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The 10-point plan to wage the Economic World War—to harm Russia and help Ukraine
The domino effect of a rich Russia risks tipping the balance between whether democracy or autocracy prevails, and whether the future human race lives in freedom or under servitude.
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14 April 2026
- InternationalEstonia’s Orthodox church that declared independence from Russia is still run by Moscow, intelligence report says
- Putin fortifies his family’s home. Seven new missile towers went up in single day
- Belgium and Spain just committed €1 billion each to Ukraine. Here’s what they buy
- EU hands Hungary’s new leader 27 conditions. One of them is unlocking €90 billion for Ukraine
- AnalysisFive years after Belarus’ stolen election, Ukraine is still catching up on Tsikhanouskaya
- No infantry: For first time, Ukraine captured Russian position using only drones and robots
- Ukraine built Areion on Neptune’s backbone — and it can now be launched from almost anywhere
- Ukraine and NATO are building new kind of wartime procurement
- Developer of Ukraine’s Ruta missiles just partnered with Rheinmetall to build Europe’s answer to HIMARS
- OpinionTrump and Vance showed Europe’s far right how to weaponize Ukraine. Don’t expect them to stop.
- Future Hungarian PM Magyar makes first statements on EU’s €90 billion loan for Ukraine
- Military techUkraine launched two rockets into space from its territory during war, plans to make own space force
- Money MattersMark Dixon: “We must declare the Economic World War on Russia”
- Money MattersThe 10-point plan to wage the Economic World War—to harm Russia and help Ukraine
- Russia’s KRONA just entered testing. Ukraine and its allies need to move faster
- Russia is now using one Shahed to distract — and second to kill crew shooting it down
- Money MattersOil jumped 8% as Trump’s Hormuz blockade undid the ceasefire crash
- Ukraine just X-rayed Russia’s $100,000 drone — and found components from China, Taiwan, and Switzerland
- Russia’s Easter “ceasefire” stopped Shaheds for a day — and nothing else
- InternationalRussia spent $130 billion extra on sanctioned goods since 2022 — and it still couldn’t find replacements for some of them, Latvia says
- Russian tanks and IFVs rarely reach the contact line — Ukraine’s 20 km kill zone stops them cold, spokesman says
- InternationalTrump’s and Putin’s ally Orbán ousted after 16 years as Magyar wins two-thirds majority and promises Hungary’s return to Europe
- Ukraine’s air defense goes private: businesses can now buy point coverage for their own sites
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1508: Ukraine leads drone war but runs out of time to share blueprint
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1507: Russia offers the ceasefire it already rejected from Ukraine — Zelenskyy says the real battle is for Donbas
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1506: Russia races to triple drone army as Ukraine strikes oil artery feeding Black Sea port
Ukraine unleashes machine gun-toting drones into the Black Sea
Evidence for this adaptation comes from both Ukrainian and Russian sources.
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.
Trump’s Iran war lasted 39 days. The impact on Ukraine will last longer
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.
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Russia listed Ivory Coast as a “promising country” for influence operations — then ran four anti-Ukraine campaigns there in five months
Leaked documents from the Russian network "The Company," analyzed by France 24, reveal how Moscow ran four disinformation campaigns against Ukraine in Ivory Coast in 2024.
“There are no small literatures”: an American scholar on Ukraine’s battle for culture and truth
Showing atrocities doesn’t move people. Andrew Giarelli has been thinking about why and what works instead.
How do you prosecute a tanker that changed its flag nine times?
The Flora 1 had taken up to six names and flown up to nine different flags. Sweden couldn’t prove it spilled the oil.
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 top defense market segments more than doubled to $6.8 Billion in 2025
“Ukraine’s defense-technology sector is rapidly evolving into one of the most dynamic and scalable components of the country’s industrial economy.”
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
Five years after Belarus’ stolen election, Ukraine is still catching up on Tsikhanouskaya
Zelenskyy met Tsikhanouskaya in January—Ukraine's first presidential-level contact. Two months on, the Kyiv visit and special envoy remain undelivered.
