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How the Patriot missile system works, and why it's so hard to replace

US President Donald Trump announced a licence for Ukraine to make Patriot systems, capable of shooting down ballistic missiles. (REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND./File Photo)
Updated on Jul 12, 2026 06:51 pm IST

India may face heat as US revives Russia sanctions push

NATO rebel destabilising allies from within? Steals company from West to continue Russia oil trade
Updated on Jul 11, 2026 12:00 pm IST

Why a broken Russia is bad for the world

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There are four scenarios for post-war Russia being discussed in the West. For all their variation in political packaging, each entails the loss or curtailment of sovereignty and thereby destroys the only mechanism through which responsible behaviour is possible at all.
Published on Jul 10, 2026 10:33 am IST

The man who would change Russia

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Andrey Melnichenko, the world’s fertiliser king and Russia’s biggest industrialist
Published on Jul 10, 2026 01:03 pm IST

Prepare for a world of ad hoc coalitions

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The answer to shifting orders of geography, trade and commerce—and the anxieties which they understandably cause for citizens—is not to mourn the world that was; it is to build for the world as it is.
Updated on Jul 10, 2026 05:48 am IST

Ukraine Is Redefining Modern Warfare

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Service members of the Sparta company of the 422nd Unmanned Systems Regiment 'Luftwaffe' of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, prepare a Zozulia mid-strike drone for a flight while they work at a position near a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in Southern Ukraine, on an undisclosed date, 2026.
Published on Jul 08, 2026 09:01 pm IST

Russia targets Elon Musk's Starlink systems to counter Ukraine's drones

Kyiv's development of "mid-strike" drones that can hit targets dozens of kilometres behind the front lines.
Updated on Jul 08, 2026 05:46 pm IST

22 killed as Russia launches fresh missiles, drone attacks on Ukraine

Fifteen people were killed in the capital of Kyiv, which was Russia's main target, and 56 were injured, according to administrative head Tymur Tkachenko.
Published on Jul 07, 2026 09:46 am IST

China successfully test-fires strategic missile into Pacific Ocean

China launches strategic missile into Pacific Ocean, says Navy.
Updated on Jul 06, 2026 02:07 pm IST

Russia turns to India for gasoline as Ukraine targets energy sites: Report

Vehicles queue to refuel at a Rosneft petrol pump, as according to local officials some regional filling stations face gasoline shortages due to production cuts at major refineries, amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Updated on Jul 02, 2026 03:00 pm IST

US lifts sanctions on four Indian companies linked to Russia-related measures

US President Donald Trump. Four Indian entities taken off US sanctions list in latest OFAC update
Updated on Jul 01, 2026 05:59 pm IST

The Russian Reckoning

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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights Yana Lantratova at the Kremlin in Moscow, Monday, June 29,
Published on Jul 01, 2026 03:19 pm IST

Diesel export restrictions, 'difficult period': Why is Russia facing fuel crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the country's oil refineries are operating at maximum capacity.
Updated on Jun 29, 2026 03:49 pm IST

Putin says Russia going through 'difficult period', vows to overcome challenges

Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Updated on Jun 29, 2026 11:59 am IST

Ballistic missile attack rocks Kyiv, Ukraine issues warning

Ballistic missile attacks underway in Kyiv, Ukrainian military says
Published on Jun 28, 2026 11:34 am IST

Mapping Russian investment in India

The Russia-India connection has remained constant over decades because ties have had an identity of interests all through. (ANI)
Published on Jun 28, 2026 12:02 am IST

Why India-Russia judicial cooperation matters

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin (PMO)
Published on Jun 27, 2026 01:02 pm IST

Fact check: Viral posts falsely claim Zelenskyy was killed in Russian airstrike

Numerous social media posts allege Zelenskyy was killed over the weekend in a Russian air attack.
Updated on Jun 25, 2026 07:04 pm IST

Russian strike kills two mine disposal experts in Ukraine: official

The sun sets behind a heavily damaged multi-storey residential building following an overnight attack, what Russian-installed authorities called a Ukrainian drone strike, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in the town of Horlivka (Gorlovka).
Updated on Jun 25, 2026 03:34 pm IST

Story beyond US strikes on ships in West Asia: Sanctions & flags of convenience

A container ship and survey vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, off Muscat, Oman.
Updated on Jun 18, 2026 05:06 pm IST

Tank lid blown off, smoke billows: Video captures Ukraine strike in Moscow

Ukraine has hit an oil refinery in Moscow.
Updated on Jun 18, 2026 06:03 pm IST

Ukraine hits Moscow refinery again

Ukraine hits Moscow refinery again
Published on Jun 18, 2026 03:32 pm IST

US allows waiver on Russian oil purchase to expire as Trump signs Iran deal

US president Donald Trump signed the memorandum of undertanding with Iran during the G7 Summit in France.
Published on Jun 18, 2026 11:02 pm IST

Iran made them famous, India building its own arsenal: What are Kamikaze drones?

The Agniveg turbojet-powered kamikaze drones have an operational range of 180 km and speed of up to 450 kmph.
Updated on Jun 17, 2026 09:00 pm IST

Video: Russia's Tu-22M3 bomber plane nosedives, erupts into cloud of thick smoke

A four-person crew was aboard the aircraft before the crash, which managed to eject safely.
Updated on Jun 16, 2026 08:05 pm IST

UK agency charges Indian captain over Russian shadow fleet tanker raid

The arrest was made during a joint operation over the weekend between the UK's National Crime Agency and the British armed forces to intercept a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel.
Updated on Jun 16, 2026 06:35 pm IST

NATO weighs options to defend Europe as the US plans for conflict elsewhere

NATO Secretary General and former Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte
Published on Jun 13, 2026 03:35 pm IST

A night of Jai Rus and Jai Hind: Inside Russian Day celebrations in Delhi

Russian Ambassador to India, Denis Alipov and Chief guest and Foreign Secretary, Vikram Misri
Published on Jun 12, 2026 05:55 pm IST

Mirra Andreeva net worth: Russian player clinches maiden French Open title

Mirra Andreeva,19, became the first Russian woman to win a Grand Slam since 2014, clinching the 2026 French Open title.
Updated on Jun 06, 2026 08:36 pm IST

‘Sanctions threats would boomerang under PM Modi’: Putin backs India's autonomy

Putin hailed defence and tech ties between India and Russia and said that experts from both the countries have been working on mid-range missile BrahMos.
Updated on Jun 06, 2026 07:06 pm IST