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Ukraine logged impacts at 11 sites while the American peace delegation was still in Moscow
The strike package mixed jet-powered attack drones, decoys, and cruise missiles across several oblasts.
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09 September 2026
- 1,000 Patriot missiles arrive too late for this winter, so Ukraine asked the Ramstein arms coalition to open its warehouses
- Can Ukraine’s newly shown Koral become home-built answer to Patriot? Expert evaluates system displayed at Poland’s MSPO expo
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1658: Ukraine’s new top commander is pushing to give combat-tested sergeants real authority
- Ukraine moves to restore anti-money-laundering safeguard that it quietly weakened, alarming EU and IMF
- Ukrainian engine for Bars missile-drone passes final tests
- A Ukrainian strike drone that quietly hit 450-plus Russian targets steps out of the shadows
- Ukraine’s new Hryfon Zakhid runs the whole drone chain on one screen
- Ukrainian politicsUkraine’s prosecutor general resigns as the watchdogs he was appointed to leash close in
- Ukrainian Armor unveils two new troop carriers at Polish arms exhibition: fast light scout and mine-resistant MRAP. Both meet NATO’s STANAG 4569 protection standards
- Ukraine shows a home-built missile designed to hit ballistic targets for the first time, the Koral, at Poland’s MSPO
- Ukraine is sending its winning brigades to where the fighting is worst. The 46th just turned up outside Kramatorsk
- European NATO members may be the second target of Russia’s winter missile buildup—Ukraine’s foreign intelligence
- A Russian drone hit a Kyiv television newsroom in broad daylight while the channel was live on air
- Russian-occupied nuclear plant ran on diesel for almost three weeks. Ukraine ended that, and the UN’s nuclear watchdog calls it a crucial step against an accident
- Brussels cleared Ukraine to spend EU loan money on American Patriot missiles for the coming winter of Russian attacks
- Trump’s peace envoys left, and Russia hit Kyiv with ballistics—the one thing Ukraine still struggles to stop
- OpinionA US-Russia deal won’t end the war. It will start the next one
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1657: Ukraine’s newly appointed top commander wants to break with a Soviet-inherited system
- Ukraine’s new top commander is pushing to unwind a Soviet-inherited command model mid-war. He wants combat-tested sergeants to have real authority
- Russia burns occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’s last-resort generators as everyday power, Ukraine says
- “Now on the 1,657th day”: Ukraine’s crews restored power to over 900,000 homes last week as Russia keeps striking grid before winter
- Ukrainian AI targeting module placed third among 60-plus entries in NATO contest
- Ukrainian university and the Flamingo missile-maker opened an engineering course. On the first try, zero of 150 passed
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1658: Ukraine’s new top commander is pushing to give combat-tested sergeants real authority
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1657: Ukraine’s newly appointed top commander wants to break with a Soviet-inherited system
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1655: More than 400 Ukrainian defense firms push Kyiv to create single authority over $6.8 billion industry
Frontline Rolls: Ukrainian soldiers document their lives at the front on film
The 2025 project is now a photobook and traveling exhibition after winning two international photography awards.
US C-17 spends 8½ hours in Moscow during first CIA chief visit since 2021
Washington reportedly asked Kyiv to pause strikes on Moscow and St. Petersburg while John Ratcliffe held undisclosed talks with Russian security officials.
Ukraine fires state bank chair after alleged $3.3 million bail-laundering scheme
The government and central bank also moved against Sense Bank’s CEO and financial monitoring chief while reviewing the bank’s entire supervisory board.
Ukraine’s secret counteroffensive takes the pressure off Sloviansk
Under strict operational security, the Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps has been counterattacking north of Lyman. For months now.
Russia turns failed drone defenses into grounds for state control of company assets
Russia can now take control of a company’s property and shares if it fails to protect key infrastructure from drones—even when the controller is foreign.
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.
Why did Ozon fall as much as 29% while Russia’s market lost 2.9%?
After five weeks of strikes on privately held Wildberries, attacks on listed Ozon gave investors a direct price for warehouse risk.
Russia’s thermobaric launchers used to just drive up and fire. Now they move one at a time, in steel boxes built to stop Ukrainian drones
Ukraine has knocked out at least 36 of them. Twenty-seven burned outright.
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.
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.
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.
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
Is a fifth or well over half of Wildberries gone—or can both counts be right?
Estimates of how much of Wildberries Ukraine has burned run from a fifth of the network to well over half. Which is right depends on what you count. And some of the loudest claims don’t survive a check.
