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Jakub Kalensky has closely followed a decade of Kremlin aggression from the forefront of Euro-Atlantic efforts to counter Russian "hybrid warfare." He talked to RFE/RL's Georgian Service about nuclear threats, Moscow's disinformation success, and phrases "straight out of Hitler's notebook."

NATO has started its regular nuclear deterrence exercises in Western Europe amid soaring tensions with Russia prompted by President Vladimir Putin's veiled nuclear threats in the face of Moscow's military setbacks in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to provide Bishkek with archive Soviet-era maps to help resolve the ongoing dispute between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan over segments of their border.

The new United Nations human rights chief says the recent escalation of Russia's war in Ukraine is "deeply troubling," especially reports of kamikaze drone attacks in urban areas.

The bodies of recently mobilized Russian soldiers are arriving back home, adding to dismay over the unpopular and clumsy draft process. Now Putin says the "partial" mobilization will soon wrap up -- but not everyone is convinced.

Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant has again lost the connection to its last remaining power line, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said.

Despite fears of how Russia will react, the EU is stepping up to give more military help to Ukraine.

The European Union is seeking concrete evidence for any Iranian involvement in Russia's war on Ukraine, the bloc's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said on October 17.

A series of deaths in Georgia linked to the opioid fentanyl has left ravers and other club-drug users scared, wary, and a local NGO scrambling to help.

As signs emerge of further pressure from Moscow to join the war in Ukraine, Belarus's already unpopular administration hints at a war footing that critics say could be "political suicide."