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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.
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07 May 2026
- Latvian police debunk fake claim that Ukrainian drone hit passenger train
- Ukrainian drones target Russia’s main army logistics hub—days before Putin’s Victory parade
- Five Ukrainians on board MV Hondius — the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, MFA says
- Money MattersWhy won’t most Ukrainian women refugees come back? The war is no longer the main reason
- Money MattersUkraine’s diaspora question lands at the European Parliament on Monday
- Drone-and-mine siege: Ukraine takes Oleshky crisis to UN as 2,000 civilians starve in occupied city
- France issued 23% more visas to Russians as EU rules tightened
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1533: Russia preached peace and bombed kindergartens—Switzerland’s report and a Cheboksary crater told the truer story
- 800 mobile shelters installed to expand Ukraine’s rail protection system amid sustained attacks
- UkraineWhy Ukraine’s EU membership is stuck—and it’s not just Zelenskyy
- Take off in formation, fly low, navigate by terrain—Ukraine’s F-16 trainees finished a UK course Russia helped design
- InternationalRussia is waging a long war against the West. Switzerland’s spies say it is escalating.
- 100+ foreigners, $56,000 in cash, 10 raids — Kyiv police bust foreigner-legalization racket
- China asks Ukraine to treat Chinese POWs well, but doesn’t say if it wants them back
- US approves potential sale of JDAM-ER joint direct attack munitions to Ukraine
- Satellite imagery reveals Flamingo missile damage at Russian plant making Shahed navigation antennas
- Hungary hands back the Oshchadbank cash and gold the Orbán regime grabbed in March
- Russia wanted a 9 May ceasefire. Kyiv announced one starting earlier. Russia killed a woman in a kindergarten, and hit 1,820 times
- Russia is making military training a mandatory school subject in occupied Donbas. Kyiv asks the ICC to act
- Money MattersRussian oil revenue jumped 52%—Moral Rating Agency lays out how to make Russia poor
- From “defending Crimea” to defendants: Russia jails its own Española naval unit fighters in occupied Sevastopol
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1532: Russia is losing troops faster than it can replace them, for fifth month in row
- AnalysisUkraine flipped the drone math—and Russia’s assault tempo just stopped buying ground
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1533: Russia preached peace and bombed kindergartens—Switzerland’s report and a Cheboksary crater told the truer story
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1532: Russia is losing troops faster than it can replace them, for fifth month in row
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1531: Ukraine strikes Russia’s oil empire from Caspian to Baltic
Venice Biennale jury walks out in full — Russia and Israel return to award contention
Venice Biennale's international jury resigned on 30 April 2026 over a war crimes dispute. Russia and Israel return to award contention as ticket-holders take over voting.
Ukraine is striking Tuapse — Russian refinery town founded by general who engineered Caucasus genocide
Three strikes in two weeks have left the Black Sea port burning, evacuating, and coated in oil rain. The land it sits on was the staging ground for a genocide, one Russia still denies and most of the West has never heard of.
Russia’s close ally now has enough nuclear warheads and delivery systems to breach US missile defense
North Korea, one of the closest allies of Russia, already possesses enough nuclear warheads and delivery systems to potentially breach US missile defense and carry out a limited strike, according to reporting by Bloomberg citing South Korean President Lee Jae-myung. Recently, Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov visited North Korea,…
The Gulf realigns as the UAE walks out of OPEC
Less oil money for Moscow. The architecture is fracturing—but no Kremlin collapse.
“A direct investment in ammunition flying across the border”: Belarusian defectors warn US sanctions relief is funding Russia’s war
Three rounds of US sanctions relief in seven months. 430 prisoners freed, 838 still jailed—and Lukashenka's banks are back online.
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 “Russo-Balt” just unveiled almost-identical Tesla Cybertruck clone
It includes angular design, sharp body lines, stainless-steel body, distinctive front lighting.
Kyiv Security Forum agreed Russia’s threat is existential. It did not discuss how to defeat Moscow.
The reason was the elephant the Forum could not name: an America that no longer behaves like an ally.
As Western unity cracks, Ukraine fights to keep Russia sanctions alive
Moscow plays divide and conquer, testing allies as fuel shortages bite
“Russia has never seen this”: Russia’s central bank chief admits a 2.5 million worker deficit
Reserve down 2.5 million as the state squeezes small business and retrains war widows.
More Ukrainian drones are hitting Russian supply lines. The hardened targets are fine.
Ukraine is extending its drone strikes into Russia's vulnerable logistical zone. But many drones lack hitting power.
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’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.
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
Sanctions on Russia: Do they work? Why? Why not? Blame? Changes?
For the past 50 months, the West has steadily increased its sanctions on Russia – at least on paper. A conference in Kyiv this weekend is analyzing sanctions roll back, accountability, the role of civil society, war profiteering, Putin’s enablers, and which sanctions have worked and not.
