Exclusives
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Four Ukrainian combat veterans sent to NATO drills ended up teaching 13 armies how drone war actually works. New details from Hedgehog 2025 show Ukraine's Nemesis crew improvised everything — because nobody on NATO's side had a plan. |
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Ukraine's most wanted worker is 60 years old. War flipped who keeps the economy running. The question is what comes next. |
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Russia bombed Hungary's pipeline. Hungary deployed troops—against Ukraine.. Opposition calls it a false flag to save Orbán's collapsing election campaign. |
Military
Oleksandrivka direction sees breakthrough—Russia loses coordination as Ukrainian paratroopers exploit chaos. Kyiv units cut Russian supply lines while securing nine key settlements.
Russia's direct assaults near Myrnohrad are failing. The quad bike flanking runs aren't going much better. Ukraine's 79th Brigade reported a shift to northeast-southwest encirclement attempts using quad bikes — easy targets for FPVs.
126 km² in February, 245 in January, some 630 last November — Russia's gains drop while its attacks hold steady, Deep State says. Assault operations barely slowed, dropping just 4% compared to January, while the Pokrovsk sector absorbed 31% of all attacks.
Port hit, terminal burning: New Novorossiysk strike adds pressure on Russia's Black Sea oil logistics. Videos and local reports indicate an attack on the port zone in Russia's Krasnodar Krai city overnight into 2 March.
Russia wants Odesa to control entire Black Sea and reach Moldova — but every arm it extends gets cut off. Odesa is Russia's white whale — endlessly hunted, never caught, and defended by drones that already sank the fleet that tried.
Intelligence and technology
Ukraine rips through Russia's elite Rubikon drone lab with 5,000 most skilled operators. A laboratory of Russian drone innovations staffed with thousands of operators, was dismantled by Ukrainian forces.
Ukraine destroys its "fierce enemy" that could spot 20 targets per minute at ranges up to 115 km. Russia deployed the Kasta to trace Ukrainian drones.
Russia's new Izdelie-30 is multinational nightmare in single warhead. While sanctions attempt to choke Russia's arms industry, the Izdelie-30 cruise missile emerges with parts from the US, Switzerland, China, and the Netherlands.
World's best Shahed hunters are in Ukraine — and Kyiv to deploy to Gulf, but only on one condition. Arab states have economic leverage over Russia. Ukraine has the world's best drone hunters. Zelenskyy proposes a trade.
Two wars are now drinking from same well. Ukraine fears PAC-3 supply will run dry amid war in Iran. Russia hammers Ukraine with record ballistic strikes while a second war erupts in the Middle East.
International
Latvia is already fighting to keep Ukraine on the agenda as the Iran war consumes the spotlight. Foreign Minister Braže named three things that must not disappear from international priorities — and none of them are about the Middle East.
Same Shaheds that terrorized Ukraine are now flying at Bahrain and Qatar — and Kyiv gets UK's call to help stop them. Ukraine spent four years learning to down Iranian drones the hard way.
Zelenskyy exposes Hungary's pipeline hypocrisy after fifteenth energy strike. Croatia was ready to supply Hungary oil, but Budapest preferred Russian profits.
Ukraine will help Gulf states shoot down Iran's Shaheds — if their leaders push Putin toward a ceasefire. The proposal came hours after Shaheds struck Dubai and a US base in Bahrain — the same weapon Ukraine has intercepted over 57,000 times since 2022.
Russia lost Europe as trade partner and alternative markets can't fill this gap. EU-Russia trade shrank 5.4 times since invasion as Moscow faces isolation.
Humanitarian and social impact
Diplomacy is going great in Moscow's understanding: Russia struck suburban train in motion full of passengers amid "peace talks". Russia's drones have found a new prey: moving passenger trains carrying people in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Winter didn't break Ukraine — but spring is no time to let guard down, as Russia prepares more missiles. Ukraine weathered the February storm of 121 Russian ballistic missiles. Zelenskyy says Moscow is already forming spring wave.
Political and legal developments
70% of Ukrainians do not believe that peace talks will lead to lasting peace, according to Kyiv-based polling service. No US troops, no closed skies, no free weapons—support for Donbas deal drops from 36% to 25% when guarantee details revealed.
Russia plots Black Sea chokehold, ready to grind 450,000 troops for 1% of Ukraine. While Russia engages in US-initiated peace talks, its actual plans call for seizing four major Ukrainian cities and the entire Black Sea coast, Deputy Presidential Office chief Palisa reveals.
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