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It's time to rewrite the war playbook

Why did the think-tanks, the military experts and the policy wonks get the Russia-Ukraine war so wrong?

US urges India to join Western crude price cap coalition against Russia

US dy secretary of treasury Wally Adeyemo meet FM Sitharaman during the final lap of his three-day trip to India, after visiting RBI governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday

India in talks with Russia over LNG supply resumption, says GAIL

"There are some immediate issues which we are trying to tackle both at the company level and also at G2G (government to government) level," said GAIL Chairman Manoj Jain

Russia claims responsibility for Ukrainian train station missile strike

Russia's Defence Ministry has confirmed that its forces were behind the missile strike on a railway station in central Ukraine that Kiev said left at least 25 people dead, including civilians

Forest fires in Russia burn over 100,000 hectares of land in 3 days: Report

Smoke from forest fires has recently reached the capital Moscow, limiting visibility in the city

Six months into war, Russian goods continues to flow to US amid sanctions

On a hot, humid East Coast day this summer, a massive container ship pulled into the Port of Baltimore loaded with sheets of plywood, aluminum rods and radioactive material all sourced from the fields, forests and factories of Russia. President Joe Biden promised to inflict pain and deal a crushing blow on Vladimir Putin through trade restrictions on commodities like vodka, diamonds and gasoline in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine six months ago. But hundreds of other types of unsanctioned goods worth billions of dollars, including those found on the ship bound for Baltimore from St. Petersburg, Russia, continue to flow into US ports. The Associated Press found more than 3,600 shipments of wood, metals, rubber and other goods have arrived at US ports from Russia since it began launching missiles and airstrikes into its neighbor in February. That's a significant drop from the same period in 2021 when about 6,000 shipments arrived, but it still adds up to more than $1 billion

India breaks streak of UN abstentions on Ukraine, votes against Russia

Breaking its streak of abstentions on votes related to Ukraine, India has voted for a procedural matter that Russia opposed at the UN Security Council

Major traders, banks cut business ties with Russia-backed Nayara: Report

Nayara per se has not been sanctioned as part of the international response to what Russia calls its 'special military action' against Ukraine but sanctions are in place against Rosneft.

India to tell US that Russia oil price cap needs broader consensus: Report

The South Asian nation, which has emerged as one of the biggest buyers of Russian oil since the invasion of Ukraine, is hesitant to join the plan unless a consensus is reached with all buyers

Russia mulls up to 30% oil discounts for some Asian buyers: Report

India is reluctant to join the scheme, since its industry worries it could lose out to other buyers on the chance to buy discounted Russian crude, say people familiar with the views of Indian firms

Ukraine says Russian 'shackles' worse than missiles 6 months after invasion

President Volodymyr Zelensky defiant, warns of 'brutal strikes' by Russia; UN nuclear agency could visit Ukraine plant in days By Tom Balmforth

Six months of Putin's war in Ukraine unravels Russia's superpower image

Six months into President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the war has upended fundamental assumptions about Russia's military and economy

Russia may step up exports of fuels to Asia as EU sanctions tighten

Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has caused turmoil across energy markets this year, and that disruption is set to extend into 2023

Moscow seeks 'sense of normal' amid ongoing conflict with Ukraine

At Moscow's sprawling Izmailovsky outdoor souvenir market, shoppers can find cups and T-shirts commemorating Russia's deployment of troops into Ukraine but from the 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. There's nothing about the special military operation that began six months ago. Throughout the capital, there are few overt sign that Russia is engaged in the worst fighting in Europe since World War II. Displays of the letter Z which initially spread as an icon of the fight, replicating the insignia painted on Russian military vehicles are hardly seen. There are only some scattered posters on bus shelters, showing the impassive face of one soldier or another and the words, Glory to the heroes of Russia. The posters give no clue as to what the man did, or where he did it. The public reticence, or denial, about the operation in Ukraine is striking in a country where military exploits are deeply woven into the social fabric. The annexation of Crimea produced almost instant memes

Russian city declares emergency as smoke from forest fires blankets Moscow

A state of emergency was declared in the Russian region of Ryazan, nearly 200 kilometres south-east of Moscow, due to widespread forest fires

Russia blames Ukrainian intelligence for nationalist's car bombing death

Moving quickly to assign blame, Russia on Monday declared Ukrainian intelligence responsible for the brazen car bombing that killed the daughter of a leading right-wing Russian political thinker over the weekend. Ukraine denied involvement. Daria Dugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel, died when a remotely controlled explosive device planted in her SUV blew up on Saturday night as she was driving on the outskirts of Moscow, ripping the vehicle apart and killing her on the spot, authorities said. Her father, Alexander Dugin, a philosopher, writer and political theorist who ardently supports Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to send troops into Ukraine, was widely believed to be the intended target. Russian media quoted witnesses as saying that the SUV belonged to Dugin and that he had decided at the last minute to travel in another vehicle. Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB, the main successor to the KGB, said Dugina's killing was .

Russia detains IS suicide bomber plotting terrorist attack in India: Report

Russia's top intelligence agency said on Monday that it has detained an Islamic State suicide bomber from a Central Asian country who was plotting a terrorist attack against a member of India's leadership elite, Russia's official media reported. According to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), the foreign national was recruited by one of the Islamic State's ringleaders as a suicide bomber sometime between April and June 2022, while in Turkey, state-owned TASS news agency reported. "The Federal Security Service has identified and apprehended in Russia a member of the outlawed (by the Russian Federation) Islamic State international terrorist organization. The detainee is a native of a Central Asian country, who planned to commit a terrorist attack against a member of India's ruling circles by blowing himself up, the FSB reported. The terrorist's "ideological indoctrination was conducted remotely via Telegram messenger accounts and during personal meetings in Istanbul with an IS .

Russia blames Ukraine for nationalist's car bombing death outside Moscow

Russia's top counterintelligence agency on Monday blamed Ukrainian spy services for organising the killing of the daughter of a leading Russian nationalist ideologue in a car bombing just outside Moscow. Daria Dugina, the 29-year-old daughter of Alexander Dugin, a philosopher, writer and political theorist whom some in the West described as Putin's brain, died when an explosive planted in her SUV exploded as she was driving Saturday night. Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), the main KGB successor agency, said that Dugina's killing had been prepared and perpetrated by the Ukrainian special services. In a letter expressing condolences to Dugin and his wife that was released by the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced the cruel and treacherous killing of Dugina, hailing her as a bright, talented person with a real Russian heart kind, loving, responsive and open. Putin added that Dugina has honestly served people and the Fatherland, proving what it means to be a .

Fate of Ukrainian lands invaded by Russian forces remains unpredictable

According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions captured by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk, even though officials it installed there already have announced plans for a vote to join Russia. As the war in Ukraine nears its six-month mark, Moscow faces multiple problems in the territory it occupies - from pulverized civilian infrastructure that needs urgent rebuilding as colder weather looms, to guerrilla resistance and increasingly debilitating attacks by Kyiv's military forces that have been gearing up for a counteroffensive in the south. Analysts say that what could have been a clear victory for the Kremlin is becoming something of a ...

Resumption of US-Russia dialogue on strategic stability uncertain: Ryabkov

According to Ryabkov, Russia has been tracking certain signals regarding the potential resumption of dialogue on strategic stability, but there has been no clarity on the issue