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05 May 2026
- Military techUkrainian troops lay out what defense companies get wrong—and right
- Kim Jong Un urges North Korean youth aged 14 to 30 to fight for Russia after losing 6,000 troops in Kursk
- Eurovision 2026 final lineup confirmed — two Ukrainian winners join Lordi, Rybak, and Kostov in Vienna
- FP: Patriot supplies to Ukraine hinge on the war in Iran, which has already drained nearly half of the US stockpile
- Canada adds 12.4 mn euros to Ukraine Energy Support Fund, total passes 57 mn
- “Anyone who tries to break through, we will shoot” — a Ukrainian sailor describes two months at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz
- Russia will be combat-ready again by 2027 — Estonia’s military chief sets a two-year clock for NATO
- Ukraine jails European ex-instructor for 8.5 years after FSB recruited him through pro-Kremlin forums
- National Guard’s Omega unit downs $100,000 Russian Knyaz Veshchiy Oleg recon drone
- Russia struck a Poltava gas site overnight — then hit the DSNS rescuers responding to the fire
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1531: Ukraine strikes Russia’s oil empire from Caspian to Baltic
- Ukraine is building multi-layered shield along border with Russian-occupied Transnistria — 50 km from biggest port city
- US decision not to deploy Tomahawks to Germany was even worse than withdrawal of 5,000 US troops. But Ukraine can help
- After Russia unilaterally announced 9 May ceasefire to hold parade, Zelenskyy set Ukraine’s silence regime to start three days earlier
- Belarus is building training grounds, transport hubs, and logistical routes — Ukraine says Russia could use them for offensive at any time
- Ukrainian soldier stumbled into a Russian dugout. Two weeks later he walked out with a POW
- Russia and “those sympathetic to it” will try to force Ukraine into capitulation this summer – source in Ukraine’s presidential circle
- Europe has 2 mn troops, Russia 1.3 mn, Ukraine 800,000 — and Kyiv is the one teaching, Stubb says
- Germany hands Ukraine the gas plant that warmed Russia’s Nord Stream
- Russia fired 75 drones at Ukrainian ports in early 2025 — this year, the figure is over 800
- Russia’s AI-enabled “Klin” drone runs on US-made Nvidia modules and Australian flight controller
- InternationalEurope’s defenses arrive in 2030. Putin’s window opens now
- From Caspian Sea to Baltic coast: Ukraine’s April strike campaign reached every corner of Russia’s oil empire
Russia’s “Russo-Balt” just unveiled almost-identical Tesla Cybertruck clone
It includes angular design, sharp body lines, stainless-steel body, distinctive front lighting.
Kyiv Security Forum agreed Russia’s threat is existential. It did not discuss how to defeat Moscow.
The reason was the elephant the Forum could not name: an America that no longer behaves like an ally.
As Western unity cracks, Ukraine fights to keep Russia sanctions alive
Moscow plays divide and conquer, testing allies as fuel shortages bite
“Russia has never seen this”: Russia’s central bank chief admits a 2.5 million worker deficit
Reserve down 2.5 million as the state squeezes small business and retrains war widows.
More Ukrainian drones are hitting Russian supply lines. The hardened targets are fine.
Ukraine is extending its drone strikes into Russia's vulnerable logistical zone. But many drones lack hitting power.
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.
“In any normal country” buying stolen goods is a crime, Zelenskyy says — Ukraine readies sanctions over Russian-stolen grain unloaded in Israel
Ukraine's sanctions package will cover transporters and individuals and entities profiting from the scheme, according to the President.
BREAKING: UAE walks out of OPEC after six decades. Russia’s oil revenue takes the hit.
Iran war reorders the Gulf. Moscow’s price floor cracks.
EBRD signs €54 million to keep trains in Ukraine moving through blackouts
Western money pours into a defaulted state operator a day after new sleeper cars rolled into Kyiv.
Ukraine’s railway can’t pay its bondholders—but it can deliver six new sleeper cars
Russia destroys carriages forty times faster than Ukraine builds them.
Tanks couldn’t take Chasiv Yar. So Russia’s reaching for the playbook that took Pokrovsk.
Chasiv Yar is one of the last big obstacles to a Russian march on Kramatorsk. Russian plans for getting past Chasiv Yar are becoming clearer.
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.
Sanctions on Russia: Do they work? Why? Why not? Blame? Changes?
For the past 50 months, the West has steadily increased its sanctions on Russia – at least on paper. A conference in Kyiv this weekend is analyzing sanctions roll back, accountability, the role of civil society, war profiteering, Putin’s enablers, and which sanctions have worked and not.
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
Magyar’s victory: what it unlocks for Ukraine—and where it stops short
Hungary's new prime minister can now rewrite the constitution. He's made clear he won't rewrite everything.
