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• December 05, 2025

  How A Ukrainian Drone Strike On Russia Has Crippled Kazakh Oil Exports

  A drone strike on an oil-loading facility off Russia’s Black Sea coast has ignited a diplomatic spat between Ukraine and Kazakhstan, exposed the Central Asian country’s reliance on a single oil pipeline for exports, and possibly endangered gasoline supplies in Europe.

• December 04, 2025

  Reply Of The Ukrainian Cossacks: Russian Invasion Sparks Military Photo Trend

  A painting of Ukrainian Cossacks raucously defying a hostile foreign power in the 17th century has taken on new relevance amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, sparking a trend of Ukrainian soldiers replicating the historical scene.

• December 04, 2025

  Rising Afghanistan-Pakistan Tensions Threaten Chinese Investments

  Escalating tensions between Islamabad and Kabul are threatening the interests of China, the dominant economic player in the region.

• December 03, 2025

  Russian Drone Advances Increase Threat To Ukraine's Battlefield Medics

  As Russia’s invasion rages on, Ukrainian medical personnel are becoming increasingly vulnerable, from medevac vehicles near the fighting to hospitals in the rear. Experts warn that as frontline areas expand and Russia deploys more advanced weapons, it is becoming harder to keep medical workers safe.

• December 03, 2025

  The 'Polite' American Storming Russian Trenches In Ukraine

  A video captured by an American volunteer in Ukraine has struck a chord on social media for its rare display of humanity in the corpse-littered forests of the Donbas.

• December 02, 2025

  China-Russia–Led Bloc Launches Anti-Terror Drills In Iran: How Big A Deal Is It For Tehran?

  Iran’s first Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) counterterrorism drill is less about joint military strength and more about sending a signal: Tehran wants the world to see it as strategically relevant, even if the exercise itself demonstrates little real multilateral capability.

• December 02, 2025

  What's Fueling Bulgaria's Biggest Protests In Decades?

  Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Sofia and other Bulgarian cities to join protests late on December 1 against the ruling coalition's budget plans, forcing the government to withdraw them the next morning.

• December 01, 2025

  The Fugitive Oligarch, The Cryptocurrency, And A 'Wild' Kremlin-Blessed Sanctions Evasion Scheme

  What's unique about the cryptocurrency A7A5 is that it appears to be set up not only to circumvent Western sanctions; it also appears to be a pillar for a larger Kremlin effort to build a parallel financial system.

• December 01, 2025

  Ukraine Faces Labor Shortage As Russia's War Empties Factories And Farms

  Ukraine’s need to get people to the front to fight the Russian invasion is also creating a manpower problem nationwide, with labor shortages hitting many industries and some towns virtually empty of conscription-age men.

• November 30, 2025

  Unmasking 'Dr. Evil': Ukrainian Soldiers Haunted By The Horrors Of A Russian Prison

  In an award-winning investigation conducted jointly with OCCRP, Schemes determined the identity of a doctor whose conduct stood out in the memories of inmates who said they suffered near-constant violence and abuse at IK-10, a prison in Russia’s Mordovia region.

• November 29, 2025

  Beaten, Stressed, Isolated -- A Ukrainian Civilian's Ordeal In Russian Prisons

  Serhiy Akhmetov sat down with RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service a few weeks after his release from Russian prison for an interview in which he recalled beatings, food shortages, and desperate efforts to get news after he was arrested in Bucha by Russian soldiers.

• November 28, 2025

  Ukraine's Long-Distance Drones Take Toll On Russia's Oil Business -- And War Chest

  Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign is hitting Russia’s oil and gas sector on an almost daily basis, knocking out an estimated 10 percent of refining capacity as Kyiv doubles down on strikes aimed at squeezing Moscow’s wartime revenues.

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