Ukraine Russia's FSB formally accused Ukraine of assassinating Putin ally Aleksander Dugin's daughter, saying the car bomb that killed Daria Dugina "was prepared and committed by the Ukrainian intell …

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Ukraine Russia said it has used Kinzhal ("Dagger") hypersonic missiles three times in Ukraine: one struck a weapons depot in Ivano-Frankivsk in March; I'm not sure about the other two. The Kinzhal mi …

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UkraineUkraine's defense ministry claims that its strikes on Russian air bases deep inside Crimea have forced Russia to move its aircraft back home, where they're harder to deploy to Ukraine.The NYT h …

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UkraineThe Post had an excellent research piece on how early U.S. warnings about a Russian invasion fell on deaf ears in Ukraine and with NATO allies. It makes sense that Pres. Zelensky would be wary …

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AfghanistanThe U.S. had been considering releasing about half of the nearly $10 billion in frozen Afghan central bank assets into a third-party trust to benefit Afghans - until a U.S. drone strike exp …

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China A five-person delegation of U.S. lawmakers landed in Taiwan for an unannounced visit - fewer than two weeks after House Speaker Pelosi's visit triggered China's wrath. China complained again, a …

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