Exclusives
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Orbán's Hungary robbed Ukraine's state bank of $82 million — Oschadbank launches international legal fight to recover it. The Ukrainian state-owned bank confirmed the shipment was conducted under a valid international agreement with Raiffeisen Bank Austria, fully documented under European customs procedures, and carried by employees with up to 21 years' service. |
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Russia spent three years trying to break Western support for Ukraine—then Iran did it in a week. The Iran war's first casualty may be the world's attention to Ukraine. |
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Iran crammed its drones onto one 250-meter ship. Ukraine could have told them how that ends.. Iran made a mistake when it built an World War II-sized drone carrier. Ukraine learned the hard way that drones work best when spread out on land. |
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Blowing up a key dam, the Russians marched into Kostiantynivka. But not for long.. Unable to capture Kostiantynivka with a direct assault, the Russians are trying to drown and strangle the city's garrison. |
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Putin sends election fixers to Budapest to keep Orbán's Kremlin veto alive. A GRU-linked cell embedded in the Russian Embassy is running Moscow's Moldova playbook on Hungarian soil—and the stakes for Ukraine could not be higher. |
Military
Russians surrendered to Ukrainian robot without knowing it was robot. Russian fighters heard shooting and gave up. They had no idea the enemy was a robot.
Ukraine just hit the fuel tank that feeds southern Russia's pipeline — here's why this strike hurts more than a refinery fire. The Armavir station isn't a refinery — it's the reservoir buffer for Transneft's whole pipeline section; when it burns, the entire fuel flow along that route stops, not just the station itself.
100 Russians surrendered to drones this winter – defense minister says.
Intelligence and technology
Her unit was surprised woman flew Vampire. Harley Quinn takes it straight into Russian lines at nights. She started carrying equipment for the crew, but now she commands it.
Russian-Iranian alliance bombs two continents at once. Ukraine says same shield should cover both. Iran arms the drone war in Europe and the Middle East. Ukraine has intercepted 57,000 and is offering the antidote.
Drone interceptor was last year's innovation. Ukraine has already moved on. A robot now hauls the wounded off the battlefield while its operator sits at a console.
Iranian drone that struck British base in Cyprus carried Russian navigation system first seen in Ukraine's skies three months ago. The recovered Kometa-B module was originally identified by Ukrainian air defenses in December 2025.
Britain opens curtain on secret Ukraine repair shops keeping Western weapons in the fight. Most allied military aid to Ukraine is counted in shipments and pledges. Britain is now counting repair bays: four workshops operating on Ukrainian soil, staffed by British and Ukrainian workers, with a fifth on the way.
800 US interceptors spent in three Middle East days — more than Ukraine got all winter. "Americans will not be able to provide enough of those missiles for the Gulf countries, for their own army, and also for Ukraine," European Commissioner for Defence Andrius Kubilius said.
Russian military intel hid fire bombs in sex toy parcels targeting European cargo planes, investigators say. A parcel caught fire at a DHL depot in the UK, another in a Polish delivery truck, a third at Leipzig airport minutes before a cargo flight.
International
Beijing and Moscow appoint themselves defenders of rules-based global order amid two wars. China calls its Russia alliance "unshakable like a rock."
Zelenskyy tells Macron Ukrainian forces held all key defensive lines this winter, urges Europe to deliver on €90 bn promise. Expertise in shooting down Russo-Iranian Shahed drones could anchor a new, more effective collective security framework for partners across Europe and the Gulf, the Ukrainian President said.
The UAE asked for 5,000 interceptors, Qatar for 2,000 — and the reason every Gulf state is calling Ukraine is the same: Patriot isn't enough. The obstacle to getting Ukrainian drones in the air quickly isn't production — it's the several months needed to train pilots.
Bessent floats lifting Russia oil sanctions to plug Iran supply gap. In October 2025, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called US sanctions on Lukoil and Rosneft "some of the largest" ever imposed on Russia. Five months later, he says Washington is weighing whether to lift sanctions on Russian oil entirely.
Humanitarian and social impact
Two nights, same target: Russia hits Poltava's gas fields as 312 Naftogaz workers lie dead since 2022. The consecutive strikes halted operations at several critical infrastructure facilities; no personnel casualties were reported in the latest attack.
Russia fires 509 weapons at Ukraine overnight: two children dead in Kharkiv, Kyiv loses heat. A ballistic missile hit a five-story apartment building in Kharkiv at 1 am on 7 March, killing seven residents — among them a 13-year-old girl and a boy.
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