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On Ukraine's Battlefield, Russia Has Lost Ground, Experts Say. But Don't Expect A Major Reversal For Kyiv.

The findings do not appear to signal a wholesale turning of the tides in the Ukraine war. But they do highlight a growing consensus that Russia’s war on Ukraine -- now in its fifth year -- has ground to a near stalemate.
Iran War Descends Into Regional Conflict With Global Spillovers

The US-Israel war on Iran has expanded across the entire Middle East and impacted global energy supplies and prices.
A General's Correspondence Details The Wartime Role Of Graft In The Russian Military

A trove of messages, photos, and videos sent and received by a Russian officer and examined by Schemes and Systema, RFE/RL's Ukrainian and Russian investigative units, provides granular evidence pointing to the pervasive role of bribery in the military amid Moscow’s war against Ukraine.
He Fought The Russian Invasion, Now This Ukrainian MMA Champion Is Chasing UFC Gold

Yaroslav Amosov walked away from a stellar mixed martial arts career to fight against Russian forces occupying his home town of Irpin. Four years on, he has just been signed to the world's premiere MMA promotion.
Activist Once Detained In China Faces Trial In Kazakhstan As Family Battles Closed-Door Case

For years, Oralkhan Aben has fought to keep her family together -- first campaigning for her husband’s release from a jail in China and now demanding transparency from Kazakhstan’s courts after he was jailed again over an anti-Beijing protest.
Lactose Intolerance: Kazakh Dissent Turns To Sour Cream

As Kazakhstan restricts independent polling ahead of a constitutional referendum, citizens have turned to humorous, coded “sour cream” posts to debate reforms online amid growing concerns over a shrinking civic space.
Iran's War Strategy: Raise The Cost Of Conflict To Secure An Eventual Cease-Fire

As United States and Israel wage war against Iran, Tehran is widening the theater of the conflict and raising the costs for Washington in a bid to secure an eventual cease-fire, experts say.
China Weighs Its Options As Iran Strikes Upend The Middle East

Chinese leaders don’t mind seeing the US bogged down in the Middle East instead of focusing on Asia, but US-Israeli strikes on Iran bring a tough calculus for Beijing in the region.
Amid Iran's Leadership Wipeout, Ali Larijani Emerges As Key Player

As Iran reels from a US and Israeli bombing campaign that has killed several or perhaps even dozens of senior leaders, national security chief Ali Larijani has emerged as one of the key figures in what remains of the country's power structures.
EU Statement On Iran Shows Its Diminished Role As Foreign Policy Player

The EU's 27 member states issued a joint statement expressing "utmost concern" after the bloc's foreign ministers met online for nearly three hours to discuss the American-Israeli attack on Iran over the weekend and Tehran's subsequent military response on several countries in the region.
Khamenei's Death A Major Blow But Collapse Of Iran's Clerical Establishment Not Guaranteed

Israel’s assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is a major setback for the country’s clerical rulers. But regime change is not guaranteed, experts say.
Attacks On Shipping Raise Fears For Global Oil Supplies Amid Iran Conflict

Cellphone footage showing tongues of flame and thick, black smoke billowing from a ship in the Strait of Hormuz is an ominous image underlining fears of disruption to global oil supplies amid the US and Israeli conflict with Iran.
Hanna Notte: US-Israeli Attack On Iran 'Will Only Harden Russia's Position On Ukraine'

The US-Israeli attack on Iran will likely have little effect on the battlefield in Ukraine, but it may make Russian President Vladimir Putin “even more adamant that he has to come out on top” in the full-scale war he launched four years ago, Hanna Notte, an expert on Russia-Iran ties, told RFE/RL.
Iran's Supreme Leader Is Dead. Who Will Succeed Him? It's Complicated.

The man who will succeed Ali Khamenei as Iran’s spiritual leader will take the helm at a time when US officials have openly called for toppling the theocratic government that has ruled the country since 1979.
Marc Thiessen: 'The Ground Forces Are The Iranian People'

A prominent US political commentator and RFE/RL board member says the latest American strikes on Iran mark the beginning of a sustained campaign aimed not just at military deterrence but at ending the rule of the Islamic republic as it currently exists.

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