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Ukraine Warns Putin Could Announce Mass Mobilization After Duma Elections
Western and Ukrainian intelligence assessments have repeatedly pointed to severe Russian personnel losses and difficulties sustaining troop numbers through voluntary recruitment alone.
May 19, 2026
War in Ukraine
Xi Told Trump Putin May ‘Regret’ War on Ukraine, US President Targeted ICC
Xi Jinping reportedly told Trump that Putin may regret invading Ukraine, as talks in Beijing also touched on cooperation against the ICC.
May 19, 2026
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Putin Bringing Russia’s Economic Elite to High-Stakes China Visit
Vladimir Putin’s delegation to China will include some of Russia’s most powerful business and state finance figures, according to Kremlin officials.
May 18, 2026
War in Ukraine
CARTOON: No Rest for the Wicked: Putin on the Receiving End
Serhiy Kolyada’s ironic take on the latest international events.
May 18, 2026
Putin
OPINION: Bankrupting Russia
Kasparov warns Russia’s “imperial virus” must be defeated, and that only Ukraine’s victory and Russia’s bankruptcy can end Putin’s war.
May 18, 2026
War in Ukraine
OPINION: Putin Might Finally Need to Find Peace
For the first time in the 4.5 years of the war, it feels as if Putin might actually be willing to talk seriously about a peace in Ukraine, with Trump sidelined and Europe moderating.
May 17, 2026
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OPINION: The Third Last Russian Tsar
Putin’s version of Empire is unviable and fast coming to an end as Russia struggles with the dire miscalculation of having invaded Ukraine.
May 17, 2026
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Sandu Slams Putin’s Fast-Track Transnistria Passports as a Recruitment Tool for War
Moldovan President Maia Sandu fiercely condemned a new decree signed by Vladimir Putin that eliminates citizenship hurdles for residents of breakaway Transnistria.
May 17, 2026
Russian Lawmaker Warns of ‘Social Explosion’ Amid War Losses, Demands ‘Public Plan’ to End War
Russian Communist Party member urged authorities to publish a “clear public plan for ending the special military operation,” warning that failure to do so would deepen instability.
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