Russian forces initiated a significant counteroffensive in the Kursk region, targeting Ukrainian troops, marking the Kremlin’s first substantial military action in over five weeks. This operation, which began on Sept. 10, aims to dislodge Ukrainian forces from the area, with ongoing engagements reported into the following day. The dynamics of the conflict are still unclear,…

Pavel Durov, the Russian billionaire founder of the encrypted messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France on Aug. 24. Telegram has been accused of facilitating international crimes by refusing to cooperate with national and international law enforcement efforts. The app is also widely used by Russian military units in their invasion of Ukraine. Watch the…

A little more than a month ago, the Ukrainian military showed that it was not afraid to take the fight to Russia on Russian soil. The offensive push into Kursk Oblast caught Vladimir Putin and the rest of the world by surprise, and Russia is still trying to muster forces to mount a viable defense…

This week on Weapons and Warfare, the team takes a look at Ukraine’s switch from defense to offense with their incursion into the Kursk region of Russia. Host Ryan Robertson visited with some senior fellows from the Center for European Policy Analysis to get their assessment of what Ukraine’s offensive means for the next phase…

In what could lead to a major United States policy change, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged on Tuesday, Sept. 10, that he’ll be discussing the possibility of Kyiv using long-range weapons against Russia during his trip to Ukraine on Wednesday, Sept. 11. The revelation came during a joint press conference with Blinken and…

The United States and Britain accused Iran of supplying Russia with short-range ballistic missiles on Tuesday, Sept. 10, and warned that Moscow plans to use the weapons soon. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the comments alongside British Foreign Secretary David Lammy during a joint press conference. “Russia has now received shipments of these…

Russia is conducting its largest naval drills in three decades, termed “Ocean-2024,” involving over 400 ships, submarines and 120 naval aircraft, with 90,000 personnel. The exercises extend across the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and into the Mediterranean, Caspian and Baltic Seas. These maneuvers, set to continue until the week of Sept. 16, are seen by…

Some developing news from the wars in Europe and the Middle East on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Ukraine struck Moscow and parts of western Russia in one of its biggest-ever drone attacks. According to Russia, at least one woman is dead and dozens of homes have been destroyed.  Russian officials said they destroyed at least 20 drones over Moscow alone, and…

We’re just hours away from the first presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. And we look back on the legendary career of actor James Earl Jones. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. Trump, Harris prep for first presidential debate tonight Vice President Kamala Harris and…

The editor-in-chief of Russia Today (RT), a Russian-run media network barred from operating in the United States, admitted the company is still running secret projects in the U.S. and the West. In a snippet from a Russian television program shared on the social media platform X, Margarita Simonyan acknowledged that the Kremlin directly ordered RT’s…