Ilya Tsukanov is a Moscow-based correspondent specializing in Eastern European, US and Middle Eastern politics, Cold War history, energy security and military affairs. Member of the Sputnik team since the site's inception in 2014.
Israel has delayed its widely expected ground invasion of Gaza, with the dangers of urban warfare combined with Hamas’s tunnel networks threatening to suck...
The long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive that kicked off on June 4 has bogged down, with Moscow projecting Ukrainian losses at over 13,000 troops and hundreds...
NATO has committed to send over two battalions of the third-generation tank to Ukraine.
The Russian military has pledged to meet the advanced Western armor...
The past two months have witnessed dramatic changes in the Middle East’s security architecture, with February’s devastating earthquakes sparking an outpouring of diplomatic and...