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Ukraine has five ways to stop Russia’s Iskanders. Only one arrives before the strikes on the grid begin
It means finding a launcher in a forest during the twenty minutes it spends above ground.
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03 September 2026
- Twenty Ukrainian firms are racing to catch Russia’s jet-powered Shaheds. This one’s interceptor is already flying combat missions
- Russia’s air war has cost the average Ukrainian mall 166.8 working days since 2022, about eight months of closed floors
- 190 or 580 Patriot missiles? What Ukraine’s EU-loan request could buy—and why Washington still decides
- Ukraine says it busted a Kyiv crypto ring that drained EU citizens’ wallets
- 42,020 troops, 1,827 artillery systems, 89 tanks: Ukraine’s tally of what it cost Russia to keep fighting in August
- Kazakh refinery deal could ease Russia’s front-line fuel pressure—but it covers just 0.3% of demand
- Ukraine says it bought 5,000 pickup trucks through open competitive bidding and saved more than $45 million
- Putin dismisses mobilization reports as Ukraine warns Russia could call up 600,000 to war
- Ukraine confirms strike hit Novatek fuel plant at Russia’s Ust-Luga port
- Estonia quarantines emails from Russian domains over cyberattack risk
- Russia says Armenia’s EU accession law means leaving Moscow-led trade bloc. Yerevan disagrees
- Putin says Russia is 12 km from Sumy—1.5 km farther than in June
- AnalysisNATO vows to defend every inch. Svalbard is where Russia plans to prove it won’t.
- Russian propagandists fake Polish newspaper claiming Ukraine faces famine
- A masked figure got into a Polish drone-parts plant—Poland now suspects a foreign spy service set the fire
- Foot soldiers get a long spear: Ukrainian assault units strike deep behind Russian lines
- Zaporizhzhia’s largest mall closes as Russia’s attacks seek to make Ukrainian cities unlivable
- Russian Church installs Soviet military veteran to lead occupation-created diocese in Kherson Oblast
- Ukraine’s Security Service says it foiled FSB plot to assassinate Russian opposition leader in Kyiv – several wounded in street shootout
- Putin calls Zelenskyy’s airspace warning “state terrorism” as shares in Russia’s national airline fall 5%
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1651: Russia’s sixth day of attacks on Kyiv ends with massive ballistic missile strike on eve of school year
- “Russian airspace will effectively be closing”: Zelenskyy warns airlines Russian skies are no longer safe
- Russia’s Starlink rival falters as latest satellite batch stalls in low orbit, ISW says
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1651: Russia’s sixth day of attacks on Kyiv ends with massive ballistic missile strike on eve of school year
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1650: Ukraine isolates 2,500 Russian troops on port-controlling spit
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1649: Russia keeps Kyiv under fire for a fourth day as Ukraine tests new interceptors and strikes back at Russian oil
Ukrainians rally across dozens of countries to demand Europe use Russia’s frozen billions
The EU backed a €90 billion Ukraine loan with its budget while €210 billion in Russian central bank assets remain immobilized.
Ukraine finally hit three Russian Kalibr ships on 12 August. On the 19th, an untouched one hit Kyiv
Prior to 12 August, the Russian Black Sea Fleet had eight warships capable of firing Kalibr cruise missiles. It still has at least four.
The Fedorov protesters lost. But they backed a man for what he built, not what he promised—and that may be new in Ukraine.
For twenty years, Ukrainians voted for the biggest promises. This summer they marched for a record instead—and a scholar thinks that's the real story.
Ukraine offers cash rewards for capturing Russian soldiers and close-combat kills
The group that captures a Russian soldier shares a reward of 100,000 hryvnias ($2,225), while each confirmed kill in small-arms or hand-to-hand combat, backed by video, brings 15,000 hryvnias ($335).
Black Sea attacks delayed up to 2.5 million tons of wheat bound for Asia
Russian attacks on Ukraine’s ports and Black Sea ships surged from 14 in all of 2025 to 124 this July. Up to 2.5 million tons of wheat bound for Asia is delayed.
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.
Russia is trying to get its guns within range of Zaporizhzhia. First it has to take a prison
The Ukrainian 118th Mechanized Brigade blocks any march on Zaporizhzhia City. But a Russian field army aims to disrupt the defense.
Putin’s Mach-10 wonder weapon misses by 30 meters. Russia stopped building it in April.
Putin unveiled it as unstoppable in 2018. Ukrainian intelligence says the line stopped in April, and the fuel now goes to Iskanders.
Wiretaps, a mocking codename, and a seized playbook—Ukraine’s anti-graft bureau reaches the President’s Office again
Media reports place a deputy head of the presidential office among those searched, while investigators decline to confirm any identities.
Moldova halves grain-transit fees for Ukraine as its own farmers threaten protests
President Maia Sandu is defending the halved transit fees against her own farmers, arguing that a neighbor able to export and arm itself is worth more to Moldova than the risk to local grain prices.
India’s cooking-oil imports jump for festival season—but not war-hit sunflower
Indian refiners are stocking up for the festival season, but the war has left the world’s top sunflower supplier shut out of the boom.
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.
Ukraine’s Zaporizhstal may idle half its capacity to fit new EU steel quotas
The EU dropped its steel duties in 2022 to help Ukraine through the war. On 1 July, it halved the tariff-free quotas and taxed the remainder at 50%.
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
Ukraine funds its war from wages, and a 1971 law keeps millions of women from earning them
Ukraine is short 4.5 million workers and 81% of its registered unemployed are women—yet a Soviet-era law still bars them from night shifts in the industries most desperate to fill them.
