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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicRussia-Ukraine war

Topic: Russia-Ukraine war

Ukraine blames Russia for most of over 2,000 cyberattacks in 2022

Senior Ukrainian official, Yuriy Schygol, who blamed the attacks on Russia, was speaking at a news conference that he said was itself delayed because of a cyberattack.

Ukraine demands speedier weapons deliveries from West to confront Russian pressure

This follows after Dnipro witnessed a Russian missile strike that killed at least 40 people in an apartment block & Ukrainian troops came under increased pressure on the eastern front.

Era of Russian fossil fuels over in Europe, need to isolate Moscow, says EU Ambassador to India

EU envoy to India Ugo Astuto in interview with ThePrint endorsed India's Voice of Global South Summit and said EU-India FTA has 'very strong mandate from all EU member states'.

Ukraine says its forces hold out against Russia in battle for Soledar

In a video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked two units in Soledar that he said 'are holding their positions and inflicting significant losses on the enemy.'

‘Double agent drone’ — this is how Ukraine is using a Soviet-era weapon to attack Russia

Ukraine has converted the Tupolev Tu-141 Strizh reconnaissance drone into a cruise missile, taking out its cameras and replacing them with warheads.

Russian warship armed with hypersonic cruise weapons holds drills in Norwegian Sea

Putin sent a ship to the Atlantic Ocean last week armed with new generation hypersonic cruise missiles, signalling that Russia will not back down over the war in Ukraine.

Council of Leather Exports disputes UK report linking Indian exporters to Russia’s war effort

CLE Chairman Sanjay Leekha told ThePrint that if certain Indian leather companies have seen an uptick in business from Russia, it does not reflect the industry as a whole.

Balloons to store gas: How Pakistan welcomed 2023 during gas crisis

Even residents in affluent neighbourhoods of Pakistan are complaining that they either no longer have gas to cook food.

8 dead in 6 months & now a Russian tycoon’s ‘suicide’ — mystery deaths of Putin critics in 2022

Millionaire Pavel Antov was found dead in Odisha's Rayagada on 24 December. Multiple top executives of Russian state-owned Gazprom died under suspicious circumstances this year.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?