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Diplomacy, sanctions, 200 rounds of talks—Russia used all of it to buy time. Diesel prices in America are just the tsunami's latest wave.
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21 September 2026
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1670: Ukraine’s Vivaldi counteroffensive described as “one of Ukraine’s most important victories of 2026”
- Ukraine and Hungary have a rare moment of cooperation, agreeing to build fuel storage beyond Russia’s reach
- Russia has already destroyed more than two-fifths of Ukraine’s modern warehouse space as it escalates attacks on economic infrastructure – FT
- Euromaidan Press is fighting a two-front war for Ukraine’s truth. And we need you on both
- AnalysisEurope gave Russia years to perfect its aerial killing. Ukraine is paying the price. Europe may be next.
- Ukraine retakes ground in a region Russia has fought for years to capture. “Vivaldi” is only getting started but is already “one of the most important victories for Ukraine in 2026”
- Ukraine’s long-range strikes reach Moscow’s fuel supply as Russia votes in State Duma elections
- North Korea has fired around 150 ballistic missiles at Ukraine, learning from each one. Same missiles threaten Japan, and Kyiv just shows its speaker what is inside them
- At camp Norway built in Polish forest, NATO trainers admit Ukraine’s army now moves faster than their own
- What are “S-300 Clone” and GAM-67 in America’s new $2.68 billion package for Ukraine? Experts think they have answer
- Defender Media: Ukraine’s battle-tested drone makers reach no top slot in Pentagon’s $1.1 billion Drone Dominance program, but some Ukrainian technology wins anyway
- Ukraine’s Vivaldi operation cleared 85 square kilometers near Lyman. A soldier who fought it says one thing was hardest of all
- Ukraine’s most effective units, Azov among them, need reinforcements. So National Guard is opening recruitment center aimed only at foreigners
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1668: Thousands remain trapped and starving in Russian-occupied Oleshky
- Russia is using inaccurate missiles that can miss by hundreds of meters to attack Ukrainian cities – and plans to scale them up
- Russia paid a recruit to vandalize London mosques and make it look like a homegrown hate crime
- One machine handles 52% of a Russian oil plant—Ukrainian drones just hit it
- Russia plans ”accidental” drone strikes on NATO countries, Tusk says
- International“A warning to companies that remain”: Russia takes control of Nestlé and Auchan’s assets – companies that stayed in Russia following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine
- Drones hit Rostov-on-Don for the second straight night—OSINT monitors say the military airbase was likely the target again
- Ukraine’s snipers didn’t vanish in the drone war—their job changed beyond recognition
- Russia was sure the terrain made this village impossible to take—Ukraine walked in anyway
- Stop arming Ukraine or we shut down your defense firms, pro-Kremlin group tells Latvia, Poland, and Portugal
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1670: Ukraine’s Vivaldi counteroffensive described as “one of Ukraine’s most important victories of 2026”
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1668: Thousands remain trapped and starving in Russian-occupied Oleshky
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1667: US House passes first major Russia oil sanctions in two years, one signature from becoming law
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.
NATO vows to defend every inch. Svalbard is where Russia plans to prove it won’t.
The CIA chief’s visit to Moscow gave rise to warnings that Russia may be preparing to strike the Baltics. However, Russia has an easier target for the goal of paralyzing NATO.
Ukraine spent three years learning to catch Russian drones—so Russia made them fly faster
Russia's jet-powered drones don't beat Ukraine's missile defense. They threaten the cheap layer that keeps it affordable—and they are turning the war into a contest over reaction time.
Russia keeps striking Ukraine’s energy system. Winter resilience plans are less than half complete
Ukraine is racing to shield heat, water, and rail from Russian strikes—but new locomotives will not arrive before 2027.
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.
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 drove most ships from Ukraine’s ports. Now its drones are hunting the trains
By late August, Ukraine had exported only a third of its normal volume of farm goods. Russia damaged more than 250 locomotives in six months.
Shares in Russia’s second-largest bank hit record low as Wildberries-linked offering price holds steady
VTB sought access to Wildberries’ 80 million customers. After drone strikes hit the retailer’s warehouses, Moscow considered making the bank central to a support plan.
Fifth drone-related NORSI shutdown in under five months leaves all major Lukoil refineries offline
Russia’s second-largest gasoline producer is offline as Moscow orders fuel redistribution and regional authorities tighten sales limits.
Glide bomb then infiltrate. This is Russia’s new way of war.
Russia's old tactics involved artillery and tanks. After four years of fighting, it's all about glide bombs and infiltrators.
Ukraine’s secret counteroffensive is more successful than we thought
The Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps has cut across a dangerous Russian salient in the east. All without telling anyone.
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.
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.
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.
