War in Ukraine

Are peace negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow currently out of the question?

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Military fatigue

Olga Musafirova on how two articles about Ukraine published in The Economist and TIME magazine last week have been received domestically

Comment

Gunpowder, treason and plot

A Russian officer gives a harrowing account of the carnage he witnessed in the battle for the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka

Stories

‘Commander, I’m not going out there.’

A Russian draftee on his escape from the army, the Russian regime, and hope

Stories

‘I’d be facing 15 years in prison’

Olga Musafirova on how two articles about Ukraine published in The Economist and TIME magazine last week have been received domestically

Comment

Gunpowder, treason and plot

A Russian officer gives a harrowing account of the carnage he witnessed in the battle for the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka

Stories

‘Commander, I’m not going out there.’

A Russian draftee on his escape from the army, the Russian regime, and hope

Stories

‘I’d be facing 15 years in prison’

A Ukrainian prisoner abducted by the Russian military during its retreat from Kherson last year describes the brutal 10-month ordeal he and 250 of his fellow inmates shared

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The Great Escape

Should Putin’s claim that Russia has successfully tested a new experimental nuclear armed missile be cause for alarm?

Stories

Testing times

A Ukrainian prisoner abducted by the Russian military during its retreat from Kherson last year describes the brutal 10-month ordeal he and 250 of his fellow inmates shared

Stories

The Great Escape

Should Putin’s claim that Russia has successfully tested a new experimental nuclear armed missile be cause for alarm?

Stories

Testing times

The list of civilians killed in targeted Russian missile strikes in Ukraine continues to grow

Report

Slaughter of the innocents

While the Kremlin still doesn’t have full control of the four Ukrainian regions it claims to have absorbed, it has made the anniversary of their 'return' to Russia a new holiday

Stories

Holiday from reason

Air-raid sirens have sounded in the Ukrainian capital for over 1,000 hours since the Russian invasion began

Stories

The hours

The number of non-profit organisations collecting donations ‘for the front’ has risen sharply in Russia over the past year, though their links to the state are often significant

Data

Alms for the war

The list of civilians killed in targeted Russian missile strikes in Ukraine continues to grow

Report

Slaughter of the innocents

While the Kremlin still doesn’t have full control of the four Ukrainian regions it claims to have absorbed, it has made the anniversary of their 'return' to Russia a new holiday

Stories

Holiday from reason

Air-raid sirens have sounded in the Ukrainian capital for over 1,000 hours since the Russian invasion began

Stories

The hours

The number of non-profit organisations collecting donations ‘for the front’ has risen sharply in Russia over the past year, though their links to the state are often significant

Data

Alms for the war

Ukraine is unlikely to get Western jets before next spring

Comment

Delayed air support

Ukraine is unlikely to get Western jets before next spring

Comment

Delayed air support

The Russian army is bent on capturing Ukraine’s Kupyansk and has deployed significant forces in that direction. Still, a Russian takeover of the city is nearly impossible — at least for now

Stories

A tale of one city

What is happening in Ukraine’s Bakhmut, razed to the ground by the Russian army, after a year of hostilities?

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Trapped in Bakhmut

Is it true that Ukraine’s counter-offensive has lost traction, while Russia also has no particular prospects for an advance? Military expert Yury Fedorov explains

Stories

Stalemate or warm-up?

The Russian army is bent on capturing Ukraine’s Kupyansk and has deployed significant forces in that direction. Still, a Russian takeover of the city is nearly impossible — at least for now

Stories

A tale of one city

What is happening in Ukraine’s Bakhmut, razed to the ground by the Russian army, after a year of hostilities?

Stories

Trapped in Bakhmut

Is it true that Ukraine’s counter-offensive has lost traction, while Russia also has no particular prospects for an advance? Military expert Yury Fedorov explains

Stories

Stalemate or warm-up?

The man behind the downing of the MH17 flight over Ukraine in 2014 has been charged with ‘extremism’ in Russia for criticising Putin

Stories

What Igor Strelkov’s arrest means for Russia’s ‘patriots’ faction

Russian army general Sergey Surovikin has been unreachable since the Wagner mutiny. We consult experts to find out what could have happened to him

Stories

Where is General Surovikin?

The man behind the downing of the MH17 flight over Ukraine in 2014 has been charged with ‘extremism’ in Russia for criticising Putin

Stories

What Igor Strelkov’s arrest means for Russia’s ‘patriots’ faction

Russian army general Sergey Surovikin has been unreachable since the Wagner mutiny. We consult experts to find out what could have happened to him

Stories

Where is General Surovikin?

How residents of Ukraine’s Kherson region live on both banks of the Dnipro after the Kakhovka dam collapse

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‘We heard neighbouring houses collapsing at night’

Nadia, a Ukrainian, lost her home and three pets to a Russian drone attack. One cat was pulled from the rubble three days later. This is her story

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‘You never know if tomorrow is going to come’

How Kyiv’s military and diplomatic leverage are tied together, explains international relations expert Liana Fix

Interview

‘Russia will stay tarnished by the legacy of this war’

Locals recount what the flooding after the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse took away from them

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‘The occupiers will leave and we’ll rebuild again’

How residents of Ukraine’s Kherson region live on both banks of the Dnipro after the Kakhovka dam collapse

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‘We heard neighbouring houses collapsing at night’

Nadia, a Ukrainian, lost her home and three pets to a Russian drone attack. One cat was pulled from the rubble three days later. This is her story

Stories

‘You never know if tomorrow is going to come’

How Kyiv’s military and diplomatic leverage are tied together, explains international relations expert Liana Fix

Interview

‘Russia will stay tarnished by the legacy of this war’

Locals recount what the flooding after the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse took away from them

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‘The occupiers will leave and we’ll rebuild again’

Russia’s army claims to have ‘destroyed’ all of Ukraine’s military hardware six months ago. We try to make sense of their triumphant calculations

Data

Something doesn’t add up

Russia’s army claims to have ‘destroyed’ all of Ukraine’s military hardware six months ago. We try to make sense of their triumphant calculations

Data

Something doesn’t add up

The Kakhovka dam break has dealt a major blow to Crimean authorities: the region’s harvest is under threat

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A well that runs dry

Russia refuses to evacuate locals with Ukrainian passports, while water-borne mines explode in the town

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Rock bottom: testimonies by residents of flooded Nova Kakhovka

Local voices from the Kherson region, flooded after the collapse of Kakhovka HPP dam

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Kherson region floods: ‘The buildings collapsed like houses of cards’

The Kakhovka dam break has dealt a major blow to Crimean authorities: the region’s harvest is under threat

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A well that runs dry

Russia refuses to evacuate locals with Ukrainian passports, while water-borne mines explode in the town

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Rock bottom: testimonies by residents of flooded Nova Kakhovka

Local voices from the Kherson region, flooded after the collapse of Kakhovka HPP dam

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Kherson region floods: ‘The buildings collapsed like houses of cards’

On average, eight towns and villages are shelled daily, with almost 300 people killed and injured. Novaya-Europe’s data analysis

Data

War reaches Russian border regions

Experts discuss the political ambitions of Yevgeny Prigozhin, PMC Wagner’s founder

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Wagner boss Prigozhin’s plans for Russia

On average, eight towns and villages are shelled daily, with almost 300 people killed and injured. Novaya-Europe’s data analysis

Data

War reaches Russian border regions

Experts discuss the political ambitions of Yevgeny Prigozhin, PMC Wagner’s founder

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Wagner boss Prigozhin’s plans for Russia

Эксперты — о политических амбициях Евгения Пригожина

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«Ниша ''патриотов'' сегодня полностью занята Путиным»

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‘I won’t sign the contract even at gunpoint’: Russian conscript returns home in a zinc-lined coffin

Novaya Gazeta Europe’s video department, Novaya Gazeta Europe-

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The fighters coalition

Kyiv is preparing to receive F-16 fighter jets from its allies. This won’t be much help for the counteroffensive, but will make it harder for Moscow to win a war of attrition

Ukraine’s air defence capabilities are growing and Russian missile attacks are becoming less effective. Now the Russian army has no choice but to shoot off missiles randomly

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Defence against the devil

Эксперты — о политических амбициях Евгения Пригожина

Stories

«Ниша ''патриотов'' сегодня полностью занята Путиным»

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‘I won’t sign the contract even at gunpoint’: Russian conscript returns home in a zinc-lined coffin

Novaya Gazeta Europe’s video department, Novaya Gazeta Europe-

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The fighters coalition

Kyiv is preparing to receive F-16 fighter jets from its allies. This won’t be much help for the counteroffensive, but will make it harder for Moscow to win a war of attrition

Ukraine’s air defence capabilities are growing and Russian missile attacks are becoming less effective. Now the Russian army has no choice but to shoot off missiles randomly

Stories

Defence against the devil

How justifying the war became the Kremlin’s raison d’être

Opinion

War world

How justifying the war became the Kremlin’s raison d’être

Opinion

War world

Novaya-Europe investigates the shortcomings of Russia’s border security

Stories

How did saboteurs manage to breach the Russian border so easily?

It seems that Russia almost captured Bakhmut, but there’s no point to this success

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Ukraine’s Bakhmut: is it captured by Russians or is the fight still on?

Ukrainian cruise missiles and drones can reach the whole of Donbas and Crimea as well as major Russian cities. Map

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Ukraine’s war arsenal: Russian cities in potential danger

Novaya-Europe investigates the shortcomings of Russia’s border security

Stories

How did saboteurs manage to breach the Russian border so easily?

It seems that Russia almost captured Bakhmut, but there’s no point to this success

Stories

Ukraine’s Bakhmut: is it captured by Russians or is the fight still on?

Ukrainian cruise missiles and drones can reach the whole of Donbas and Crimea as well as major Russian cities. Map

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Ukraine’s war arsenal: Russian cities in potential danger

Russian military remains tight-lipped about the incident, while Ukraine and PMC Wagner’s Prigozhin point fingers at Russian air defence

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Downed aircraft over Russia’s Bryansk region: who’s responsible?

The warlord might be provoking the higher-ups on purpose to get out of Ukraine, experts say

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‘What if Grandpa is a dickhead?’: PMC Wagner’s Prigozhin steps up criticism against Russian leadership

Russian military remains tight-lipped about the incident, while Ukraine and PMC Wagner’s Prigozhin point fingers at Russian air defence

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Downed aircraft over Russia’s Bryansk region: who’s responsible?

The warlord might be provoking the higher-ups on purpose to get out of Ukraine, experts say

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‘What if Grandpa is a dickhead?’: PMC Wagner’s Prigozhin steps up criticism against Russian leadership

Experts study how Ukraine managed to destroy a Russian hypersonic missile thought to be impossible to intercept

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Air defence war between Russia and Ukraine: Kinzhal vs Patriot

Head of Ukrainian military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov disclosed secret plans to potentially bring all POWs back home. What motivated him?

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Is an ‘all for all’ prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia possible?

Highschoolers and their mothers reflect on the prospect of going to war right after high school

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Young blood: Russian men can now sign up for contract service as young as 18

We take a look at the Russian Volunteer Corps and other formations within the AFU

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Russians fighting for Ukraine: who recruits them and how?

Experts study how Ukraine managed to destroy a Russian hypersonic missile thought to be impossible to intercept

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Air defence war between Russia and Ukraine: Kinzhal vs Patriot

Head of Ukrainian military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov disclosed secret plans to potentially bring all POWs back home. What motivated him?

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Is an ‘all for all’ prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia possible?

Highschoolers and their mothers reflect on the prospect of going to war right after high school

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Young blood: Russian men can now sign up for contract service as young as 18

We take a look at the Russian Volunteer Corps and other formations within the AFU

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Russians fighting for Ukraine: who recruits them and how?

A high-tech Russian bomb may have caused the explosion in Belgorod, a city near the border with Ukraine

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Russia bombing its own cities

A high-tech Russian bomb may have caused the explosion in Belgorod, a city near the border with Ukraine

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Russia bombing its own cities

How Europe’s aid for Ukrainian refugees has changed a year into the war

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Welfare for the war-ridden

We talk to experts to find out what this move means

Stories

How will Russia’s deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus affect European security?

Frontline reports suggest that Russian troops have begun withdrawing from their positions

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Russian forces retreating?

How Europe’s aid for Ukrainian refugees has changed a year into the war

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Welfare for the war-ridden

We talk to experts to find out what this move means

Stories

How will Russia’s deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus affect European security?

Frontline reports suggest that Russian troops have begun withdrawing from their positions

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Russian forces retreating?

Kyiv is already training drones to strike targets deep within Russia, experts believe

Data

Russian regions targeted by shelling at least 480 times since war in Ukraine began

Novaya-Europe talks to experts about the possible direction of Kyiv’s new operation

Stories

What Ukraine’s spring offensive may look like

Kyiv is already training drones to strike targets deep within Russia, experts believe

Data

Russian regions targeted by shelling at least 480 times since war in Ukraine began

Novaya-Europe talks to experts about the possible direction of Kyiv’s new operation

Stories

What Ukraine’s spring offensive may look like

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Ukraine hands over wounded prisoners to Russia

Three stories told by Ukrainian photojournalist Daniil Russov

Podcast

Eyes of War

Dmitry Glukhovsky, author of Metro 2033, writes a speech for the Russian court where he is tried in absentia for speaking out against the war

Comment

Laws against humanity

Russia might lose trillions of dollars due to the invasion of Ukraine, a leading scholar on inequality and globalisation Branko Milanović estimates

Interview

‘If you go to war with somebody, you don’t keep your money in their pocket’

Stories

Ukraine hands over wounded prisoners to Russia

Three stories told by Ukrainian photojournalist Daniil Russov

Podcast

Eyes of War

Dmitry Glukhovsky, author of Metro 2033, writes a speech for the Russian court where he is tried in absentia for speaking out against the war

Comment

Laws against humanity

Russia might lose trillions of dollars due to the invasion of Ukraine, a leading scholar on inequality and globalisation Branko Milanović estimates

Interview

‘If you go to war with somebody, you don’t keep your money in their pocket’

An interview with Victoria Nuland, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Interview

‘American hearts bleed for Ukraine, but we also bleed for all Russian families affected by this war’

An interview with Victoria Nuland, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Interview

‘American hearts bleed for Ukraine, but we also bleed for all Russian families affected by this war’

Here, everyone remembers everything and waits for the culprits to be punished. There are more than enough witnesses. Olga Musafirova reports from Bucha, town of martyrs and heroes

Report

After Bucha

This is how Russia makes up stories about war heroes: a report from the home village of gunner Obukhov, killed in a drunken shootout in Kherson

Report

Oversung hero

How Ukraine’s economy managed to cope with the war crisis and switched to wartime footing on its own. An interview with Igor Burakovsky, Doctor of Economic Sciences

Interview

‘We have no economic disaster here like in apocalypse movies’

Here, everyone remembers everything and waits for the culprits to be punished. There are more than enough witnesses. Olga Musafirova reports from Bucha, town of martyrs and heroes

Report

After Bucha

This is how Russia makes up stories about war heroes: a report from the home village of gunner Obukhov, killed in a drunken shootout in Kherson

Report

Oversung hero

How Ukraine’s economy managed to cope with the war crisis and switched to wartime footing on its own. An interview with Igor Burakovsky, Doctor of Economic Sciences

Interview

‘We have no economic disaster here like in apocalypse movies’

The Kremlin is transforming the Russian economy to meet its war needs. Will it help Putin to win the long fight?

Comment

Military makeover

Interview with Marc Santora, a NYT journalist who has been working in Kyiv since the beginning of the war

Interview

‘So what is there to be scared of anymore?’

The Kremlin is transforming the Russian economy to meet its war needs. Will it help Putin to win the long fight?

Comment

Military makeover

Interview with Marc Santora, a NYT journalist who has been working in Kyiv since the beginning of the war

Interview

‘So what is there to be scared of anymore?’

Russia has used a new marine drone to blow up a bridge in the Odesa region. Novaya-Europe explains what kind of device could be used for such an operation

Comment

Russia’s drone fleet

What Ukraine’s answer to Russia’s ‘offensive in Donbas’ will be

Stories

Tanks at the Battle of Gaugamela

Russia’s budget was short 1.7 trillion rubles in January. Still, there are enough funds for ‘a couple years of war’, Novaya-Europe’s source says

Comment

Budget off to the front

Where and when is Russia planning its new offensive in Ukraine and how can Kyiv retaliate?

Stories

Russia strikes back

Russia has used a new marine drone to blow up a bridge in the Odesa region. Novaya-Europe explains what kind of device could be used for such an operation

Comment

Russia’s drone fleet

What Ukraine’s answer to Russia’s ‘offensive in Donbas’ will be

Stories

Tanks at the Battle of Gaugamela

Russia’s budget was short 1.7 trillion rubles in January. Still, there are enough funds for ‘a couple years of war’, Novaya-Europe’s source says

Comment

Budget off to the front

Where and when is Russia planning its new offensive in Ukraine and how can Kyiv retaliate?

Stories

Russia strikes back

What is behind Yevgeny Prigozhin’s campaign to turn members of his convict army into new national heroes? Sociologist Svetlana Stephenson explains

Comment

Prigozhin’s new pipeline

What is behind Yevgeny Prigozhin’s campaign to turn members of his convict army into new national heroes? Sociologist Svetlana Stephenson explains

Comment

Prigozhin’s new pipeline

Ukraine’s army has been increasingly attacking Russian territories — some located hundreds of kilometres away from the front line. Novaya-Europe’s research

Data

Licence to shell

Russians are getting rid of property in Crimea, Moscow, and regions bordering Ukraine

Data

How did the war affect Russia’s real estate market?

Can aviation secure a breakthrough in the war and who is willing to send fighter jets to Ukraine

Stories

Wings of victory?

Ukraine’s army has been increasingly attacking Russian territories — some located hundreds of kilometres away from the front line. Novaya-Europe’s research

Data

Licence to shell

Russians are getting rid of property in Crimea, Moscow, and regions bordering Ukraine

Data

How did the war affect Russia’s real estate market?

Can aviation secure a breakthrough in the war and who is willing to send fighter jets to Ukraine

Stories

Wings of victory?

Why did it take so long for Olaf Scholz to decide to give tanks to Ukraine? We ask Hanco Jürgens, an expert on modern German history

Interview

‘Waiting is a German political tradition’

The new Russian army commander in Ukraine is the one who came up with ‘hybrid war’ strategy — and this fantasy lured Russia into a trap

Stories

The story of General Gerasimov

Why did it take so long for Olaf Scholz to decide to give tanks to Ukraine? We ask Hanco Jürgens, an expert on modern German history

Interview

‘Waiting is a German political tradition’

The new Russian army commander in Ukraine is the one who came up with ‘hybrid war’ strategy — and this fantasy lured Russia into a trap

Stories

The story of General Gerasimov

Russia’s ‘air carrier killer’ missile did not hit the apartment block in Dnipro by accident: it was its exact target. Olga Musafirova reports from Dnipro

Report

‘It was no overshoot. They targeted the building’

Why the only way to freedom in Europe lies through helping Ukraine

Opinion

The Ramstein dilemma

Letter from jailed Russian politician Alexey Gorinov to Patriarch Kirill

Stories

‘Don’t you betray God by staying silent?’

Why the slaughterous battle for Soledar and Bakhmut is likely to be only the beginning of Russia’s exhausting, tedious, and fruitless winter campaign

Comment

The Bakhmut conundrum

Russia’s ‘air carrier killer’ missile did not hit the apartment block in Dnipro by accident: it was its exact target. Olga Musafirova reports from Dnipro

Report

‘It was no overshoot. They targeted the building’

Why the only way to freedom in Europe lies through helping Ukraine

Opinion

The Ramstein dilemma

Letter from jailed Russian politician Alexey Gorinov to Patriarch Kirill

Stories

‘Don’t you betray God by staying silent?’

Why the slaughterous battle for Soledar and Bakhmut is likely to be only the beginning of Russia’s exhausting, tedious, and fruitless winter campaign

Comment

The Bakhmut conundrum

A sharp rise in gun crime has been recorded in Russian regions. We study the causes behind it

Data

Imported violence

A sharp rise in gun crime has been recorded in Russian regions. We study the causes behind it

Data

Imported violence

The story of Kherson museum employees who were desperately trying to save the collection from being plundered by Russian troops

Stories

Museum takeaway

A report from Russia’s Samara region, where, amidst New Year celebrations, the draftees killed in Makiivka were buried quietly, so that no one would notice

Report

Deathly silence

Roscosmos is building up cooperation with Iran in terms of creating and launching spacecraft. Let’s see what Persian space science is about

Comment

Through tyranny to the stars

The story of Kherson museum employees who were desperately trying to save the collection from being plundered by Russian troops

Stories

Museum takeaway

A report from Russia’s Samara region, where, amidst New Year celebrations, the draftees killed in Makiivka were buried quietly, so that no one would notice

Report

Deathly silence

Roscosmos is building up cooperation with Iran in terms of creating and launching spacecraft. Let’s see what Persian space science is about

Comment

Through tyranny to the stars

Russia has provoked a new arms race: now, even its ‘allies’ want to protect themselves from it. Novaya-Europe’s analysis

Data

Finger on the trigger

Criminal case-fest for “fakes” in 2022: Russian opponents of war in Ukraine under investigation or slapped with cruel sentences

Stories

Speak out at your own risk

Russia has provoked a new arms race: now, even its ‘allies’ want to protect themselves from it. Novaya-Europe’s analysis

Data

Finger on the trigger

Criminal case-fest for “fakes” in 2022: Russian opponents of war in Ukraine under investigation or slapped with cruel sentences

Stories

Speak out at your own risk

The head of Wagner PMC has publicly challenged the leadership of the Russian army. Is Prigozhin in Russia forever now?

Stories

Eugenics

Russia’s top military brass and Putin are trying to craft an image of tough cookies and show they are ‘in the same boat’ with the soldiers. The results are not great

Stories

Operation Army Macho

Marine from Russia’s Vladivostok shares thoughts about the war in Ukraine

Stories

‘Why is this body still lying here?’

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are being held captive in Russia for ‘opposing the special operation’, with courts denying them basic right to counsel

Stories

Legal status: unknown

The head of Wagner PMC has publicly challenged the leadership of the Russian army. Is Prigozhin in Russia forever now?

Stories

Eugenics

Russia’s top military brass and Putin are trying to craft an image of tough cookies and show they are ‘in the same boat’ with the soldiers. The results are not great

Stories

Operation Army Macho

Marine from Russia’s Vladivostok shares thoughts about the war in Ukraine

Stories

‘Why is this body still lying here?’

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are being held captive in Russia for ‘opposing the special operation’, with courts denying them basic right to counsel

Stories

Legal status: unknown

27 mobilised Russians who retreated near Svatove are being threatened with prison time for desertion

Stories

‘It was going so great before our homeland betrayed them’

27 mobilised Russians who retreated near Svatove are being threatened with prison time for desertion

Stories

‘It was going so great before our homeland betrayed them’

This is how women of Saint Petersburg are trying to bring their mobilised husbands back home

Stories

‘Your husbands belong to the Defence Ministry’

Baikal battalion crushed in Ukraine while Buryatia authorities stay silent, relatives say

Stories

‘The 300s became 200s’

This is how women of Saint Petersburg are trying to bring their mobilised husbands back home

Stories

‘Your husbands belong to the Defence Ministry’

Baikal battalion crushed in Ukraine while Buryatia authorities stay silent, relatives say

Stories

‘The 300s became 200s’

Are peace negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow currently out of the question?

Stories

Military fatigue

Are peace negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow currently out of the question?

Stories

Military fatigue

Olga Musafirova on how two articles about Ukraine published in The Economist and TIME magazine last week have been received domestically

Comment

Gunpowder, treason and plot

A Russian officer gives a harrowing account of the carnage he witnessed in the battle for the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka

Stories

‘Commander, I’m not going out there.’

A Russian draftee on his escape from the army, the Russian regime, and hope

Stories

‘I’d be facing 15 years in prison’

Olga Musafirova on how two articles about Ukraine published in The Economist and TIME magazine last week have been received domestically

Comment

Gunpowder, treason and plot

A Russian officer gives a harrowing account of the carnage he witnessed in the battle for the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka

Stories

‘Commander, I’m not going out there.’

A Russian draftee on his escape from the army, the Russian regime, and hope

Stories

‘I’d be facing 15 years in prison’

A Ukrainian prisoner abducted by the Russian military during its retreat from Kherson last year describes the brutal 10-month ordeal he and 250 of his fellow inmates shared

Stories

The Great Escape

Should Putin’s claim that Russia has successfully tested a new experimental nuclear armed missile be cause for alarm?

Stories

Testing times

A Ukrainian prisoner abducted by the Russian military during its retreat from Kherson last year describes the brutal 10-month ordeal he and 250 of his fellow inmates shared

Stories

The Great Escape

Should Putin’s claim that Russia has successfully tested a new experimental nuclear armed missile be cause for alarm?

Stories

Testing times

The list of civilians killed in targeted Russian missile strikes in Ukraine continues to grow

Report

Slaughter of the innocents

While the Kremlin still doesn’t have full control of the four Ukrainian regions it claims to have absorbed, it has made the anniversary of their 'return' to Russia a new holiday

Stories

Holiday from reason

Air-raid sirens have sounded in the Ukrainian capital for over 1,000 hours since the Russian invasion began

Stories

The hours

The number of non-profit organisations collecting donations ‘for the front’ has risen sharply in Russia over the past year, though their links to the state are often significant

Data

Alms for the war

The list of civilians killed in targeted Russian missile strikes in Ukraine continues to grow

Report

Slaughter of the innocents

While the Kremlin still doesn’t have full control of the four Ukrainian regions it claims to have absorbed, it has made the anniversary of their 'return' to Russia a new holiday

Stories

Holiday from reason

Air-raid sirens have sounded in the Ukrainian capital for over 1,000 hours since the Russian invasion began

Stories

The hours

The number of non-profit organisations collecting donations ‘for the front’ has risen sharply in Russia over the past year, though their links to the state are often significant

Data

Alms for the war

Ukraine is unlikely to get Western jets before next spring

Comment

Delayed air support

Ukraine is unlikely to get Western jets before next spring

Comment

Delayed air support

The Russian army is bent on capturing Ukraine’s Kupyansk and has deployed significant forces in that direction. Still, a Russian takeover of the city is nearly impossible — at least for now

Stories

A tale of one city

What is happening in Ukraine’s Bakhmut, razed to the ground by the Russian army, after a year of hostilities?

Stories

Trapped in Bakhmut

Is it true that Ukraine’s counter-offensive has lost traction, while Russia also has no particular prospects for an advance? Military expert Yury Fedorov explains

Stories

Stalemate or warm-up?

The Russian army is bent on capturing Ukraine’s Kupyansk and has deployed significant forces in that direction. Still, a Russian takeover of the city is nearly impossible — at least for now

Stories

A tale of one city

What is happening in Ukraine’s Bakhmut, razed to the ground by the Russian army, after a year of hostilities?

Stories

Trapped in Bakhmut

Is it true that Ukraine’s counter-offensive has lost traction, while Russia also has no particular prospects for an advance? Military expert Yury Fedorov explains

Stories

Stalemate or warm-up?

The man behind the downing of the MH17 flight over Ukraine in 2014 has been charged with ‘extremism’ in Russia for criticising Putin

Stories

What Igor Strelkov’s arrest means for Russia’s ‘patriots’ faction

Russian army general Sergey Surovikin has been unreachable since the Wagner mutiny. We consult experts to find out what could have happened to him

Stories

Where is General Surovikin?

The man behind the downing of the MH17 flight over Ukraine in 2014 has been charged with ‘extremism’ in Russia for criticising Putin

Stories

What Igor Strelkov’s arrest means for Russia’s ‘patriots’ faction

Russian army general Sergey Surovikin has been unreachable since the Wagner mutiny. We consult experts to find out what could have happened to him

Stories

Where is General Surovikin?

How residents of Ukraine’s Kherson region live on both banks of the Dnipro after the Kakhovka dam collapse

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‘We heard neighbouring houses collapsing at night’

Nadia, a Ukrainian, lost her home and three pets to a Russian drone attack. One cat was pulled from the rubble three days later. This is her story

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‘You never know if tomorrow is going to come’

How Kyiv’s military and diplomatic leverage are tied together, explains international relations expert Liana Fix

Interview

‘Russia will stay tarnished by the legacy of this war’

Locals recount what the flooding after the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse took away from them

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‘The occupiers will leave and we’ll rebuild again’

How residents of Ukraine’s Kherson region live on both banks of the Dnipro after the Kakhovka dam collapse

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‘We heard neighbouring houses collapsing at night’

Nadia, a Ukrainian, lost her home and three pets to a Russian drone attack. One cat was pulled from the rubble three days later. This is her story

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‘You never know if tomorrow is going to come’

How Kyiv’s military and diplomatic leverage are tied together, explains international relations expert Liana Fix

Interview

‘Russia will stay tarnished by the legacy of this war’

Locals recount what the flooding after the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse took away from them

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‘The occupiers will leave and we’ll rebuild again’

Russia’s army claims to have ‘destroyed’ all of Ukraine’s military hardware six months ago. We try to make sense of their triumphant calculations

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Something doesn’t add up

Russia’s army claims to have ‘destroyed’ all of Ukraine’s military hardware six months ago. We try to make sense of their triumphant calculations

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Something doesn’t add up

The Kakhovka dam break has dealt a major blow to Crimean authorities: the region’s harvest is under threat

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A well that runs dry

Russia refuses to evacuate locals with Ukrainian passports, while water-borne mines explode in the town

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Rock bottom: testimonies by residents of flooded Nova Kakhovka

Local voices from the Kherson region, flooded after the collapse of Kakhovka HPP dam

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Kherson region floods: ‘The buildings collapsed like houses of cards’

The Kakhovka dam break has dealt a major blow to Crimean authorities: the region’s harvest is under threat

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A well that runs dry

Russia refuses to evacuate locals with Ukrainian passports, while water-borne mines explode in the town

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Rock bottom: testimonies by residents of flooded Nova Kakhovka

Local voices from the Kherson region, flooded after the collapse of Kakhovka HPP dam

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Kherson region floods: ‘The buildings collapsed like houses of cards’

On average, eight towns and villages are shelled daily, with almost 300 people killed and injured. Novaya-Europe’s data analysis

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War reaches Russian border regions

Experts discuss the political ambitions of Yevgeny Prigozhin, PMC Wagner’s founder

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Wagner boss Prigozhin’s plans for Russia

On average, eight towns and villages are shelled daily, with almost 300 people killed and injured. Novaya-Europe’s data analysis

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War reaches Russian border regions

Experts discuss the political ambitions of Yevgeny Prigozhin, PMC Wagner’s founder

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Wagner boss Prigozhin’s plans for Russia

Эксперты — о политических амбициях Евгения Пригожина

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«Ниша ''патриотов'' сегодня полностью занята Путиным»

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‘I won’t sign the contract even at gunpoint’: Russian conscript returns home in a zinc-lined coffin

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The fighters coalition

Kyiv is preparing to receive F-16 fighter jets from its allies. This won’t be much help for the counteroffensive, but will make it harder for Moscow to win a war of attrition

Ukraine’s air defence capabilities are growing and Russian missile attacks are becoming less effective. Now the Russian army has no choice but to shoot off missiles randomly

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Defence against the devil

Эксперты — о политических амбициях Евгения Пригожина

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«Ниша ''патриотов'' сегодня полностью занята Путиным»

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‘I won’t sign the contract even at gunpoint’: Russian conscript returns home in a zinc-lined coffin

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The fighters coalition

Kyiv is preparing to receive F-16 fighter jets from its allies. This won’t be much help for the counteroffensive, but will make it harder for Moscow to win a war of attrition

Ukraine’s air defence capabilities are growing and Russian missile attacks are becoming less effective. Now the Russian army has no choice but to shoot off missiles randomly

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Defence against the devil

How justifying the war became the Kremlin’s raison d’être

Opinion

War world

How justifying the war became the Kremlin’s raison d’être

Opinion

War world

Novaya-Europe investigates the shortcomings of Russia’s border security

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How did saboteurs manage to breach the Russian border so easily?

It seems that Russia almost captured Bakhmut, but there’s no point to this success

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Ukraine’s Bakhmut: is it captured by Russians or is the fight still on?

Ukrainian cruise missiles and drones can reach the whole of Donbas and Crimea as well as major Russian cities. Map

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Ukraine’s war arsenal: Russian cities in potential danger

Novaya-Europe investigates the shortcomings of Russia’s border security

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How did saboteurs manage to breach the Russian border so easily?

It seems that Russia almost captured Bakhmut, but there’s no point to this success

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Ukraine’s Bakhmut: is it captured by Russians or is the fight still on?

Ukrainian cruise missiles and drones can reach the whole of Donbas and Crimea as well as major Russian cities. Map

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Ukraine’s war arsenal: Russian cities in potential danger

Russian military remains tight-lipped about the incident, while Ukraine and PMC Wagner’s Prigozhin point fingers at Russian air defence

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Downed aircraft over Russia’s Bryansk region: who’s responsible?

The warlord might be provoking the higher-ups on purpose to get out of Ukraine, experts say

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‘What if Grandpa is a dickhead?’: PMC Wagner’s Prigozhin steps up criticism against Russian leadership

Russian military remains tight-lipped about the incident, while Ukraine and PMC Wagner’s Prigozhin point fingers at Russian air defence

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Downed aircraft over Russia’s Bryansk region: who’s responsible?

The warlord might be provoking the higher-ups on purpose to get out of Ukraine, experts say

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‘What if Grandpa is a dickhead?’: PMC Wagner’s Prigozhin steps up criticism against Russian leadership

Experts study how Ukraine managed to destroy a Russian hypersonic missile thought to be impossible to intercept

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Air defence war between Russia and Ukraine: Kinzhal vs Patriot

Head of Ukrainian military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov disclosed secret plans to potentially bring all POWs back home. What motivated him?

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Is an ‘all for all’ prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia possible?

Highschoolers and their mothers reflect on the prospect of going to war right after high school

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Young blood: Russian men can now sign up for contract service as young as 18

We take a look at the Russian Volunteer Corps and other formations within the AFU

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Russians fighting for Ukraine: who recruits them and how?

Experts study how Ukraine managed to destroy a Russian hypersonic missile thought to be impossible to intercept

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Air defence war between Russia and Ukraine: Kinzhal vs Patriot

Head of Ukrainian military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov disclosed secret plans to potentially bring all POWs back home. What motivated him?

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Is an ‘all for all’ prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia possible?

Highschoolers and their mothers reflect on the prospect of going to war right after high school

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Young blood: Russian men can now sign up for contract service as young as 18

We take a look at the Russian Volunteer Corps and other formations within the AFU

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Russians fighting for Ukraine: who recruits them and how?

A high-tech Russian bomb may have caused the explosion in Belgorod, a city near the border with Ukraine

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Russia bombing its own cities

A high-tech Russian bomb may have caused the explosion in Belgorod, a city near the border with Ukraine

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Russia bombing its own cities

How Europe’s aid for Ukrainian refugees has changed a year into the war

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Welfare for the war-ridden

We talk to experts to find out what this move means

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How will Russia’s deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus affect European security?

Frontline reports suggest that Russian troops have begun withdrawing from their positions

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Russian forces retreating?

How Europe’s aid for Ukrainian refugees has changed a year into the war

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Welfare for the war-ridden

We talk to experts to find out what this move means

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How will Russia’s deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus affect European security?

Frontline reports suggest that Russian troops have begun withdrawing from their positions

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Russian forces retreating?

Kyiv is already training drones to strike targets deep within Russia, experts believe

Data

Russian regions targeted by shelling at least 480 times since war in Ukraine began

Novaya-Europe talks to experts about the possible direction of Kyiv’s new operation

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What Ukraine’s spring offensive may look like

Kyiv is already training drones to strike targets deep within Russia, experts believe

Data

Russian regions targeted by shelling at least 480 times since war in Ukraine began

Novaya-Europe talks to experts about the possible direction of Kyiv’s new operation

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What Ukraine’s spring offensive may look like

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Ukraine hands over wounded prisoners to Russia

Three stories told by Ukrainian photojournalist Daniil Russov

Podcast

Eyes of War

Dmitry Glukhovsky, author of Metro 2033, writes a speech for the Russian court where he is tried in absentia for speaking out against the war

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Laws against humanity

Russia might lose trillions of dollars due to the invasion of Ukraine, a leading scholar on inequality and globalisation Branko Milanović estimates

Interview

‘If you go to war with somebody, you don’t keep your money in their pocket’

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Ukraine hands over wounded prisoners to Russia

Three stories told by Ukrainian photojournalist Daniil Russov

Podcast

Eyes of War

Dmitry Glukhovsky, author of Metro 2033, writes a speech for the Russian court where he is tried in absentia for speaking out against the war

Comment

Laws against humanity

Russia might lose trillions of dollars due to the invasion of Ukraine, a leading scholar on inequality and globalisation Branko Milanović estimates

Interview

‘If you go to war with somebody, you don’t keep your money in their pocket’

An interview with Victoria Nuland, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Interview

‘American hearts bleed for Ukraine, but we also bleed for all Russian families affected by this war’

An interview with Victoria Nuland, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Interview

‘American hearts bleed for Ukraine, but we also bleed for all Russian families affected by this war’

Here, everyone remembers everything and waits for the culprits to be punished. There are more than enough witnesses. Olga Musafirova reports from Bucha, town of martyrs and heroes

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After Bucha

This is how Russia makes up stories about war heroes: a report from the home village of gunner Obukhov, killed in a drunken shootout in Kherson

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Oversung hero

How Ukraine’s economy managed to cope with the war crisis and switched to wartime footing on its own. An interview with Igor Burakovsky, Doctor of Economic Sciences

Interview

‘We have no economic disaster here like in apocalypse movies’

Here, everyone remembers everything and waits for the culprits to be punished. There are more than enough witnesses. Olga Musafirova reports from Bucha, town of martyrs and heroes

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After Bucha

This is how Russia makes up stories about war heroes: a report from the home village of gunner Obukhov, killed in a drunken shootout in Kherson

Report

Oversung hero

How Ukraine’s economy managed to cope with the war crisis and switched to wartime footing on its own. An interview with Igor Burakovsky, Doctor of Economic Sciences

Interview

‘We have no economic disaster here like in apocalypse movies’

The Kremlin is transforming the Russian economy to meet its war needs. Will it help Putin to win the long fight?

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Military makeover

Interview with Marc Santora, a NYT journalist who has been working in Kyiv since the beginning of the war

Interview

‘So what is there to be scared of anymore?’

The Kremlin is transforming the Russian economy to meet its war needs. Will it help Putin to win the long fight?

Comment

Military makeover

Interview with Marc Santora, a NYT journalist who has been working in Kyiv since the beginning of the war

Interview

‘So what is there to be scared of anymore?’

Russia has used a new marine drone to blow up a bridge in the Odesa region. Novaya-Europe explains what kind of device could be used for such an operation

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Russia’s drone fleet

What Ukraine’s answer to Russia’s ‘offensive in Donbas’ will be

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Tanks at the Battle of Gaugamela

Russia’s budget was short 1.7 trillion rubles in January. Still, there are enough funds for ‘a couple years of war’, Novaya-Europe’s source says

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Budget off to the front

Where and when is Russia planning its new offensive in Ukraine and how can Kyiv retaliate?

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Russia strikes back

Russia has used a new marine drone to blow up a bridge in the Odesa region. Novaya-Europe explains what kind of device could be used for such an operation

Comment

Russia’s drone fleet

What Ukraine’s answer to Russia’s ‘offensive in Donbas’ will be

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Tanks at the Battle of Gaugamela

Russia’s budget was short 1.7 trillion rubles in January. Still, there are enough funds for ‘a couple years of war’, Novaya-Europe’s source says

Comment

Budget off to the front

Where and when is Russia planning its new offensive in Ukraine and how can Kyiv retaliate?

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Russia strikes back

What is behind Yevgeny Prigozhin’s campaign to turn members of his convict army into new national heroes? Sociologist Svetlana Stephenson explains

Comment

Prigozhin’s new pipeline

What is behind Yevgeny Prigozhin’s campaign to turn members of his convict army into new national heroes? Sociologist Svetlana Stephenson explains

Comment

Prigozhin’s new pipeline

Ukraine’s army has been increasingly attacking Russian territories — some located hundreds of kilometres away from the front line. Novaya-Europe’s research

Data

Licence to shell

Russians are getting rid of property in Crimea, Moscow, and regions bordering Ukraine

Data

How did the war affect Russia’s real estate market?

Can aviation secure a breakthrough in the war and who is willing to send fighter jets to Ukraine

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Wings of victory?

Ukraine’s army has been increasingly attacking Russian territories — some located hundreds of kilometres away from the front line. Novaya-Europe’s research

Data

Licence to shell

Russians are getting rid of property in Crimea, Moscow, and regions bordering Ukraine

Data

How did the war affect Russia’s real estate market?

Can aviation secure a breakthrough in the war and who is willing to send fighter jets to Ukraine

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Wings of victory?

Why did it take so long for Olaf Scholz to decide to give tanks to Ukraine? We ask Hanco Jürgens, an expert on modern German history

Interview

‘Waiting is a German political tradition’

The new Russian army commander in Ukraine is the one who came up with ‘hybrid war’ strategy — and this fantasy lured Russia into a trap

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The story of General Gerasimov

Why did it take so long for Olaf Scholz to decide to give tanks to Ukraine? We ask Hanco Jürgens, an expert on modern German history

Interview

‘Waiting is a German political tradition’

The new Russian army commander in Ukraine is the one who came up with ‘hybrid war’ strategy — and this fantasy lured Russia into a trap

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The story of General Gerasimov

Russia’s ‘air carrier killer’ missile did not hit the apartment block in Dnipro by accident: it was its exact target. Olga Musafirova reports from Dnipro

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‘It was no overshoot. They targeted the building’

Why the only way to freedom in Europe lies through helping Ukraine

Opinion

The Ramstein dilemma

Letter from jailed Russian politician Alexey Gorinov to Patriarch Kirill

Stories

‘Don’t you betray God by staying silent?’

Why the slaughterous battle for Soledar and Bakhmut is likely to be only the beginning of Russia’s exhausting, tedious, and fruitless winter campaign

Comment

The Bakhmut conundrum

Russia’s ‘air carrier killer’ missile did not hit the apartment block in Dnipro by accident: it was its exact target. Olga Musafirova reports from Dnipro

Report

‘It was no overshoot. They targeted the building’

Why the only way to freedom in Europe lies through helping Ukraine

Opinion

The Ramstein dilemma

Letter from jailed Russian politician Alexey Gorinov to Patriarch Kirill

Stories

‘Don’t you betray God by staying silent?’

Why the slaughterous battle for Soledar and Bakhmut is likely to be only the beginning of Russia’s exhausting, tedious, and fruitless winter campaign

Comment

The Bakhmut conundrum

A sharp rise in gun crime has been recorded in Russian regions. We study the causes behind it

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Imported violence

A sharp rise in gun crime has been recorded in Russian regions. We study the causes behind it

Data

Imported violence

The story of Kherson museum employees who were desperately trying to save the collection from being plundered by Russian troops

Stories

Museum takeaway

A report from Russia’s Samara region, where, amidst New Year celebrations, the draftees killed in Makiivka were buried quietly, so that no one would notice

Report

Deathly silence

Roscosmos is building up cooperation with Iran in terms of creating and launching spacecraft. Let’s see what Persian space science is about

Comment

Through tyranny to the stars

The story of Kherson museum employees who were desperately trying to save the collection from being plundered by Russian troops

Stories

Museum takeaway

A report from Russia’s Samara region, where, amidst New Year celebrations, the draftees killed in Makiivka were buried quietly, so that no one would notice

Report

Deathly silence

Roscosmos is building up cooperation with Iran in terms of creating and launching spacecraft. Let’s see what Persian space science is about

Comment

Through tyranny to the stars

Russia has provoked a new arms race: now, even its ‘allies’ want to protect themselves from it. Novaya-Europe’s analysis

Data

Finger on the trigger

Criminal case-fest for “fakes” in 2022: Russian opponents of war in Ukraine under investigation or slapped with cruel sentences

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Speak out at your own risk

Russia has provoked a new arms race: now, even its ‘allies’ want to protect themselves from it. Novaya-Europe’s analysis

Data

Finger on the trigger

Criminal case-fest for “fakes” in 2022: Russian opponents of war in Ukraine under investigation or slapped with cruel sentences

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Speak out at your own risk

The head of Wagner PMC has publicly challenged the leadership of the Russian army. Is Prigozhin in Russia forever now?

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Eugenics

Russia’s top military brass and Putin are trying to craft an image of tough cookies and show they are ‘in the same boat’ with the soldiers. The results are not great

Stories

Operation Army Macho

Marine from Russia’s Vladivostok shares thoughts about the war in Ukraine

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‘Why is this body still lying here?’

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are being held captive in Russia for ‘opposing the special operation’, with courts denying them basic right to counsel

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Legal status: unknown

The head of Wagner PMC has publicly challenged the leadership of the Russian army. Is Prigozhin in Russia forever now?

Stories

Eugenics

Russia’s top military brass and Putin are trying to craft an image of tough cookies and show they are ‘in the same boat’ with the soldiers. The results are not great

Stories

Operation Army Macho

Marine from Russia’s Vladivostok shares thoughts about the war in Ukraine

Stories

‘Why is this body still lying here?’

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are being held captive in Russia for ‘opposing the special operation’, with courts denying them basic right to counsel

Stories

Legal status: unknown

27 mobilised Russians who retreated near Svatove are being threatened with prison time for desertion

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‘It was going so great before our homeland betrayed them’

27 mobilised Russians who retreated near Svatove are being threatened with prison time for desertion

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‘It was going so great before our homeland betrayed them’

This is how women of Saint Petersburg are trying to bring their mobilised husbands back home

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‘Your husbands belong to the Defence Ministry’

Baikal battalion crushed in Ukraine while Buryatia authorities stay silent, relatives say

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‘The 300s became 200s’

This is how women of Saint Petersburg are trying to bring their mobilised husbands back home

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‘Your husbands belong to the Defence Ministry’

Baikal battalion crushed in Ukraine while Buryatia authorities stay silent, relatives say

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‘The 300s became 200s’