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A rare Ukrainian Bulat tank turned up in a brigade that never had them
Ukraine wanted 400 of the up-armored T-64s and built about 80. Nobody can say how the 57th Motorized Brigade got one.
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02 September 2026
- 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
- Fired Ukraine defense chief Fedorov launches defense-tech company with Palantir CEO backing
- Germany blames Moscow for Leipzig drone attack, closes consulate and cultural center among sweeping diplomatic measures
- German politician wants to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine after Russian drone attack in Leipzig airport
- Military techUkraine spent three years learning to catch Russian drones—so Russia made them fly faster
- Russian air attack interrupts lessons on first day of school in Ukraine
- US welcomes Russia back to G20 but rules out economic relief, source says
- Second drone brigade in two months: Ukraine is forming the 446th Unmanned Systems Brigade
- Armenia drops Russia’s ‘strategic partner’ label, but foreign minister says alliance remains
- Latvia blocks Russian and Belarusian books, clothes and toys
- Russia promised a scramjet superweapon. Ukraine says Zircon runs on solid fuel
- Indonesia is examining whether traffickers put its citizens into Russia’s war on Ukraine
- Money MattersRussia keeps striking Ukraine’s energy system. Winter resilience plans are less than half complete
- Drone attack damages Russia’s Baltic oil port as drone crosses Latvia into Estonia
- UN counted 183 Ukrainian children killed or wounded in July, the highest since 2022
- Former Ukrainian president has made offer to Zelenskyy amid Russia’s new type of war on Kyiv
- Russian drone struck a Ukrainian fire truck on its way to a house fire—four rescuers injured
- Russia’s 6-day attack on Kyiv that started two days after CIA head’s visit to Moscow, culminates with massive ballistic missile strike on eve of school year
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1650: Ukraine isolates 2,500 Russian troops on port-controlling spit
- Ukrainian company builds single device that detects FPV drone, reads its video feed, and jams it
- 800 jet drones in four days: Russia is now firing type Ukraine’s interceptors cannot catch
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
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 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’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.
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.
Russia has thousands of tanks it can’t risk. One drone shield decides whether they roll
Russia has finally fielded a tank defense that can shoot down Ukrainian FPV drones. The problem is that Ukrainian crews can send more drones than the Arena-M can stop—and the first tanks carrying it have burned anyway.
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.
Kosova is no precedent for Russia’s annexation of Crimea—Ukraine should say so
Acknowledging Kosova’s exceptional path would strengthen Kyiv’s case against Moscow’s occupation referendums, not weaken it.
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
Europe promised Ukraine a deterrence force. The missiles that would make it work arrive in 2029.
The only deep-strike production line opening sooner runs through Ukrainian factories.
