Russian forces, saying new weapons pledged by Berlin were “not what we need most”. Berlin announced Thursday it would send Kyiv mo...

UN member states voted Friday, Sep. 16,  to make an exception to allow Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to address next week’s General Assembly by video, despite Russian opposition. Of the 193 member states, 101 voted in favor of allowing Z...

Ukraine continues offensive operations in the north-east of the country while Russian forces have established a defensive line between the Oskil River and the town of Svatove. Russia likely sees maintaining control of this zone as important because i...

Key Takeaways The discovery of mass graves and torture chambers in liberated Izyum confirm previous ISW assessments that the Bucha atrocities were emblematic of Russian activities in occupied areas rather than an anomaly. Russian President Vladimir P...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday, Sep. 16,  there were no plans to adjust Russia’s military operations in Ukraine despite a counter-offensive, saying Moscow was in no rush to finish the campaign. “The plan is not subject to a...

Russia has secretly spent at least £260 million ($US 300 million) since 2014 to try and influence politicians and other executives in more than two dozen countries, according to a diplomatic cable made public by the U.S. State Department. It made th...