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Analyzing New Drone Footage of Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s Web

3 days ago | themoscowtimes.com | Charlie Hancock

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has released four minutes of footage from Sunday’s Operation Spider’s Web drone attacks, which damaged and destroyed aircraft over 4,000 kilometers from Ukraine. While the SBU claims to have destroyed 41 military aircraft valued at over $7 billion, independent verification has not corroborated Ukraine’s figures.
Why Is Bashkortostan Getting a Ukrainian Cultural Center?

3 days ago | themoscowtimes.com | Leyla Latypova

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of The Moscow Times’ Regions Calling newsletter, where our reporters examine key trends and events shaping life and politics in Russia’s regions. This week, MT’s Indigenous special correspondent Leyla Latypova unpacks why the leader of her native republic of Bashkortostan, which has suffered some of the highest losses in the invasion of Ukraine, is now ordering the creation of the republic’s first Ukrainian cultural center.
Operation Spider's Web: What We Know About Ukraine’s Drone Attack on Bombers Deep Inside Russia

5 days ago | themoscowtimes.com | Charlie Hancock

Ukrainian security services conducted a massive drone attack against Russian military airbases on Sunday, striking thousands of kilometers from the front line in what President Volodymyr Zelensky said was their longest-range operation ever. The operation, code-named "Spider's Web," required months of preparation and the smuggling of drones into Russian territory.
Merz Says Germany, Ukraine to Jointly Produce Long-Range Weapons

1 week ago | themoscowtimes.com | Jastinder Khera

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Berlin will help Kyiv develop new long-range weapons that can hit targets well inside Russian territory. Both countries' defense ministers later signed a memorandum of understanding for the production of long-range weapons systems, but without revealing technical details or naming the manufacturers involved.
How the Circassian Genocide Remains an Inconvenient Truth for the Kremlin

1 week ago | themoscowtimes.com | Leyla Latypova

Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, The Moscow Times’ weekly newsletter helping you understand the key trends and events shaping life and politics in Russia’s regions. In this edition, MT’s Indigenous special correspondent Leyla Latypovazooms in on the events surrounding the Circassian Day of Mourning marked by both the vast Circassian diaspora and the community that remains in Russia. Subscribe hereso you never miss an issue.
Can Ukraine Freely Use Long-Range Western Weapons Against Russia? It’s Complicated. - The Moscow Times

1 week ago | themoscowtimes.com | Charlie Hancock

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz appeared Monday to reveal that Ukraine’s allies — namely, Britain, the U.S. and France as well as Germany — had lifted all restrictions on Kyiv’s use of Western weapons to strike military targets on Russian territory. It looked like a bold step to untie Ukraine's hands and give them greater freedom to defend itself. But a day later, the picture is less clear.
In 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow' Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov Track Russia's Broken Generation - The Moscow Times

1 week ago | themoscowtimes.com | Michele A. Berdy

In “Our Dear Friends in Moscow. The Inside Story of a Broken Generation,” journalists Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov set out to understand how some of their fellow journalists in Russia came to accept wholeheartedly the actions of Vladimir Putin’s government. Their friends are not uneducated Russians with no access to anything but official Russian government information.
In Russia’s Sakha, a Fallen Conscript’s Family Searches for Justice on the State’s Terms

2 weeks ago | themoscowtimes.com | Leyla Latypova

“We saw our Aman off to military service in Ussuriysk in June 2024 and never saw him again, a woman named Inna wrote on Instagram on April 21. Inna’s 22-year-old nephew, Aman Malyshev, had worked as a model in his native Yakutsk before he went to Ussuriysk, a city in the Far East, to complete the compulsory military training required of all Russian men aged 18-30. “Today, we were informed that he died in Bryansk,” a region near the border with Ukraine, Inna wrote. “He didn’t sign a contract.
Trump-Putin Call Signals Risky Shift Toward Appeasement Through Trade

2 weeks ago | themoscowtimes.com | Jason Corcoran

In a recent call with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump made one thing clear: once the war in Ukraine is over, Washington should focus on “large-scale trade” with Russia. Forget sanctions. Forget holding Russia accountable for its war crimes. Trump’s post-war vision is all about business. This dangerous shift toward appeasement threatens Western unity and exposes companies to serious risks. Trump’s call for “large-scale trade” is nothing new.
Will Putin Tap Tatarstan’s Global Appeal for the Russia-U.S. Rapprochement? - The Moscow Times

2 weeks ago | themoscowtimes.com | Leyla Latypova

Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, a new weekly newsletter from The Moscow Times helping you make sense of events and understand the key trends shaping life and politics beyond the Russian capital. In this week’s edition, MT’s Indigenous special correspondent Leyla Latypova explores how the republic of Tatarstan, which once strove to break away from Russia, has become indispensable to realizing the Kremlin’s grand foreign policy ambitions since the invasion of Ukraine.