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Ukraine unleashes machine gun-toting drones into the Black Sea. Evidence for this adaptation comes from both Ukrainian and Russian sources. |
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China opens its flour market to Ukraine as Kazakh producers pay for using Russian wheat. In the same week Beijing welcomed Ukrainian flour, it blocked Kazakh producers from using Russian wheat. |
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Trump's blunders in Iran have made Russia the big winner. But Ukraine is fighting back.. Five weeks on, we are updating our analysis of the Iran war and its impact on Ukraine: what we got right, what we got wrong, and the moves that nobody saw coming. |
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"I am at your service": Bloomberg transcript shows Orbán pledged full assistance to Putin. Bloomberg reviewed a transcript of Orbán's 17 October 2025 call with Putin: "I am at your service." Budapest summit talks, fables, and Hungary's election Sunday. |
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How far has Ukraine come on its key EU reform commitments? Nine points out of 100.. One year, 10 priorities, 100 points. Three months in, Ukraine has nine. |
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Russia's Black Sea Fleet is down to 7 major warships. Ukraine is hunting them one by one.. Striking more often with more powerful drones, Ukraine is determined to finish off the Russian Black Sea Fleet. |
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NATO's generals warn of war by 2029. Europe won't be ready until 2035.. The gap between threat timeline and readiness timeline is not a planning error. It is a window. |
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Serbia clears Ukraine—no link to pipeline sabotage amid Hungary elections. The explosives had US markings, which Serbia's military chief noted proves nothing about who planted them. |
Military
Ukraine keeps hitting same Russian oil terminal — and it's getting worse every night. Ukraine is systematically destroying Russia's Baltic oil gateway.
NYT: Ukraine attacks Russian oil ports to cut into Iran's war profits. Ukraine escalates drone strikes on Russia's Baltic oil ports handling 40% of crude exports, as Iran's Hormuz crisis doubles Kremlin oil revenues.
Russia's Baltic port resumed shipments two days ago. Ukraine just struck it again.. The 7 April attack hits the Baltic port again amid a wider campaign targeting Russia's major oil export hubs.
Intelligence and technology
Ukraine's deep-strike drone program has one bottleneck: tiny jet engine made by three European companies. Europe makes 200 a month. Ukraine needs thousands.
Your router could be Russian spy — Ukraine and FBI just exposed how Moscow did it. Russia hacked home routers to steal passwords.
Ukraine's Leopard took 52 hits and kept going. This is armor upgrade that made it possible. The tank survived because it had been transformed into something closer to a fortified position than a vehicle.
Ukraine's RBS 15 anti-ship missile reportedly made its combat debut — and it flies 2 meters above water. The Ukrainian Navy published footage of an RBS 15, a Swedish-made anti-ship cruise missile, launching from a mobile ground launcher against Russian targets.
Ukraine's robot army is exploding in size: from 67 units to 167 in four months. Ukraine's frontline robots just completed 9,000 missions in a single month.
International
Vance lands in Budapest: Trump's VP joins Orban rally as polls show Fidesz down 20 points. Vance lands in Budapest to rally with Orbán — days after leaked tapes caught Hungary's FM telling Lavrov "I am always at your disposal."
Vance openly supports Russia's favorite European ally in Budapest, while accusing Ukraine in meddling Hungarian elections. Vance just flew to Budapest to meet the politician who leaks the EU secrets to Moscow.
"We expect more nonsense": Sybiha warns of Russian fakes targeting Ukraine's Gulf defence role. Ukraine FM Sybiha warns of Russian disinformation targeting Ukraine-Gulf ties, calling the campaign proof of Moscow's failure.
Humanitarian and social impact
Russia's drone hits Nikopol bus mid-route: 3 dead, 12 injured at city-centre stop. "This was not a random strike. This is deliberate terror against civilians," — Dnipropetrovsk OVA head Oleksandr Hanzha.
Political and legal developments
Ukrainian duo indicted in Romania for setting incendiary traps at Nova Post office — allegedly on Russia's orders. Romania indicts two Ukrainians for planting incendiary parcels at a Nova Post office in Bucharest in an alleged Russian-linked sabotage plot.
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