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Russian Ground Forces get new commander

Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on May 15 relieving General Oleg Salyukov, the aging commander of the Russian Ground Forces. He has been replaced by a younger officer with extensive...

What we know about Russia’s new 3-ton glide bomb

Newly released footage confirms that the Russian Air Force has begun using three-ton glide bombs in Ukraine. While it remains uncertain just how big a role this munition will play in the war, it adds to...

Chinese and Russian Influence Operations Threaten Safety of Jewish and Ukrainian Students

Russia, China, and Iran are waging information wars against Western countries, particularly at universities, and it’s Ukrainian and Jewish students who are paying the price.

The Gray Lady Quietly Retracts Yet Another Slander Against Israel

A newspaper can hide substantial reporting failures by describing a story as “updated” rather than admitting to malpractice by printing a correction. A headline on the front page of...

Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Two Weeks In

Nearly two weeks into their long-awaited counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces have made some initial tactical gains while also taking significant losses. However, the offensive has yet to reach its decisive...

Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has Likely Begun

Ukraine launched a flurry of localized offensives across the battlefield on June 4 and 5, most notably in Russian-occupied southern Donetsk Oblast. These attacks likely aim merely to probe Russian defenses...

UKRAINE REPORT: Russia, Ukraine Trade Missile and Drone Barrages as Counteroffensive Looms

Kyiv continues to pursue a weeks-long effort to set favorable conditions for success in its coming counteroffensive. These “shaping operations” aim to undermine the Russian military’s ability...

WAR IN UKRAINE UPDATE: Zelensky Visits Frontline City; Putin in Ukraine

Zelensky Visits Besieged City of Avdiivka

Xi, Putin Visit Light on Support for Russia’s Invasion

Putin Hosts Xi for State Visit Days after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest, Vladimir Putin hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a state visit. The event marked a diplomatic...

UN General Assembly votes 141-7 for Russian Forces to Withdraw from Ukraine

With an overwhelming vote of 141 in favor, seven opposed, and 32 abstentions, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly demanded on Thursday that Russia “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw...

Countdown to counteroffensive: Give Ukraine ATACMS before it’s too late

With renewed fighting expected, Kyiv needs the ability to attack deeper behind Russian lines in occupied lands, write a trio of FDD researchers.

Ukraine’s Counteroffensives in Kharkiv and Kherson and the Road Ahead

Ukraine’s stunning victory in Kharkiv Oblast has reshaped the battlefield and dealt a powerful blow to Vladimir Putin’s ambitions in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces continue to wage a more gradual...

Cancel Russia’s UN Contracts

Congress should insist that U.S. dollars not fund United Nations procurement from Russian companies.

The War in Ukraine and the Western Balkans

Lessons Learned and Recommendations

Ukraine: Peace Through Victory

Russia’s modern day foreign ministry seems to follow the old Soviet negotiating precept: What is mine is mine, what is yours is up for negotiation.

Biden must force feckless WHO to hold Russia accountable for devastating Ukraine’s health facilities

Russia has attacked hundreds of Ukrainian health care facilities since it invaded unprovoked in February, yet it remains a World Health Organization executive-board member with full voting rights. Indeed,...

Russia’s Potemkin army to parade on Red Square

During my eight years in Moscow, the annual May 9 Victory over Nazism Parade was a huge, nationally televised extravaganza. Journalists parsed President Vladimir Putin’s speech. Military attaches from...

Biden, like Obama, talks tough but does little about Putin’s war crimes

Will President Joe Biden’s cri de coeur “Putin is a war criminal” become former President Barack Obama’s “Assad must go?” Lofty words; noble intentions, for sure. But Obama came and went....

Putin’s war perverts a personal geography

Bucha? That was the leafy Kyiv suburb where we spent a Saturday afternoon, eating ice cream cones and exploring a city park defined by neatly clipped hedges, classical sculptures and fathers teaching their...