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![A satellite image, showing the Russian jamming system before and after the drone strike, Crimea, June 2026.]( "A satellite image, showing the Russian jamming system before and after the drone strike, Crimea, June 2026.")
![A Belarus soldiers receive ballots during the presidential elections early voting at a polling station in Minsk on December 14, 2010. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Belarus Kicks Off Mobilization Training Near Ukrainian Border")
![Russian-backed militants stand guard near armored vehicles outside a seized government building in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, during the early stages of Russia’s war against Ukraine on April 16, 2014. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian-backed militants stand guard near armored vehicles outside a seized government building in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, during the early stages of Russia’s war against Ukraine on April 16, 2014. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russian leader Vladimir Putin talks to graduates of higher military educational institutions during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 23, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Putin Faces Calls to Delay Russian Elections as Economy Slows and Ukrainian Drone Strikes Intensify")
![This photograph shows a Ukrainian long-range drone launched by servicemen of the 9th Kairos Battalion of the “Madyar’s Birds” from an undisclosed location in Ukraine, on May 16, 2026.]( "This photograph shows a Ukrainian long-range drone launched by servicemen of the 9th Kairos Battalion of the “Madyar’s Birds” from an undisclosed location in Ukraine, on May 16, 2026.")
![Russian leader Vladimir Putin greets Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko ahead of a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State in Moscow, Russia, on February 26, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian leader Vladimir Putin greets Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko ahead of a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State in Moscow, Russia, on February 26, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Smoke rising from a 330 kV electrical substation in Sevastopol, Crimea.]( "Smoke rising from a 330 kV electrical substation in Sevastopol, Crimea.")
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![Photo of Vlad Litnarovych]( "Photo of Vlad Litnarovych")
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- War in Ukraine
Occupied Crimea is starting to look less like a rear base and more like a supply trap, as fuel sales stop, blackouts spread, and fresh Ukrainian strikes target key Russian military, energy, and logistics infrastructure across the peninsula.![A reported drone strike triggered a fire at Russia’s Orenburg Gas Processing Plant in the early hours of June 24, 2026. (Source: MilitaryNewsUA/X)]( "Ukraine Reportedly Targets Key Gazprom Gas Facility in Orenburg During Overnight Drone Attack")
![Illustrative image. Destroyed Russian tank.]( "Illustrative image. Destroyed Russian tank.")
![Ukrainian guided aerial bombs (KAB) flying into a Russian position. ( Source: Sonyashnyk Telegram channel)]( "Ukraine’s Indigenous “Vyrivnyuvach” Guided Bomb Scores First Frontline Strike")
![US President Donald Trump. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Trump Reportedly Backs Tougher Russia Energy Sanctions After Ukraine’s Deep Strikes")
![The Hungarian national flag and the European Union flag. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Hungary Blocks Next Procedural Step in Ukraine and Moldova EU Membership Talks")
![Yamal LNG plant, operated by Novatek PJSC, in Sabetta, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)]( "EU Ranked Fourth Largest Buyer of Russian Fossil Fuels in May, Spending €2.3 Billion")
-c439b7bd9030ecf9d5a4287dc361ba31.jpg "Photo of Katherina Popilnichenko")
