Amidst escalating Ukrainian drone attacks, Russian hardliners are pressuring President Putin to abandon diplomacy and intensify the conflict. Calls for drastic measures, including nuclear weapons use and targeting European drone factories, have grown louder. While the Kremlin has resisted these extreme demands, recent strikes have heightened tensions and fueled a debate on Russia's defense strategy and war objectives.

Amidst escalating Ukrainian drone attacks, Russian hardliners are pressuring President Putin to abandon diplomacy and intensify the conflict. Calls for drastic measures, including…

Nationalist commentators are demanding that the Kremlin abandon diplomacy with Washington after recent Ukrainian drone strikes deep inside Russia.

Calls for tougher measures are not new.

Usual suspects in Europe encouraging the dramatic escalation on Russian soil...

Ukraine says its long-range drones struck two major Russian oil refineries overnight, including the Slavyansk refinery in Krasnodar, as Kyiv intensifies attacks on Russia’s energy…

Speaking to a Russian state television interviewer, Putin said Ukraine had suggested a mutual halt to long-range strikes as a step toward de-escalation.