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World Politics & Diplomacy 22 Oct 2026, 08:00 PM IST

Russia’s Kyiv Strike Reportedly Used Cluster Warheads Hours After Putin-Witkoff Talks

Russia launched a deadly missile barrage on Kyiv that Ukrainian officials and local media said may have included cluster warheads, intensifying scrutiny of Moscow’s military tactics just hours after President Vladimir Putin met U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff. The attack underscored the fragility of renewed peace-talk signals, as Ukraine reported fresh civilian casualties and widespread damage in the capital.

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World Politics & Diplomacy21 Oct 2026, 02:00 PM IST

Drone Strikes on Yandex Data Centers Disrupt Russian Court Hearings, Reports Say

Drone attacks on data centers linked to Yandex have reportedly caused disruptions across parts of Russia, including interruptions to court hearings and access to digital services, according to media reports cited in the latest Ukraine war coverage. The strikes underscore how the conflict is increasingly targeting the digital infrastructure that underpins everyday administration, finance and information control inside Russia.

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World Politics & Diplomacy19 Oct 2026, 05:00 PM IST

Russian Missile Barrage Hits Kyiv in Three Waves, Killing at Least One and Injuring Eight

Russian forces struck Kyiv overnight in three separate waves of missile attacks, killing at least one person and injuring eight others, according to local authorities. The assault underscores Moscow’s continuing campaign to pressure Ukraine’s capital through repeated long-range strikes aimed at infrastructure, civilian areas, and the city’s sense of normal life.

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World Politics & Diplomacy07 Oct 2026, 06:23 PM IST

Tanker Reportedly Ablaze Off Sochi as Black Sea Drone War Spills Closer to Russian Shores

A tanker described by Ukrainian media as part of Russia’s shadow fleet reportedly caught fire near the Black Sea resort city of Sochi after a suspected drone strike, according to multiple reports. Russian authorities said the crew was rescued, underscoring the widening reach of maritime attacks in a war that has increasingly targeted energy and shipping infrastructure far from the front line.

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World Politics & Diplomacy07 Oct 2026, 05:06 AM IST

Europe Risks Misreading Russia’s Drone War, Kyiv Warns

Europe is drawing the wrong strategic lesson from Russia’s escalating drone campaign in Ukraine, according to a new analysis highlighted by The Kyiv Independent. Rather than treating drones as a low-cost substitute for broader air defense and industrial capacity, European capitals risk underestimating the scale of the production, adaptation and electronic warfare ecosystem that now defines modern conflict.

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World Politics & Diplomacy07 Oct 2026, 04:10 AM IST

Europe Risks Misreading Russia’s Drone War, Kyiv Warns

European militaries are drawing the wrong conclusions from Russia’s drone campaign in Ukraine, according to a growing critique from Kyiv and defense analysts. The danger, they argue, is not that drones have made traditional air defenses obsolete, but that Europe is underestimating the scale, speed, and industrial logic of a war now defined by mass production and constant adaptation.

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Frontier AI & Machine LearningJust now (10:52 AM IST)

New Contest Turns Biological Age Into a Race for Youth

A new competition is drawing attention in the frontier AI and machine learning world by rewarding entrants not for longevity alone, but for measurable reductions in biological age. The premise reflects a broader shift in health tech: using data-driven biomarkers, rather than birthdays, to track how the body is actually aging. The contest arrives as AI systems, wearables, and advanced diagnostics increasingly converge on the problem of aging, a field that is attracting researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors seeking objective ways to quantify human healthspan.

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World Politics & DiplomacyJust now (11:37 PM IST)

Russian Drones Hit Kyiv School and Key Bridge Linking City’s Banks

Russian drones struck Kyiv overnight, damaging a school and hitting a key bridge that connects the Ukrainian capital’s eastern and western banks, according to local reporting. The attacks underscore Moscow’s continued effort to pressure the city’s civilian infrastructure and transport network even as Ukrainian air defenses work to blunt repeated drone raids.

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World Politics & DiplomacyJust now (11:17 PM IST)

Russian Troops Seize Drone-Delivered Food in Occupied Oleshky as Civilians Are Injured by Mines, Officials Say

Russian forces in the occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky have confiscated food delivered by drone to starving civilians, while people trying to flee the area have been injured by mines, according to Ukrainian officials and local reports. The allegations underscore the worsening humanitarian conditions in parts of Russian-occupied southern Ukraine, where access to food, medicine and safe evacuation remains severely constrained.

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World Politics & DiplomacyJust now (05:29 PM IST)

Russia Launches Largest Strike on Ukraine’s Energy Grid Since Spring as Winter Nears

Russia has carried out its largest attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure since spring, intensifying pressure on the power system just as colder weather approaches. The overnight strikes triggered emergency outages in Kyiv and other areas, underscoring Moscow’s continued focus on degrading civilian resilience and complicating Ukraine’s winter preparations.

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World Politics & DiplomacyJust now (01:00 PM IST)

Russian Strike on Kyiv Hits Energy Infrastructure, Killing 3 and Injuring 6 in Overnight Assault

Russia launched an overnight attack on Kyiv that struck energy infrastructure and killed at least three people, injuring six others, according to local authorities and reports from the Ukrainian capital. The assault underscores Moscow’s continuing campaign against Ukraine’s power grid as winter approaches, raising fresh concerns over civilian safety, heating, and the resilience of the country’s energy system.

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World Politics & DiplomacyJust now (11:24 AM IST)

Ukraine’s Defense Industry Sees a Second Chance as War Reorders Production

Ukraine’s defense sector is entering a new phase as battlefield demand, foreign interest and wartime necessity push domestic arms production back into strategic focus. But officials and analysts say the industry’s revival will depend on more than improvisation: it needs regulation, capital, export rules and a durable industrial base to survive beyond the front line.

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