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Massive Attack quit Spotify over the company’s CEO, Daniel Ek’s, defense investment, calling Europe’s shield against Russia’s war “dystopian tech.”

Poland launched Iron Defender-25 on September 2, its largest NATO -led military exercise of the year, involving over 30,000 troops, as Russia and Belarus conducted their routine Zapad 2025 military drill. Is NATO finally taking Russia’s constant threat to the alliance seriously?

When President John F. Kennedy stood in West Berlin in 1963 and declared “Ich bin ein Berliner,” his words rang out as a Cold War promise of protection. More than 60 years later, Berlin is again defined by sound—not speeches but sirens—as Europe rediscovers a warning system once thought obsolete.

To shoot down Russian Shahed drones that entered NATO airspace, Poland and neighboring countries scrambled their air forces. Among the possible targets was the American contingent stationed in Poland.

This week, Ukrainian Independence Day events abroad will bring supporters together on every continent, from Tokyo to Toronto, and London to New York.

At the White House, Zelenskyy, Trump, and Western allies vowed to pursue peace and security for Ukraine. In Moscow, propagandists scrambled to twist the summit into another “victory” for Putin—trying to stir up a fight in an empty room.

In Russia, death is big business. Funerals are surging, and the dead end up worth more than the living. Behind the coffins lies a criminal empire of morgue gangs, crooked officials, and security-service insiders—a shadow network growing darker amid Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The Putin and Trump talks are set to happen at the summit in Alaska on August 15, where talks could impact Russia’s war in Ukraine. Here are the essentials to understand how we got here and what’s on the table.

As Putin prepares to meet Trump in Alaska, Russia’s propaganda machine is weaponizing the territory’s history, reigniting claims that the US state still belongs to Moscow.

As the Kremlin’s grip is weakening in the South Caucasus, Armenia and Azerbaijan are distancing themselves, threatening Moscow’s sanctions lifelines and shattering its regional influence.

A pro-Kremlin regional leader has been jailed in Moldova, marking a major blow to Kremlin influence in the country’s autonomous south. As Chișinău deepens ties with the EU and Ukraine, Russia’s decades-long grip continues to unravel.

After World War II, Europe sought ways to prevent another large-scale war. One solution was the signing of the Helsinki Accords. For decades, European capitals abided by these principles—until Russia invaded Georgia in 2008, Ukraine in 2014, and turned the war into mass terror in 2022.

Russia’s new law punishes online searches for so-called “extremist” content, branding searches about the war, resistance, or LGBT rights as criminal, turning clicks and freedom of thought into criminal acts.