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Russia’s ‘Zapad’ drill has Europe on edge about low-key attacks
Russia used the previous “Zapad,” or “West” in Russian, training in September 2021 to deploy the forces that eventually invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
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In search of new partners, Russia courts Gulf countries
Iran, Russia and China held their fifth joint naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman last month.
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Putin has ‘not broken’ Ukraine in 4 years since Russian invasion, Zelenskyy says
Russia’s larger army over the past year of fighting has captured just 0.79% of Ukraine’s territory, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
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Proposed peace plan for Ukraine leaves country in delicate position
A U.S. proposal to end the war in Ukraine puts the country in a delicate position — caught between placating the U.S. and not capitulating to Russia.
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Russia-Belarus military drills start this week. Here’s what to know
The last time Russia and Belarus held major joint military drills in 2022, Moscow sent its troops into Ukraine just days later.
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UK’s Royal Navy has ‘serious’ anti-submarine warfare gap, committee finds
The Royal Navy has a “serious anti-submarine warfare gap” that weakens the U.K.’s ability to respond to Russia’s submarine and underwater sabotage threats.
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Polish foreign minister fingers Russia’s GRU in rail track blast
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that the two suspects have since fled Poland by crossing the country’s border with Belarus.
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Casualties in Ukraine war could hit 2 million, report warns
A new report warns that the number of soldiers killed, injured or missing on both sides of Russia’s war on Ukraine could hit 2 million by the spring.
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NATO’s Black Sea nations decry Ukraine war spillover endangering commercial ship traffic
The meeting signals a coordinated approach by the three NATO littoral states to the growing risks to commercial shipping and maritime infrastructure arising from the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Space industry lacks workers needed to rebuild satellites lost in war, report says
The U.S. does not have enough engineers, technicians and assemblers to rebuild military space assets destroyed in a war with China or Russia, per RAND.
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