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Ukrainian Christmas
Desperate to save Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, Ukrainian forces counterattack and reinforce
A Russian pincer is slowly closing around the last two big free cities in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region. Winter will be a brief reprieve.
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06 September 2026
- Ukrainian drones took Ryazan’s blending unit after knocking out two of its four crude units
- Ukraine’s drone forces say they hit 58,465 Russian targets in August, nearly 1,900 a day. Three named campaigns did the strategic damage
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1655: More than 400 Ukrainian defense firms push Kyiv to create single authority over $6.8 billion industry
- “If you’re gonna f*ck, f*ck a queen, if you’re gonna steal, steal a million”: Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau says senior official ran criminal ring inside Prosecutor General’s Office
- Ukraine’s Lasar’s Group says its bomber drones destroyed rare Russian Zhitel jammer 55 km behind front
- Military techUkraine is running short of its best missiles for hunting Russia’s jet drones. Now MiG-29s are firing 1970s weapons
- More than 400 defense firms ask Kyiv to create one state body with real authority over $6.8 billion industry
- Slovakia, led by one of EU’s most Russia-friendly governments, condemns Russia’s drone strike on Ukraine’s Security Service building
- Russia made 500 Ukrainian schoolchildren in occupied Donetsk take part in “anti-terrorism dictation”. It taught them they can be jailed for a repost at 14
- From HQ to the zero line: Ukraine’s Hrafit system answers one important question on an ordinary phone in a trench and on the road
- Military techUkraine is taking 1980s Leopards from across Europe and giving them radar-guided anti-drone guns and gunner-less turrets
- “Everyone is absolutely livid”: Expert says Russian agent may have activated MESH relay within 5 km of attack on Security Service, enraging Ukraine and Europe
- Money MattersRussia destroyed most of Ukraine’s big warehouses. Now the country is scrambling to build small ones everywhere
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1654: Ukraine orders a three-day ceasefire as US envoys head to Moscow, and Kyiv’s sirens sound anyway
- Ukraine orders temporary ceasefire as US envoys visit Moscow. Air raid alert sounds in Kyiv immediately as pause begins
- Germany suspects Russian intelligence behind arson attack as hybrid warfare threat grows across Europe
- After years of disputes, Hungary finds common ground with Ukraine—on honoring Soviet deportations from Zakarpattia
- Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies target Prosecutor General’s Office official linked to fraudulent call centers
- Ukraine adopts two-tier air raid alert system as Russia’s mass drone attacks become the new normal
- Witkoff and Kushner to visit Kyiv and Moscow to revive peace talks as Russia ramps up attacks across Ukraine
- Russian drone strikes SBU headquarters in central Kyiv. Zelenskyy says “geography” of Ukraine’s response is set
- Russia’s answer to Starlink was written off as a failure—its satellites are still climbing
- Drones hit fuel depots in Sochi and an explosives plant 1,300 km away on the same night
Daily Review
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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
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1654: Ukraine orders a three-day ceasefire as US envoys head to Moscow, and Kyiv’s sirens sound anyway
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1653: Russian troops are grinding closer from multiple directions around Sloviansk and Kramatorsk
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.
Ukraine escaped the empire in 1991. The empire struck back.
It took 22 years of Moscow holding the strings, and then an invasion, to make Ukrainians fight for the real thing.
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.
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.
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 diverts defense-industry chemicals to gasoline—but stations still run dry
A July decree sent defense-industry chemicals to the fuel pump; motor oil prices have since spiked 40%, and Rosgvardia is patrolling gas stations in Moscow Oblast.
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.
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.
NATO no longer deters Russia. A new coalition could
A formal declaration of Ukraine's alliance with European military powers would radically change Russia's calculus
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.
