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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.
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08 April 2026
- WP: Hungary is sharing intelligence with Iran, while Vance flies to Budapest to back its leader amid election campaign
- InternationalHungary robbed $82 million from Ukraine’s state bank, now it has fabricated subtitles on a toilet-office joke video to justify it
- Japan is sending engineers to Ukraine’s frontline — and they’re coming back with $2,500 weapon
- Ukraine’s Leopard 2A6 reportedly hit Russian T-72B3 at 5.5 km — this may be longest kill in this war
- Artemis II just flew around Moon. Path that got humans there started with Ukrainian engineer from Poltava in 1929
- Military techUkraine and Croatia are building underground drone factory to kill Chinese supply chain
- Ukrainian intelligence called it “the last Russian railway ferry in the Kerch Strait still afloat” — now it’s out of action too
- While West watches Middle East, Russia quietly secured foothold in world’s second-largest graphite producer
- Leaked documents show Hungary agreed to Russian teachers, energy deals, and circus cooperation with Moscow. Magyar calls it outright betrayal
- Ukraine hit Crimea’s key fuel hub and struck deep into Luhansk Oblast — while clearing more air defenses across the occupied south
- German, Japanese, and Swiss machines are inside Russia’s missile factories. None are sanctioned
- Money MattersOil posts biggest crash since 1991—but the Gulf ceasefire has two versions
- ISW: Russians “weaponizing civilian harm as an intentional tool of war” by pervasively employing human safari tactics
- Ukraine’s greatest philosopher visited this estate. Russia burned it down 242 years later
- Russia’s buffer zone wishlist now includes Vinnytsia — via Moldova’s Transnistria, Ukrainian official says
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1504: Vance in Budapest cheers Russia’s ally in Europe
- Ukraine’s deep-strike drone program has one bottleneck: tiny jet engine made by three European companies
- Your router could be Russian spy — Ukraine and FBI just exposed how Moscow did it
- Ukraine’s Leopard took 52 hits and kept going. This is armor upgrade that made it possible
- Ukraine’s RBS 15 anti-ship missile reportedly made its combat debut — and it flies 2 meters above water
- Ukraine keeps hitting same Russian oil terminal — and it’s getting worse every night
- Military techUkraine unleashes machine gun-toting drones into the Black Sea
- Ukraine’s robot army is exploding in size: from 67 units to 167 in four months
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1504: Vance in Budapest cheers Russia’s ally in Europe
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1503: Ukraine proposes energy ceasefire after crippling 40% of Russia’s seaborne oil exports
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1500: Ukraine may be striking Russia’s shadow fleet from Libya — and Egypt just switched sides on stolen grain
Trump wants out of NATO. Good. Let him go.
Not an anti-American position—a pro-European one.
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.”
Stoltenberg offered Russia NATO troop withdrawals from the Baltic region — without asking the Baltic states
A new memoir by the former NATO Secretary General reveals he proposed discussing troop withdrawals that the alliance's Baltic members had not consented to—and knew nothing about.
Ukraine’s anti-corruption court upholds 6-year term for ex-tax chief in gas scheme
Appeals chamber confirms sentence nine years on, with the clock nearly out.
Sweden finds a 12 km oil slick east of Gotland — boards sanctioned “shadow fleet” tanker
The Flora 1, which has unclear flag status and was sailing from a Gulf of Finland port toward an unknown destination, now sits at anchor near Ystad as prosecutors lead an environmental crime investigation.
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.
Attacking through Russia’s best drones, a Ukrainian column lost a precious M-1 tank—and potentially a lot of troops
A Ukrainian tank led several vehicles in an effort to reinforce positions northwest of Pokrovsk. Was the effort worth the cost?
Kremlin: Russia is forming new military units for “everyone,” including students
Reports say university rectors were told to push 2% of students into the army: up to 76,000 soldiers.
“The last thread that keeps us anchored in a toxic, bitter past” — Moldova’s parliament votes to leave the post-Soviet CIS bloc
Parliament backed the denunciation of the founding agreements 60 to 17 on 2 April, with Communists and Socialists the only bloc voting against.
As Hungary blocks Ukraine’s €90 billion, the EU quietly splits into two tiers—one for 27 members, one for 26
The €90 billion standoff may be the moment the multi-speed Europe that Brussels has avoided becomes unavoidable.
50% profit tax, no dividends, no new licenses—Eastern European fintechs are buying Ukrainian banks anyway
Eastern European fintechs are betting on Ukraine’s reconstruction while the war continues.
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 files extradition request with Israel for Midas suspects—outcome far from certain
Both suspects are Israeli citizens. Israel almost never extradites its own.
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
Zaluzhnyi now blames Zelenskyy for the counteroffensive. He wasn’t always so sure.
Ukraine's cursed 2023 counteroffensive ran into Europe's largest fortified belt without air cover. The blame game between Kyiv's leaders lets the biggest culprit off the hook.
![A woman looks up at a Fidesz "Nemzeti Petíció" billboard in Hungary featuring a black-and-white image of Volodymyr Zelenskyy laughing, with the Hungarian text: "Ne hagyjuk, hogy Zelenszkij nevessen a vi[lágon]"—"Don't let Zelenskyy laugh at the [world]."](https://euromaidanpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Anti-Zelensky-Poster-Hungary-1-260x195.jpg)
