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Employee of Russian plague institute dies of suspected pneumonic infection, Trump offers help

Early Russian reports wrote that Shipilova had contracted the pneumonia after breaking a vial of plague bacteria. 

 A bubonic plague smear, prepared from a lymph removed from an adenopathic lymph node, or bubo, of a plague patient, demonstrates the presence of the Yersinia pestis bacteria that causes the plague in this undated photo.
A suicide drone equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) technology is pictured on a runway, on the day North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides defense science research projects, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News A

Russia shares jet-drone technology with North Korea, Zelensky claims

A resident walks past an exhibition of destroyed Russian military vehicles covered with snow during cold weather and often power and heating outages after critical civilian infrastructure was hit by recent Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine.

Revealed Russian winter assault plans cripple Ukraine power grid, heat, water systems - report

Variants of Kolomna coins from the first quarter of the 15th century found near Moscow, October 2, 2026.

Silver coin hoard found in the outskirts of Moscow may have been buried by a medieval plague victim


'Senseless attack': Ex UK PM Johnson narrowly misses Russian attack on Ukraine-Poland railway

"I don’t know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning," Johnson wrote, adding that civilians endure similar strikes every day.

Aftermath of a Russian drone attack in Lutsk Saturday, 12th September 2026, 17:49

Iran requested new Russian Geran drones for attacks on Israeli, American targets amid war - report

Russia based the original Geran, which carries a 20-kilogram warhead and has a top speed of 185 kph, on Iranian-designed Shahed drones.

People look at an Iranian-designed HESA Shahed 136 (Geran-2) drone at an open-air exhibition of destroyed Russian military equipment on Mykhailivska Square in front of Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral, in Kyiv, on April 7, 2026.

Russia hits truck near Polish border in latest strike near NATO

Russia has begun targeting Ukraine's border crossings with its Western allies in recent weeks, part of a growing campaign by both sides to erode the other's economic infrastructure.

Police officers of the "Military Gendarmerie" stand guard in an area near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia, eastern Poland, 30 July 2026, where a flying object hit the ground and exploded in the early hours of the day, the fire service reported.

Explosion hits another weapons site in Bulgaria

A fire broke out after an explosion occurred at a weapons storage facility in Bulgaria overnight, the second at a munitions site in the past few weeks

Aftrmath of a Russian drone and missile attack in Ivano-Frankivsk region Wednesday, 3rd September 2025, 09:23

Russia sends recently discovered bones of medieval warrior prince to Ukraine front to boost morale

Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy died in 1389 and is revered by Russian nationalists for defeating the Mongol Golden Horde at the 1380 Battle of Kulikovo. His remains were uncovered in August.

FILE PHOTO: A Russian Army officer leans to a case with relics of a medieval Russian prince Dmitry Donskoy during a citywide procession marking the Feast of the Moscow Saints in Moscow, Russia, September 6, 2026.

Anthropic disrupts several alleged Russian, Chinese AI campaigns targeting its Claude models

Anthropic said it observed over 151 million exchanges attributed to Alibaba between May and July 2026, peaking at nearly 3 million per day from more than 3,500 accounts it described as fraudulent.

an illustrative image of Anthropic's Claude.

UK man charged with aiding Russian intelligence, planning drone factory sabotage

A UK man is accused of providing Russian intelligence with details of four drone factories and volunteering to sabotage them, as Britain warns of growing Russian-linked threats.

A general view outside Westminster Magistrates' Court on July 21, 2026 in London, England.

Russia says it detained a man who spied on British diplomats in Moscow for Ukraine

Russia's FSB internal security agency said on Thursday that it had detained a former guard at the British Embassy in Moscow who collected personal data on British diplomats.

The Russian flag flies on the dome of the Kremlin Senate building behind Spasskaya Tower, in central Moscow, Russia, May 4, 2023.

NATO allies foil Russian subsea cable sabotage plot in Arctic waters

Britain and Norway disclosed in April that they had uncovered a covert Russian operation in Arctic waters. But the discovery of the new weapon and the location of the operation had not been reported.

An undated British Royal Navy handout shows the Russian submarine Krasnodar sailing at an unknown location.

Russia markets drone-like missiles in Egypt during Su-57 jet's Africa air show debut

The export model of the Su-57 is a rival to Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II. Russia showed off its S-71M and S-71K missiles

A Russian Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter jet on display during the second International Air Show and Aerospace Expo at El Alamein International Airport in El Alamein, Egypt, September 9, 2026. Egypt is hosting the event from September 8 to 10, 2026, with more than 100 aircraft expected to participate