Caleb Larson

Caleb Larson is an American multiformat journalist based in Berlin, Germany. His work covers the intersection of conflict and society, focusing on American foreign policy and European security. He has reported from Germany, Russia, and the United States. Most recently, he covered the war in Ukraine, reporting extensively on the war's shifting battle lines from Donbas and writing on the war's civilian and humanitarian toll. Previously, he worked as a Defense Reporter for POLITICO Europe. You can follow his latest work on X.

Ukraine War

Putin Looks Like a Fool Now: He Gambled He Would Invade and Conquer Ukraine Quickly and Is Now Losing Territory

Ukraine's Operation Vivaldi has clawed back nearly fifty square miles and pushed Russia's Donbas goals further out of reach. But the skies are a...

Caleb Larson6 hours ago

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Groceries From the Sky: How Ukraine Is Using Heavy Drones to Feed Civilians Trapped in a Russian-Occupied Town Across the Dnipro

In Russian-occupied Oleshky, across the Dnipro from Kherson, the few thousand residents left face shortages of food, water, and power. Ukraine is flying in...

Caleb Larson1 day ago

Dollars and Sense

The World’s Food Supply Just Got Handed a Warning: One Report Says the Black Sea Shutdown Has Disrupted Seventeen Percent of Traded Grain

Ukrainian farmers brought in a productive harvest, but Russia's closure of the Black Sea ports means much of it may never leave shore. Moscow's...

Caleb Larson1 day ago

Putin Back in Late 2025 Creative Commons Photo

Ukraine War

Putin Just Got Handed the Bill for His Invasion of Ukraine: September Was the Deadliest Month of the War this Year and Could Get Worse

Ukraine's Third Army Corps says its Operation Vivaldi counteroffensive fooled Russia into burning through its reserves in the wrong direction, using old Soviet armored...

Caleb Larson3 days ago

Ukraine Cruise Missile Ministry of Defense Photo

Ukraine War

Ukraine’s Three Remaining Nuclear Power Plants Are on Russia’s Winter Target List, the Country’s Energy Minister Says

Russian drones struck a second bridge over the Dnipro in Kyiv this week, after missiles and drones left parts of the city without power...

Caleb Larson4 days ago

President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the at the BRICS+ meeting (via videoconference).

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Got Handed a Brutal Preview of Winter: Russia Launched Its Most Massive Combined Energy Attack Since Last Heating Season

Russia launched one of its largest aerial attacks on Ukraine in months, targeting heating, power, and water ahead of winter. The strikes come as...

Caleb Larson5 days ago

KEKAHA, Hawaii — U.S. Army 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force fires the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), which can fire traditional rocket artillery rounds or long-range missiles with various payloads, on Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 11. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world' s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world' s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Courtesy Photo)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

NATO Just Got Handed a Nuclear Warning From Russia: Moscow Says It Is Ready to Use Its Entire Arsenal if NATO Tries to Cut Off Kaliningrad

Russia has warned NATO in a letter that it is ready to use its entire arsenal, including nuclear weapons, if the alliance tries to...

Caleb Larson5 days ago

Putin in August of 2022 Image Credit Russian Federation

North Korea Talk

North Korea is Preparing to Send Thousands More of Its Troops to Russia for Combat in Ukraine

Ukraine quietly handed two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea — a transfer Seoul says was supposed to stay secret, and one that...

Caleb Larson7 days ago

Ukraine War

North Korea Has Sent Thousands of Troops and Millions of Shells to Russia’s War in Ukraine — and Promised to Stay Until Victory

Russia is enlarging its army for the fourth time this year, and Ukraine says Moscow is leaning harder on North Korea to do it...

Caleb Larson7 days ago

National Security Journal

Caleb Larson

Ukraine War

Putin Looks Like a Fool Now: He Gambled He Would Invade and Conquer Ukraine Quickly and Is Now Losing Territory

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Groceries From the Sky: How Ukraine Is Using Heavy Drones to Feed Civilians Trapped in a Russian-Occupied Town Across the Dnipro

Dollars and Sense

The World’s Food Supply Just Got Handed a Warning: One Report Says the Black Sea Shutdown Has Disrupted Seventeen Percent of Traded Grain

Ukraine War

Putin Just Got Handed the Bill for His Invasion of Ukraine: September Was the Deadliest Month of the War this Year and Could Get Worse

Ukraine War

Ukraine’s Three Remaining Nuclear Power Plants Are on Russia’s Winter Target List, the Country’s Energy Minister Says

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Got Handed a Brutal Preview of Winter: Russia Launched Its Most Massive Combined Energy Attack Since Last Heating Season

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

NATO Just Got Handed a Nuclear Warning From Russia: Moscow Says It Is Ready to Use Its Entire Arsenal if NATO Tries to Cut Off Kaliningrad

North Korea Talk

North Korea is Preparing to Send Thousands More of Its Troops to Russia for Combat in Ukraine

Ukraine War

North Korea Has Sent Thousands of Troops and Millions of Shells to Russia’s War in Ukraine — and Promised to Stay Until Victory

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