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Russia’s state-run doping program racks up 302 WADA sanctions — weightlifters and runners caught the most
WADA announced 291 individual Russian athletes punished, with 11 of them sanctioned twice for separate violations.
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03 May 2026
- Primorsk takes the torch from Tuapse: NASA satellites confirm fresh fires at Russia’s largest Baltic oil export terminal
- German, Japanese, Swiss, American, Taiwanese, British — all 2025-made parts found in Russian drones, Vlasiuk says
- Latvian artists launched a protest campaign against Russia’s participation in the Venice Biennale
- Zelenskyy reported “unusual activity” along the border with Belarus
- Russian drones strike Kharkiv for second consecutive day, damaging four gas stations and an apartment block
- Pentagon tells UK, Poland, Baltics: weapons deliveries delayed — how it affects Ukraine’s arsenal
- Zelenskyy and Fico hold phone call, exchange visit invitations to Kyiv and Bratislava
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1528: Ukraine’s “long-range sanctions” cost Russia $7 billion this year — and counting
- Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026“Just reaching the front line has become very risky”: Ukraine’s AI drones are hunting Russia’s supply vans
- InternationalPost-Assad Syria still dependent on Russian oil despite shift to the West – Reuters
- Daytime Russian drone swarm hits western Ukraine, knocking Ternopil offline and injuring 10
- Ukraine hits both Russia’s military and the infrastructure funding it – from a refinery in Perm to air defenses in occupied Donetsk
- Army reform in Ukraine to boost combat pay and reshape how troops are recruited and retained
- $7 billion lost from Russia’s war economy this year through Ukraine’s “long-range sanctions” on oil sector – Zelenskyy
- OpinionWhat does $350 billion in Ukraine aid look like? Nothing—it’s not a real number
- Russia kept its “fifth-generation” Su-57 stealth fighter near the Urals — Ukrainian drones found it anyway
- OpinionThe lobbying to bring back Russian gas is back. Faster electrification is the answer
- Ukraine launches push to sync sanctions with allies — Russia’s shadow grain fleet first on the list
- Civil SocietyA Ukrainian project wants you to 3D-print a waterer for thirsty city birds
- Russia just got its Crimea looter back — and he’s not even pretending to lay low
- InternationalRussia’s state-run doping program racks up 302 WADA sanctions — weightlifters and runners caught the most
- Money MattersMindichgate widens: new tapes force an impossible choice on Ukraine’s missile maker
- Finland already builds drones with a Ukrainian partner. Joining the drone coalition is the next step
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1528: Ukraine’s “long-range sanctions” cost Russia $7 billion this year — and counting
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1526: Ukraine’s drone campaign reached major oil pipeline hub near Perm
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1525: Tuapse burns again, Crimea’s Iskander bunkers cracked open, and Washington loses another envoy
“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.
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.
Russia’s military spending hits $190 billion in 2025. Ukraine’s reached $84 billion at 40% of GDP
Russia increased military expenditure by 5.9% to $190 billion, consuming 7.5% of GDP, one of the highest shares globally, while its oil revenues continue funding the war machine.
Ukraine’s new B-2 drone is a mystery. Its kills aren’t.
Russian air defenses are collapsing as more and more different Ukrainian drones strike as far as 200 km.
NATO’s top military officer: Russia is trying to reclaim Soviet territory, and threat extends beyond Baltics
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Albania, and Slovakia were Soviet satellite states.
The arms Ukraine outgrew in two years are now its potential export catalogue
Budanov listed older FPVs, 2022-2023 long-range drones, sea drones, and bombers as candidates for sale to Asia and Africa.
24 February 2022 was the West’s chance. It chose comfort instead.
The West had a duty. It lacked the civilizational stamina to honor it.
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 new firms boom where missiles can’t reach
Year four of war, and Ukrainian business formation is accelerating—in sectors and cities the war can’t physically touch.
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.
