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(MOSCOW, RUSSIA) – The rapid political developments in Venezuela and Russia’s inability to shape or reverse events there are prompting a wider debate inside Russia about the country’s declining global influence and the costs of its ongoing war against Ukraine. Russian military bloggers, commentators and some street level voices haveContinue Reading

(CHERNIHIV, UKRAINE) – The Ukrainian government has launched a large scale evacuation along its northern border with Russia to protect civilian lives against a growing military threat. This move signals that Kyiv is now treating a previously stable sector as a potential new axis for a Russian offensive in 2026.Continue Reading

(KUPIANSK, KHARKIV) – The Kremlin’s strategic objectives for the new year, including the capture of major Ukrainian urban centres and a renewed push into northern territories, have been characterised as a pipe dream by military analysts following the collapse of Russian efforts in Kupiansk. Foreign policy analyst Jimmy Rushton suggestsContinue Reading

(MOSCOW, RUSSIA) – Russia has begun 2026 facing sustained disruption to its civil aviation network, as Ukrainian drone attacks targeting the Moscow region have forced repeated airport closures and widespread flight cancellations during the peak New Year and Orthodox Christmas travel period. According to multiple media reports, Ukrainian drones haveContinue Reading

(TEHRAN, IRAN) – Protests and unrest have continued in Iran this week amid reports that the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has a contingency plan to travel to Moscow if opposition to his rule intensifies. The protests, which began at the end of December 2025, have spread to manyContinue Reading

YELETS, LIPETSK OBLAST, RUSSIA) – As 2026 begins, Russia continues to claim that Ukraine’s defeat is inevitable, but a recent Ukrainian long range drone strike has again challenged that narrative. A fire broke out at the Energia defence manufacturing plant in the city of Yelets, a facility that plays anContinue Reading

(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Major General Chip Chapman has suggested that neither Ukraine nor the Russian Federation are nearing a point of collapse despite the continuing conflict. The former British Army commander dismissed recent rhetoric from the Russian dictator who claimed that his forces are operating at pace. General Chapman describedContinue Reading

(LIPETSK, RUSSIA) – Reports emerged on Tuesday, 6 January 2026, of a large scale aerial offensive involving more than 100 unmanned aerial vehicles targeting various regions within the Russian Federation. The strikes led to a significant fire at a petroleum storage facility in the Lipetsk region. Local residents in UsmanContinue Reading