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ReutersThe highly likely death of Yevgeny Prigozhin—the result of an assassination plot, most likely a bomb aboard the plane he was traveling on, US officials told the Wall Street Journal—is the latest event on the path to a post-Putin Russia. Putin entered the last phase of his political life when he launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The invasion was doomed because of his hubris, his grandiose neo-imperialism fed by yes-men intelligence and military off...

The result could be Russia’s transformation into a much larger, more resource-rich and less starvation-prone version of North Korea.

The Russian Navy acted largely in a supporting role as Russian ground and air assault forces entered Ukraine early Thursday morning in what a senior U.S. defense official called an “initial phase” of the assault against Ukraine. The Russian force has made a three-axis assault in invading Ukraine, the official said. Forces moved south to […]

Russia launched an amphibious assault on Ukraine, bringing in thousands of naval personnel ashore, a senior defense official said Friday. The amphibious assault is underway into Ukraine, through the Sea of Azov, coming into west of Mariupol, the senior defense official told reporters. Until now, the Russian navy largely played a supporting role in the […]