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Saturday, September 13, 2025
TopicRussia-Ukraine conflict

Topic: Russia-Ukraine conflict

Blinken says Wagner Group rebellion against Russia exposes ‘cracks’ in Putin’s leadership

The US Secretary of State said the conflict has divided and distracted Russians, which might make it difficult for Putin to justify his Ukraine war to them.

Wagner chief calls off insurrection after Belarus intervention. How his ‘coup’ against Russia played out

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the mercenary group Wagner fighting in Ukraine, agreed to end his march towards Moscow after a deal was brokered by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko.

Ukrainian missile strikes bridge connecting mainland, Crimea, say Russia-appointed officials

Vladimir Saldo, Russia-appointed Kherson governor, said road was damaged but no casualties were reported. He said Storm Shadow missiles were likely to have been used for attack.

Russia repels Ukrainian drone attack on Druzhba oil pipeline site claims region’s governor

Drone strikes on Russian energy facilities have increased in recent weeks. Russia blames Ukraine, but Kyiv doesn't publicly take responsibility for them

Ukraine advancing in south of counter-offensive against Russian occupation troops

Latest report on counter-offensive and account of 'desperate resistance' by Russian troops in east, issued. President Zelenskyy says counter-offensive was 'the most important thing'.

Russia announces bonus for troops who destroyed German-made & US-supplied vehicles in Ukraine

Russian soldiers will get 50,000 roubles for destroying an enemy armoured vehicle and 100,000 roubles for a tank in Ukraine.

Ukraine to initiate training of commando pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets

NATO members Netherlands and Denmark have offered to help in training and maintaining the fighter jets in wake of Russia's air dominance over Ukraine.

Russia attacks industrial facilities in Kryvyi Rih, claims Ukraine

Oleksandr Vilkul, the mayor of the city, stated that three missiles struck two industrial facilities 'that had nothing to do with the military,' causing significant damage.

New $325 mn US military aid for Ukraine pushes Washington deeper into conflict, says Russia

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed US aid calling it ‘effective assistance in liberating the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian aggressor.’

Ukraine announces territorial advances in ‘first results’ of counterattack against Russia

Kyiv's forces posted unverified videos showing soldiers hoisting Ukrainian flag in Blahodatne village in Donetsk and posing with their unit's flag in adjacent village of Neskuchne.

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Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.