Main news
Ukrainian Christmas
Starobilsk incident highlights Ukrainian concerns over civilian risk in deep strikes and limits of wartime verification in occupied areas
Ukraine said it struck a “Rubicon” command position in occupied Starobilsk, while Russian occupation authorities claimed a dormitory was hit and reported casualties.
Latest news
30 May 2026
- Japan joins NATO’s PURL arms-funding mechanism, pledging $14.7 million for non-lethal equipment to Ukraine
- Ottawa and Kyiv sign deal to manufacture reconnaissance drones on Canadian soil for Ukraine’s forces
- Putin warns Armenia of a “Ukrainian scenario” over its push toward the EU
- Drones set a tanker and fuel tank ablaze at Russia’s Taganrog port
- Ukrainian drones destroy 2 Tu-142 aircraft, Iskander system at Russian airfield in Taganrog
- Russia strikes Ukraine with Iskander-M, 6 Kh-101 missiles and 290 drones, killing 1 in Zaporizhzhia
- From drones augmenting infantry to drones replacing it: Ukraine’s Third Army Corps plans 30% robot-for-infantry substitution by end of 2026
- Threat to global food security: Russia hits three foreign-flagged merchant ships in Ukraine’s Black Sea corridor
- Belarus’s has more than 100 KGB officers in about 40 countries, BelPol investigation finds
- Volgograd refinery and a key Yaroslavl oil-pipeline station struck in one night
- Real risk: Kyiv is detecting Belarus activity that could threaten Ukraine and European countries in future, “Flash” Beskrestnov says
- Russian radar didn’t see Ukrainian drones coming. It became the 28th Russian air-defense asset wrecked this May
- Romania’s sharpest response yet: Bucharest just closed Russia’s consulate in Constanța after “Geran-2” crashed into Galați apartment building
- “Fire-show goes on”: Ukrainian Intelligence drones strike Russian fuel tankers on supply corridor between occupied Berdiansk, Melitopol, and Crimea
- “Impossible”: Russia planned to move tens of thousands of Armenians home to vote — part of campaign to stop Armenia’s pivot West
- Japan is sending soldiers to NATO’s Wiesbaden mission to study Ukraine’s emerging combat tactics
- Money MattersWhat keeps Ukraine’s groceries expensive when the summer harvest should make them cheap?
- ISW: Russian generals feed the Kremlin a false picture: leaked map claims towns that were never captured
- Ukraine assembles a European coalition to stop Russian ballistic missiles
- Military techUkrainian drones learned to shrug off Russian jamming. Now they’re hunting the jammers.
- InterviewTwenty armed men capture a village on NATO’s eastern border. What happens next?
- Moscow’s drone hits 10-story apartment block in Romania, injuring two as Russia fires 232 UAVs at Ukraine
- Russia is bolting jammers onto its Shahed drones to survive Ukraine’s cheap interceptors
Daily Review
-
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1554: Ukraine’s strike campaign tightens its grip on Russian logistics
-
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1553: Tsikhanoŭskaya and Zelenskyy shook hands for the first time—as Ukraine’s drone chief said the first 500 Belarus targets are marked
-
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1552: Ukraine wrapped Russia’s occupied southern territories in three overlapping drone strike layers
Russia’s new Kyiv strike threat is posturing for the Victory Day humiliation, not retaliation—ISW
EU, France, Poland, and Ukraine answered Moscow's evacuation demand in lockstep. The diplomats are staying.
US pressure flows to Kyiv, Vilnius, and Warsaw—never to Minsk itself
Bombed country rejects relief for the regime hosting Russian drone launches.
Spain pledged €1 billion to Ukraine—then helped block NATO’s plan to count it
Four other allies blocked the metric, and six frameworks now run uncompared.
Why are EU farmers still protesting? Subsidies, not Ukrainian imports
Brussels imposed trade quotas in 2025—the CAP fight is the next one.
From hedging to solidarity: how Belarus’s exiled opposition came to stand with Ukraine
The latest Belarusian prisoner releases returned key figures to public life. Their positions on Ukraine range from unwavering solidarity to studied ambiguity on Crimea.
Russia’s last “Ukraine peace deal” led to Europe’s biggest war since WWII. Here’s why this one could be worse.
Moscow isn’t just negotiating—it’s setting the stage. Behind closed doors, familiar tactics are at play, and the consequences could reshape Europe’s future once again.
Ukraine wrapped the occupied south in three layers of drones. Russian trucks are burning
Strikes doubled February to March—and the Russians retreated
Tulsi Gabbard, the DNI who called Biden a ‘warmonger’ for backing Ukraine is resigning
Gabbard resigns as US intelligence chief, citing husband's cancer.
Russia threatens NATO member Latvia with retaliation. Rubio calls it “concerning”
Russia's UN ambassador threatened to strike Latvia. The US Secretary of State said the situation raises concerns.
Ukraine’s attack on Moscow: Show of force? Yes. Path of revenge? Not quite.
Moscow's air defense "never coped under the pressure of regular UAVs."
Ukraine’s deputy agriculture minister on the 2026 sowing, the labor crisis, and a sector holding steady under fire
Taras Vysotskyi on the 2026 sowing season, the war’s drag on labor, and a sector that has refused to contract.
Why is Ukraine losing ground? Mobilization crisis and command failures exposed
Ukraine's military problems can no longer be ignored as mobilization failures and systemic issues lead to mounting territorial losses
Evergreens
Yes, Ukraine can win the war – ex-minister decodes victory plan
Zelenskyy's plan and Ukraine's victory are completely realistic, says Andriy Zagorodnyuk. But there is a crucial caveat -- the current paradigm must be changed.
Putin and Xi signed “multipolar world” declaration that teads as repudiation of what Russia is doing in Ukraine
The declaration's principles include respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states.
A realistic victory strategy for Ukraine
In a war where offensive operations are equally difficult on both sides, not losing is already winning in the next year and a half
Analysis
Mendel told Tucker Carlson many tales about Zelenskyy. All blame the country being invaded
Most of what former Ukrainian press secretary Iuliia Mendel told Tucker Carlson about events after 2021 is secondhand. The facts tell a different story.
