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EU will return to buying Russian gas once war ends, new Hungarian PM Magyar predicts
The new prime minister told Rzeczpospolita the calculation is set by competitiveness and geography, contrary to the bloc's three-year phase-out plan.
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24 May 2026
- Zelenskyy responds to Merz: Ukraine has been defending Europe fully, not with half measures and has to have right to vote in EU
- BREAKING: Russia reportedly struck Kyiv Oblast with Oreshnik intercontinental ballistic missile
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1550: Russian FPV drones hit funeral procession and pensioners in Ukraine
- Russia is now losing 95% of its Shaheds to Ukrainian interception. Moscow’s response will be jet-powered variants and border-area targeting
- Ukraine warns of possible third “Oreshnik” strike with Kyiv among likely targets — and US Embassy issues security alert
- Ukraine strikes Russia’s Sheskharis terminal with 75 million tons of annual oil throughput and 2.5 million cubic meters of tank capacity
- Russian showed his military ID in mud and declared him dead. He survived and went back for gun
- Russian operators deliberately wound pensioners aged 83, 80, and 69, who can’t escape their FPVs in Kherson Oblast
- Metafrax Chemicals plant, supplying dozens of military facilities, halts operation after Ukraine’s strikes 1,700 km inside Russia
- Russian operator saw funeral procession in Sumy on his screen and steered FPV drone into it, killing one person
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1549: Ukraine’s Hornet AI drone captured but secrets stay safe
- Ukraine documents 11,000 Russian FPV attacks on civilians, including “double strikes” on same site after medics and firefighters arrive
- Ukraine receives remains of Andrii Melnyk, OUN’s second head and Sachsenhausen prisoner. He will be reburied at pantheon of heroes
- InternationalTulsi Gabbard, the DNI who called Biden a ‘warmonger’ for backing Ukraine is resigning
- InternationalRussia threatens NATO member Latvia with retaliation. Rubio calls it “concerning”
- Russia’s 1,392-vessel shadow fleet is now hybrid-warfare tool. It will continue as long as its export capacity remains unharmed
- Russia captures Hornet AI drone that Ukraine uses to cut logistics 150 km behind front — without software that makes it work
- Ukraine strikes “Rubicon” elite Russian drone unit in occupied Luhansk Oblast — while Moscow accuses Kyiv of hitting civilians
- Trump announces 5,000 US troops to Poland — one week after US froze scheduled combat-team rotation and amid Russia’s threat
- AnalysisUkraine’s attack on Moscow: Show of force? Yes. Path of revenge? Not quite.
- InterviewUkraine’s deputy agriculture minister on the 2026 sowing, the labor crisis, and a sector holding steady under fire
- Russia is “directing” Ukrainian drones into NATO territory, Estonian foreign minister says
- Ukraine has struck 24 of Russia’s 33 largest refineries since 2022, Russian media reports
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1550: Russian FPV drones hit funeral procession and pensioners in Ukraine
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1549: Ukraine’s Hornet AI drone captured but secrets stay safe
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1548: One SBU strike — and an FSB site, a PANTSIR-S1, and around 100 Russian troops out of action
ISW: Russia prepares the ground for Baltic aggression as its spy agency threatens Latvian “decision-making centers”
Russia's SVR threatens Latvian military bases over Ukrainian drone claims Riga denies. ISW warns Moscow is manufacturing a pretext for Baltic aggression.
Wounded warriors can wait months for evacuation. Ukrainians are trying to solve this—here’s how
From UGVs to experimental hexcopters
Frontline tool Ukraine can’t fight without: 5,000 pickups now procured through largest-ever open tender
The Defense Procurement Agency will run the process in stages through framework agreements, with first deliveries expected by end of year.
From job offers to “meat assaults”: The deception of Russia’s foreign fighters
A joint human rights report reveals that Russia’s global recruitment system increasingly relies on deception, coercion, and economic desperation to funnel tens of thousands of foreign nationals into high-intensity combat in Ukraine.
Days after Trump leaves Beijing, Putin arrives—gas price gap and Ukraine on the table
Putin arrives in Beijing days after Trump's visit. China wants Russian gas at $50 per thousand cubic meters; it currently pays $258.
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.
Xi pledged to stop arming Iran—US intelligence warns the weapons still flow
Xi pledged to stop arming Iran, but US intelligence says covert Chinese weapons shipments continue via third countries—no deal, no monitors signed.
Is Ukraine about to repeat Hitler’s mistake with the London Blitz?
The West left Ukraine one exit. It's the wrong one.
Ukraine’s homemade glide bomb may have an edge over the American and French ones
It took more than a year of development, but Ukraine's new precision glide bomb is finally ready for action.
Ukraine’s steel capacity fell fourfold after Russia destroyed Azovstal. Now EU’s new quota could cost it €1 billion more
Brussels offered Ukraine 713,000 tonnes duty-free. Ukraine shipped 2.65 million tonnes to the EU last year.
10% now, 23% after a ceasefire, 59% only at peace—Ukraine’s verdict on a wartime vote hasn’t moved all year
At the Lviv Media Forum, sociologist Tymofii Brik laid out the polling behind a settled question—and a less settled one underneath it.
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 fast-tracks citizenship for Moldova’s occupied Transnistria – a familiar playbook returns
Russia has eased citizenship rules for residents of the Moldovan breakaway region Transnistria, reviving a policy approach previously used in other contested regions.
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
Can “good morals” become a legal weapon in Ukraine’s new Civil Code?
Brussels says reform is “necessary.” It also says quick answers to complex questions are always a problem.
