Russian president Vladimir Putin's recent directive to create a comprehensive roadmap for rare earth element (REE) extraction by December 2025 (as reported by Russian media outlet TASS, cited in Politico) signals Moscow's intent to muscle in on the ...

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Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, also writing after the daily meeting, said 217 Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy system had been recorded since the beginning of the year. She p

Ukraine's leader says regions including Kyiv and Kharkiv are among those suffering the most from blackouts as a result of recent attacks.