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05 September 2026
- 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
- Spain keeps arming Ukraine against Russia’s ballistic missiles—and promises even more
- Finland ran Europe’s largest civil defense drill since World War II inside a shelter carved under a sports arena
- Ukraine’s F-16s are so short of Western missiles that pilots fall back on jet’s built-in M61A1 Vulcan cannon, which risks killing civilians below
- Ukraine says it struck a Bastion in Crimea, the launcher Russia pairs Zircon and Oniks missiles on
- Germany will close Russia’s Bonn consulate after attributing Leipzig Airport drone attack to Moscow
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1653: Russian troops are grinding closer from multiple directions around Sloviansk and Kramatorsk
- Estonia paid $81 million for Ukraine’s shells to firm that had never made one—now its defense minister is out
- Poland sent Ukraine 350 tanks—Europe just agreed to refund it half a billion dollars
- EU foreign ministers want Russia’s ex-fighters out. Nobody has written down what counts as proof
- Ukraine’s Khartiia soldiers clear 4 km² near Kupiansk, while Russia pushes for main rail hub (VIDEO)
- Russian Black Sea attacks, low Danube waters push EU to seek alternative routes for Ukrainian grain exports
- Russia straps two small attack drones to wings of its long-range Gerans and releases them deep inside Ukraine. It rarely works, Flash says
- Gunman on a motorcycle shoots the Russian air force general Ukraine says ordered the strike on Kyiv’s children’s hospital
Daily Review
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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
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1652: Jet-powered Shaheds spark Ukrainian innovation race against the clock
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.
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).
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 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.
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.
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.
Ukraine’s quiet counteroffensive took 745 square km. Russia’s dead Starlink is how
Six months, 26 settlements, and almost no video. Russia lost its battlefield communications three days in, and Ukrainian armor drove through the gap.
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
Russia’s biggest weapons maker has been under EU sanctions since 2022. Its 482 subsidiaries are the loophole.
A new NAKO analysis maps 482 companies inside Rostec and finds Western sanctions reach only a fraction of them—which is how the microelectronics in Russia's drones and missiles keep getting through.
