#russia
5 posts tagged russia.
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Russia's near-miss and the grammar of escalation
A Russian jet flying within metres of a British spy plane is not an accident — it is a message, and the West's reluctance to send one back is becoming a habit.
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Xi plays host as the pivot deepens
Putin's arrival in Beijing four days after Trump's summit reveals China's strategy: not to choose between Washington and Moscow, but to profit from both.
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Ukraine's drone armada and the logic of escalation
Ukraine's largest-ever drone strike on Russia tests whether mass retaliation can coerce Moscow, or merely deepen a spiral no one controls.
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Russia's drone barrage breaks the ceasefire illusion
Russia's 800-drone overnight assault on Ukraine after a symbolic ceasefire expiry reveals that Putin's peace gestures are tactical instruments, not strategic intentions.
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Two ceasefires, one war, and the V-Day calendar
Moscow's May 9 truce announcement and Kyiv's mocking response show how thoroughly the language of peace has been absorbed into the choreography of war.