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Ukraine’s IMF lifeline depends on tax reforms parliament keeps stalling
A $614 million parcel tax that unlocks $8.1 billion in IMF funding is six weeks past its deadline.
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13 May 2026
- Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026Ukrainian drones halted Russia’s spring advance. Russia is bombing back.
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1539: Ukraine and the US are preparing a landmark “Drone Deal” on manufacturing and exports
- Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026So many Ukrainian AI drones are hunting Russian trucks they’re crossing each other’s paths
- Nine-month-old girl lost a leg, at least six killed as Russia strikes Kryvyi Rih and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- “Mirror response”: Ukraine confirms Orenburg strike 1,500 km from border after renewed Russian aerial attacks
- Ukraine and US prepare landmark “Drone Deal” to expand weapons production and exports
- Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies uncover major laundering scheme involving former top officials and elite real estate near Kyiv
- Ukraine pitches EU on an “airport ceasefire” with Russia—Moscow’s two main airports are now in Ukrainian striking range
- InternationalBBC: 184 sanctioned Russian tankers made 238 journeys through UK waters since the PM’s March intercept threat
- “Future of war” meets Ukraine’s black soil: ground drone commander on why combat robots often don’t survive the first battle
- Ukraine drafted a ‘right to forget.’ Then NABU named Yermak a suspect.
- UK, EU, and Canada sanction Russian networks linked to deportation of Ukrainian children
- Nearly 50 countries join Ukraine’s coalition to return children abducted by Russia
- One radar sees 250 km out. The other measures altitude at 300 km range. Ukraine’s drones just took both out in Donetsk Oblast
- Money MattersUkraine’s IMF lifeline depends on tax reforms parliament keeps stalling
- A Kyiv Oblast kindergarten was hit hours after Russia’s “ceasefire” ended
- Russia tried to swap abducted Ukrainian children like POWs, Sybiha reveals
- Money MattersBabiš didn’t scrap Czechia’s shell pipeline to Ukraine—he just stopped paying for it
- Moscow’s Victory Day ceasefire reduced combat but became Russia’s stockpile window, ISW finds
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1538: Berlin plugs into Ukraine’s defense industry with “Brave Germany” initiative
- Ukraine has built world’s most battle-tested defense industry. Berlin plugs in with “Brave Germany”
- Ukraine is preparing military contracts with guaranteed demobilization rights and combat pay up to $9,100 per month
- Ukraine anti-corruption agencies serve suspicion notice to ex-Presidential Office head Yermak over alleged $10M laundering
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1539: Ukraine and the US are preparing a landmark “Drone Deal” on manufacturing and exports
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1538: Berlin plugs into Ukraine’s defense industry with “Brave Germany” initiative
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1536: Russia’s 9 May parade rolls out without tanks
Why Ukraine’s EU membership is stuck—and it’s not just Zelenskyy
The EU can't agree on what to offer. Ukraine can't pass the laws to earn it. And the EU's own accession rules were built for a world that no longer exists.
Russia is waging a long war against the West. Switzerland’s spies say it is escalating.
Switzerland's annual intelligence report names Russia the biggest threat to Europe, lining up with Dutch, German, Danish, and Estonian assessments of Moscow's preparation for a possible NATO conflict.
Russian oil revenue jumped 52%—Moral Rating Agency lays out how to make Russia poor
Only three sanction boxes ticked. Agency shows extra ways to inflict red tape.
Ukraine flipped the drone math—and Russia’s assault tempo just stopped buying ground
Russia pressed every Donbas sector in April, with assault tempo at a two-month high. The territorial line moved the wrong way anyway—and Ukrainian intelligence figures show the cost per kilometer of Donetsk soil has nearly tripled in a year.
Europe spent two years waiting for US Tomahawks. Ukraine spent them building its own.
Trump pulled the Tomahawks. Yet Kyiv has opened the export door.
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.
Irish Cabinet defends alumina exports to Russia by citing refugees—then evicts 16,000 of them
27 days between defending the trade and evicting the refugees.
Ukrainian troops lay out what defense companies get wrong—and right
Companies have 3-4 months to make their tech work to keep up with innovation cycle
Europe’s defenses arrive in 2030. Putin’s window opens now
Two years of intelligence warnings have met a US troop withdrawal from Germany—the EU's rearmament plan is still four years out.
Russia hit a record oil revenue month—yet the federal budget still came up short
Sberbank’s CFO forecasts the ruble will fall to 90 per dollar. Three ports already show 13–43% drops.
NATO is dead. Meet CALM.
Discussing alternatives to the Alliance has long been taboo. That changed in 2026.
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.
Russia is losing ground for the first time in 27 months. Ukraine’s drones might be why.
It's increasingly evident that Ukraine's mid- and long-range drone strikes are weakening Russian combat units.
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
As Western unity cracks, Ukraine fights to keep Russia sanctions alive
Moscow plays divide and conquer, testing allies as fuel shortages bite
