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February 22, 2026, 02:05 PM - 8 min read
From Day 1 of the conflict, Western strategy has been predicated on the belief that economic sanctions would eventually cause either the Russian elite or its society to persuade Putin to abandon the war.
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February 22, 2026, 12:26 PM - 6 min read
Trump’s board of peace may be able to establish a free economic zone here or there and generate some real-estate development. But much of that will be done to benefit its members’ wallets or egos – or both.
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February 20, 2026, 01:17 PM - 8 min read
The Kalevala, a poetic masterpiece of nearly 23,000 lines, first appeared in 1835. Now, nearly 200 years later, those “luckless lands of the North” are an increasingly tense border zone. On one side sits Finland, affluent and famously “happy.” On the other side sits the Republic of Karelia that today is part of the Russian Federation. But on February 28, both will unite in celebration of Kalevala’s anniversary and the cultural-political independence it helped achieve.
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February 17, 2026, 01:25 PM - 5 min read
The Conference has exposed deeper fractures in US-EU relations and highlighted prevalent disagreements among EU leadership. Although Rubio adopted an unusually softer tone, the message remained clear: the US would not fund, defend, or take an easy stance on Europe—especially regarding its policies on immigration and defence.
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February 16, 2026, 01:23 PM - 7 min read
Offering logistically almost-impossible elections and a referendum with a highly uncertain outcome would be a smart way for the Ukrainian President and his European allies to buy themselves the time they need for a new strategy.
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February 6, 2026, 02:56 PM - 3 min read
The US-brokered negotiations being held in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) capital lasted two days and saw high-level delegations from the three countries remain deeply divided over various demands
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February 5, 2026, 02:54 PM - 2 min read
The first round of negotiations in the UAE had concluded last Wednesday, which Kyiv officials had described as “substantive and productive”, despite no apparent breakthrough
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February 5, 2026, 02:45 PM - 8 min read
The use of Iranian technology has helped Russia develop a fleet of sophisticated drones able to erode Ukrainian air defences and strain the country’s resolve. By doing so, Moscow is able to preserve more expensive missiles for long-range precision strikes.
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February 5, 2026, 12:07 PM - 3 min read
The EU’s plans to deploy troops to Ukraine are “dead”, warned Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Andrey Kelin, saying the presence of foreign troops on Ukrainian soil would be unacceptable to Russia
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February 5, 2026, 08:58 AM - 2 min read
The blast, which occurred at Kochetovka-2 station on the strategic Moscow-Voronezh-Rostov route, is said to have been triggered by the train’s derailment and caused a giant inferno that sent flames soaring more than 1,000 feet high into the sky
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February 3, 2026, 02:34 PM - 3 min read
Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv city’s military administration, said in a social media post that Russia hit Kyiv “in the bitter cold with another massive strike” overnight
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January 30, 2026, 03:17 PM - 3 min read
Trump said he and Putin had also discussed ceasefire possibilities in Ukraine in wake of the second round of peace talks scheduled to take place in the UAE
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