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Putin hails developers of nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile, in latest signal to the West

Russian President Vladimir Putin has given state awards to the developers of the Burevestnik cruise missile and the Poseidon underwater torpedo, the latest signal in what analysts have cast as efforts by the Kremlin to discourage the West from supporting Ukraine. At an awards ceremony in the Kremlin on Tuesday, Putin claimed the two nuclear-powered, …

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Egypt Independent November 6, 2025

Ukraine says it killed Russian officer in Siberia using car bomb

Ukraine said Wednesday it had assassinated a Russian officer responsible for war crimes, targeting him with a car bomb inside Russia. Veniamin Mazzherin, who died at the weekend, was the deputy commander of a Russian military police unit in Kemerovo, southwest Siberia, according to Ukrainian Defense Intelligence. The Russian Guard special unit he helped lead …

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Egypt Independent October 30, 2025

UN report accuses Russia of war crimes in drone warfare and forcible transfer of civilians

A new report from the United Nations accuses Russia of committing crimes against humanity by attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure with drones, as well as committing war crimes through the forcible transfer of people. Drone attacks on civilians in areas along the front line of Russia’s war with Ukraine amount to the crime against humanity …

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Egypt Independent October 28, 2025

Jet-powered bombs and planes-turned-missiles: Ukrainian and Russian militaries improvise and adapt in a battle of wits

Improvise and innovate have become the watchwords for both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries as they try to outwit each other on the ground, at sea and in the air. Several recent developments illustrate this constant evolution of tactics and weaponry: a new Russian jet-powered bomb, the Ukrainian use of light planes as long-range ‘suicide …

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Egypt Independent October 25, 2025

Al-Sharaa seeks former president Al-Assad from Russia, confirms pursuit of legal action

The transitional Syrian President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is scheduled to request the extradition of former President Bashar al-Assad during his visit to the Russian capital, Moscow, on Wednesday, a Syrian source told Agence France-Presse (AFP). Al-Sharaa arrived in Moscow on Thursday where he is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a Syrian …

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Egypt Independent October 17, 2025

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Russian jet incursions over Estonia

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss Russian incursions over Estonia’s airspace, Estonian and UN officials said Sunday. Estonia requested the emergency meeting after three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered its airspace over the Gulf of Finland without permission on Friday. The jets remained for 12 minutes before being …

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Egypt Independent September 22, 2025

Russia-Belarus military drill tests nerves on NATO’s eastern flank at the end of a tense week

Alarms bells sounded this week in Europe after NATO jets scrambled to intercept an unprecedented Russian drone incursion in Poland. Now there is fresh unease on NATO’s eastern flank, as Russia and Belarus kick off major military drills to test the readiness of their armed forces. Friday marks the start of the main phase of …

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Egypt Independent September 14, 2025

Trump tells NATO members they must move first on Russia sanctions over Ukraine

President Trump is seen aboard Marine One before departing from New York City on September 12, 2025, for his Bedminster

NPR NEWS September 14, 2025

Trump to speak with Zelensky Thursday as momentum to end Russia’s war in Ukraine stalls

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’ll soon speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as momentum toward ending Russia’s war in Ukraine has largely stalled and left the White House frustrated. “I’m having a conversation with him very shortly, and I’ll know pretty much what we’re going to be doing. … I’ll be speaking to him …

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Egypt Independent September 4, 2025

Xi meets Kim a day after unprecedented show of unity with Putin at Chinese military parade

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un have sat down for formal talks in Beijing, a day after the pair and Russia’s Vladimir Putin put on an unprecedented show of unity against the West at a massive military parade. Xi and Kim began their meeting at the Great Hall of the People …

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