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17 April 2026
- Ukraine depends on Western air defense. Zelenskyy says that has to change – and partners are on board
- US delays weapons to NATO’s eastern flank – Iran war drains stockpiles Europe was counting on
- Russia’s Black Sea Fleet once fired missiles from the Mediterranean. Now it can barely leave Novorossiysk.
- Russia sank the Henichesk in 2022. In June, a ship bearing its name will join Ukraine’s Navy — but cannot sail home yet
- MP accused of ties to Russian security services and Crimea property deal moved to house arrest after sanctions blocked bail payment
- The most dangerous drone unit Russia has just lost its logistics base near Mariupol — Ukraine found it and burned it
- Money MattersUkraine MPs vote themselves untracked monthly cash inside an IMF-mandated tax bill
- Trump extended the ban on Russian ships docking in US ports — keeping a Biden-era measure alive through spring 2027
- Russia is pulling strategic reserves to prop up a failing offensive, HUR says — and 20,000 troops is less than one month of its own losses
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1513: Russia kills 16 Ukrainian civilians overnight as Patriot crews ration interceptors
- “Storm a treeline? Better to just take it apart with a Vampire” — drone battalion commander on how war changed in 2026
- Military techUkraine is developing its own unstoppable air-launched missile
- “Russia wants more war” – EU’s Kallas pushes €90 billion loan and 20th sanctions after deadliest April strike
- InternationalNeutrality doesn’t mean indifference: Austria joins tribunal to prosecute Russia’s aggression
- SBU and drone forces destroy Russian fuel trains near Luhansk, cutting supplies to frontline troops
- InternationalEither Russia’s air defense doesn’t work, or NATO is launching drones, says Russia’s Shoigu
- InternationalSoviet 14th Army’s heirs just became persona non grata in Moldova
- Ukraine’s drone forces claim 16-target overnight strike – Iskander bases, air defenses, and a Rubikon workshop
- Hero of 2022 battles will now command defense of five oblasts on Ukraine’s Eastern Front
- Drones Russia thought were unjammable just met US LEONIDAS microwave weapon
- Ukraine’s Patriot crews are rationing missiles mid-attack — Ukraine’s Air Force confirms interceptor missile shortage
- Money MattersUkraine’s executives were most optimistic since the invasion. Oil had other plans.
- He flew from Peru to Moscow for work. Russia took his passport and sent him to Ukraine.
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1513: Russia kills 16 Ukrainian civilians overnight as Patriot crews ration interceptors
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1511: Merz and Zelenskyy seal landmark defense deal as Germany pledges hundreds of Patriot missiles
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1510: For first time, Ukraine captured Russian position without deploying any infantry
Soviet power nearly erased Ukraine’s Easter. What’s being rebuilt exists almost nowhere else in Europe
Spring ritual games survived intact only in Ukraine, Lithuania, and parts of Serbia. This year, they were brought back from the dead in central Kyiv,
Estonia’s Orthodox church that declared independence from Russia is still run by Moscow, intelligence report says
The Estonian Christian Orthodox Church adopted a new name and new statutes in 2025 — but Estonia's internal security service found the changes cosmetic, with Moscow Patriarch Kirill's oversight departments still directing its activities.
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.
Trump and Vance showed Europe’s far right how to weaponize Ukraine. Don’t expect them to stop.
For the White House, Ukraine is now reduced to a cheap punchline—lies and stereotypes they throw about—to aid the MAGA-European extreme right-Putin axis.
Ukraine launched two rockets into space from its territory during war, plans to make own space force
MP boasts of missile defense, hypersonic strike capabilities
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.
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.
Oil jumped 8% as Trump’s Hormuz blockade undid the ceasefire crash
Talks collapsed in Pakistan. A naval blockade replaced a truce. For Russia’s war revenues, the brief window of relief is over.
Russia spent $130 billion extra on sanctioned goods since 2022 — and it still couldn’t find replacements for some of them, Latvia says
Latvia's intelligence service assesses that Putin likely receives sanitized reports burying the economic losses — making him even less likely to change course under economic pressure.
Trump’s and Putin’s ally Orbán ousted after 16 years as Magyar wins two-thirds majority and promises Hungary’s return to Europe
Magyar's supermajority gives Tisza the votes to reverse the constitutional changes Orbán made after winning his own first two-thirds majority in 2010
Ukraine tips drone war in its favor
Ukraine innovates fast, Russia scales hard. Ukraine is starting to do both.
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.
WP: Hungary is sharing intelligence with Iran, while Vance flies to Budapest to back its leader amid election campaign
Vance is Campaigning for a man whose minister offered Iran his intelligence services.
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
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.
