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Topic: Russian military

Top Russian general killed in scooter blast day after Ukraine said he ‘ordered use of chemical weapons’

Head of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defence Forces (NBC), Lt Gen Igor Kirillov and his assistant were killed when device hidden in scooter exploded Tuesday.

Moscow widens anti-corruption drive in military, dy chief of staff & senior officials arrested

Russian authorities graft probe in armed forces kicked up a notch with arrest of dy head of army’s general staff on bribery charges. Number of senior officials arrested now five.

Russia says 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war killed in plane crash, lawmaker claims Kyiv ‘shot it down’

Russian state media says the Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane was shot down near Belgorod on Ukrainian border. Ukraine says it’s looking into claims the plane was carrying PoWs.

Russian military showing cracks within. Rise of two private army leaders proves that

Extra-legal PMCs are crucial to Russia due to their grey zone status. But Chechen leader Kadyrov and PMC Wagner's Prigozhin might be aiming bigger.

Vladlen Tatarsky: Ukraine-born Russian blogger killed in cafe blast was pro-Putin, cheered war on Ukraine

Vladlen Tatarsky, a Russian pro-war blogger, had nearly 6 lakh Telegram followers. At an event organised by Putin last year, he called for 'killing all Ukrainans'.

Russian mercenary group Wagner battle Ukrainian resistance in salt mining town Soledar

Russian commanders have made the capture of Soledar a key objective in a campaign to take the nearby strategic city of Bakhmut and Ukraine's larger eastern Donbas region.

Putin says Russian farmers drafted into military, signals risks for 2023 crop

The announcement of Russia's first public mobilisation since World War II for its 'special military operation' in Ukraine, has triggered a rush for the border by eligible men.

Russia lures foreigners with citizenship if they fight in Ukraine, hires mercenaries, convicts

Meanwhile, the international community has slammed plans by separatist regions in Ukraine to hold referendums, calling it an attempt to divert attention from Russia’s battle reversals.

Four implications of a Russian defeat in Ukraine—one affects India the most

For Indian foreign policy, a weakened Russia is a mixed bag: it is likely to be more beholden to Beijing, but its support to China in the Indo-Pacific would matter less.

Is Ukraine targeting high-ranking Russian military officials? 5 generals are among casualties

High-ranking Russian officers killed in Ukraine reportedly include four major generals & one lieutenant general. Russia said to have deployed 20 generals to lead Ukraine war.

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Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.