Russia
A junta led by Colonel Assimi Goita took power in 2022 and broke the country's traditional alliance with France, in favor of Russia and saw a number of Wagner mercenaries deployed to the country.
Jul. 28
Wagner
Initially placed in a detention facility, Ivan Popov, the popular paratrooper general, has been allowed to await the outcome of an ongoing investigation at home.
Jul. 16
Wagner
The former SBU Colonel who was arrested on charges of exceeding his authority after organizing an unsanctioned 2022 attempt to get a Russian pilot to defect failed.
Jul. 16
Putin
Russian authorities in 58 regions have erected memorials to over 400 murderers, rapists, drug dealers and armed robbers who died in the war against Ukraine.
Jul. 10
Europe
Europe’s new High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy brings a much-needed defiance, capturing the shared Baltic and Eastern European memory of the danger of the Russian threat.
Jun. 29
War in Ukraine
A list published in the EU's Official Journal includes several companies located in Hong Kong as well as two global satellite giants.
Jun. 25
Putin
One year on from the most serious challenge to Putin's authority in almost a quarter of a century in power, he now appears more secure than ever.
Jun. 24
Russia
The mercenary chief died in a mysterious aeroplane crash two months after ordering the short-lived mutiny on June 23-24 2023.
Jun. 23
Moscow’s actions in Syria should serve as cautionary tale for what they have long been preparing. Now the entire Mediterranean and Europe is at risk.
Jun. 23
Wagner
Kyiv’s 3rd Assault Brigade may have established some sort of record for the number of Russian service personnel taken captive during a single battle.
Jun. 13
Bakhmut
Russian news site Mediazona, working with BBC Russia, reported that 20,000 Wagner troops died during last year’s assault on Bakhmut, almost 90 percent of which were convicts.
Jun. 12
War in Ukraine
The Kremlin’s hunger for fresh meat for its war in Ukraine is insatiable, with African students, desperate to retain their residency rights, the latest group to catch the “selector’s eye.”
Jun. 10
HUR
An exclusive video obtained by Kyiv Post shows Ukrainian HUR special forces attacking enemy checkpoints, strongholds, foot patrols, and convoys of military equipment in the Golan Heights of Syria.
Jun. 3
Wagner
Mourners and fighters laid flowers at a statue of Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner mercenary group who died in a suspicious plane crash, at his grave on Saturday.
Jun. 2
ISW
Russia seems about to change sides in the Sudanese civil war to support the Sudan’s Armed Forces so it can establish a naval base on the Red Sea.
May. 28
War in Ukraine
Following the passing of Ukraine’s May 17 law to allow certain categories of prisoners to volunteer to serve in the military it was assessed that up to 20,000 would be eligible.
May. 27
