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There, Russia pioneered the widespread use of drones that avoid jamming by connecting to controllers with miles-long fiber-optic cables. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Russia , Drones , Military , Technology

Simplified: Russia pioneered widespread use of drones avoiding jamming with miles-long fiber-optic cables.

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2 weeks ago
Russia also introduced Rubicon, an elite drone unit, and is aiming to build an entire military branch called the Drone Forces. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Russia , Drones , Military

Simplified: Russia introduced Rubicon an elite drone unit aiming to build a military branch called Drone Forces.

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2 weeks ago
On the front line, Mr. Kofman said, Russia has been closing the gap with Ukraine on drones, a worrisome sign for Kyiv, which long relied on its superiority in drone warfare to offset its smaller reser... 0.900

👤 Mr. Kofman, the Carnegie Endowment analyst 📋 News Article 🏷️ Russia , Ukraine , Drones , Military

Simplified: Kofman said Russia has been closing the drone gap with Ukraine a worrisome sign for Kyiv.

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2 weeks ago
It is sending many more decoys, made of painted foam and plywood, which sometimes contain small warheads and are indistinguishable from actual drones in the sky. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Russia , Drones , Military , Decoys

Simplified: Russia sends many decoys made of painted foam and plywood sometimes containing small warheads.

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2 weeks ago
They started from maybe hundreds a month, then 2,000 to 3,000 a month in the first quarter of this year, now with 5,000 to 6,000 a month,” he said of Russian drone incursions. 0.800

👤 Mykola Bielieskov, a military analyst at Ukraine’s government-run National Institute for Strategic Studies 📋 News Article 🏷️ Russia , Ukraine , Drones , Military

Simplified: Russian drone incursions started from hundreds a month then 2000-3000 a month in Q1 then 5000-6000 a month.

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2 weeks ago
Some believe the country could double that in 2026. 0.700

👤 Some 📋 News Article 🏷️ Russia , Drones , Manufacturing

Simplified: Some believe Russia could double drone production in 2026.

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2 weeks ago
Analysts estimate that Russia is now able to produce about 30,000 of the attack drones modeled on the Iranian design per year. 0.800

👤 Analysts 📋 News Article 🏷️ Russia , Drones , Manufacturing , Iran

Simplified: Analysts estimate Russia produces about 30000 Iranian-design attack drones per year.

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2 weeks ago
Russia has drawn on its warm relations with Iran and China for know-how and parts. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Russia , Iran , China , Drones

Simplified: Russia draws on relations with Iran and China for drone know-how and parts.

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2 weeks ago
At a recent economic forum in the Russian city of Vladivostok, nearly every Russian region participating included a display about the drones it was producing. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Russia , Drones , Economic Forum

Simplified: Nearly every Russian region displayed drones at a recent economic forum in Vladivostok.

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2 weeks ago
Mr. Putin’s autocratic government has signaled from the very top that drones are a crucial priority for the nation, which has mobilized public and private resources to create a drone-making empire. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Russia , Drones , Military

Simplified: Putin's government signaled drones are a crucial priority mobilizing resources to create a drone-making empire.

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2 weeks ago
But Moscow is convinced that Westerners remain far more afraid of Russian nuclear threats than Russians are of hypothetical West-supported strikes. 0.800

👤 Mikhail Zygar 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Russia , Military

Simplified: Moscow is convinced Westerners are more afraid of Russian nuclear threats than Russians are of West-supported strikes

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2 weeks ago
The Kremlin hasn’t forgotten that Mr. Trump reportedly asked Volodymyr Zelensky whether Ukraine could strike Moscow or St. Petersburg. 0.700

👤 Mikhail Zygar 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Russia , Ukraine

Simplified: Kremlin hasn't forgotten Trump reportedly asked Zelensky whether Ukraine could strike Moscow or St Petersburg

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2 weeks ago
Once a serious politician, Mr. Medvedev is now mainly known for his inflammatory comments. 0.800

👤 Mikhail Zygar 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Russia

Simplified: Medvedev is now mainly known for his inflammatory comments

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2 weeks ago
It’s his job to regularly threaten nuclear strikes, and he did so again last week, prompting Mr. Trump to announce that he had moved two nuclear submarines to “be positioned in the appropriate regions... 0.900

👤 Mikhail Zygar 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Russia , Military

Simplified: Medvedev regularly threatens nuclear strikes Trump moved two nuclear submarines to appropriate regions

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2 weeks ago
Instead, Dmitri Medvedev, a former president and the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, leads the charge. 0.900

👤 Mikhail Zygar 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Russia

Simplified: Dmitri Medvedev leads the charge instead of Putin

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2 weeks ago
It’s telling that Mr. Putin has not responded directly to Mr. Trump’s threats. 0.900

👤 Mikhail Zygar 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Russia , International Relations

Simplified: Putin has not responded directly to Trump's threats

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2 weeks ago
Mr. Trump has shown an appetite for trade wars, even with allies, and has promised to penalize India with extra tariffs. 0.900

👤 Mikhail Zygar 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Economics , Russia , USA , India

Simplified: Trump has shown appetite for trade wars promised to penalize India with extra tariffs

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2 weeks ago
In the Kremlin’s view, Mr. Trump would never risk that. 0.700

👤 Mikhail Zygar 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Economics , Russia , USA

Simplified: Kremlin believes Trump would never risk political blowback from oil price spike

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2 weeks ago
If America were to impose secondary sanctions on countries that continue to buy Russian oil and gas, the first targets would have to be China, India and Turkey. 0.900

👤 Mikhail Zygar 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Economics , Russia , USA , China , India , Turkey

Simplified: If America imposes secondary sanctions on Russian oil buyers first targets would be China India Turkey

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2 weeks ago
Any real restrictions, they argue, would lead to a spike in global oil prices, and that would mean higher gasoline prices in the United States and significant political blowback. 0.700

👤 Mikhail Zygar 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Economics , Russia , USA

Simplified: Real restrictions would lead to spike in global oil prices higher US gasoline prices political blowback

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