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21 February 2026
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1458: Russia’s army stalls as Trump extends sanctions and New Zealand targets 100 shadow fleet vessels
- Bomber crews hunt down Russia’s 203mm Pion guns deep behind Luhansk front – 13 vehicles destroyed (VIDEO)
- France and Ukraine sign nuclear energy pact alongside €71mn grant package as Ukraine fights to keep the lights on
- Ukrainian ground drone takes direct FPV hit – still evacuates two wounded soldiers near Pokrovsk
- Severed ears, tortured animals, and orders to kill POWs: Leaked chats expose Russian general’s brutality
- Ukraine pitches Japan on defense cooperation – starting with the maritime drones that sank a fleet
- Two more French Mirage 2000s to hunt Russian missiles in Ukraine’s skies by mid-2026
- South Korea sells weapons to NATO members — now NATO wants Seoul to help buy weapons for Ukraine
- Belarus rounds up reservists on hours’ notice near Polish border in snap military readiness check
- Russia’s army hasn’t grown in six months. Ukraine is making it pay.
- “Ballistic missiles hit when there aren’t enough interceptors”: Western aid is growing, but late delivery kills
- AnalysisEuromaidan chose freedom. Russia chose war. Why Russia went to war with Ukraine in 2014—not 2022.
- Russian AggressionBilateral deals for Washington, maximalist war aims for Moscow — ISW maps the Kremlin’s two-track play
- Money MattersThree-year loans up 50%, five-year up 72%—but Ukraine’s workforce just keeps shrinking
- New Zealand sanctions 100 Russian shadow fleet vessels and cuts oil price cap to $44.10
- Trump extends all US sanctions against Russia for another year, calling it an “extraordinary threat”
- Russia offered $100,000 per kill: Joint Ukrainian-Moldovan operation dismantles assassination network targeting public figures
- “Even if IOC betrayed them, I will not”: Heraskevych announces legal action after disqualification for memorial helmet
- Rheinmetall says its new FV-014 drone has “combat experience”: There’s only one place where that could have happened
- Why AIM missiles work for Ukraine: EW-resistant, “fire-and-forget,” effective against drones and cruise missiles
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1457: EU demands Russia withdraw from four countries as condition for Ukraine peace deal
- Nairobi thought Russia recruited 200 Kenyan citizens to kill Ukrainians. A new report says it’s over 1,000
- Frankfurt to mark four years of Russia’s full-scale war with Ukraine’s solidarity rally. Interior minister, deputy mayor among participants
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1458: Russia’s army stalls as Trump extends sanctions and New Zealand targets 100 shadow fleet vessels
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1457: EU demands Russia withdraw from four countries as condition for Ukraine peace deal
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1456: Russia is already at war with Europe — in gray zone it refuses to see
Europe now outspends America on Ukraine. Zelenskyy noticed.
Washington wants a bilateral deal with Russia. Ukraine spent Munich making that impossible.
Europe’s Russia diagnosis has never been sharper. The prescription hasn’t changed
At Munich, 2026's biggest security summit got everything right — except the follow-through
Russia’s A-50 maker lost $65 million—its revenue collapsed 3.8 times in one year
Beriev, sole manufacturer of Russia’s dwindling surveillance fleet, swings from profit to deep loss.
Ukraine’s ex-energy minister charged with money laundering, caught fleeing at the border
The anti-corruption bureau that survived a crackdown is now charging officials who were untouchable months ago.
Ukraine used to beg for matching missiles. Shershen fires whatever’s in the warehouse.
Shershen matches a lot of different radars, launchers and missiles. It's just what Ukraine needs.
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 EU transformed Poland in 20 years. Ukraine wants it done by 2027.
Brussels is already drafting the plan. They’re calling it “reverse enlargement”—join first, reform after.
Russia’s war is getting cheaper. That’s the worst news Europe has heard in years.
Four years of data show Russia trading tanks for drones—while its new armor heads not to Ukraine, but to NATO's border.
Russia’s snowmobile troops did everything by the book—the book was written before drones
Snowmobiles aren't necessarily bad assault vehicles. But to avoid detection by thermal drones, they need heat-trapping camouflage.
Meet the 22 athletes Russia killed whose faces got Ukraine’s Olympian banned
Vladyslav Heraskevych was a medal contender in skeleton at the Winter Olympics — until he refused to race without the 22 faces painted on his helmet.
The man who jailed NABU detectives over Russian ties has Russian ties himself
Three of five deputies also have family ties to the aggressor state, investigation finds.
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 is rewriting the world’s only playbook for stopping 800 drones a night
Focus likely to be on mobile fire groups, interceptors, and training
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
Ukrainians warned for years that Europe’s human rights chief was a Kremlin conduit. The Epstein files just proved them right.
Thorbjørn Jagland offered to connect Jeffrey Epstein to Lavrov. KGB defectors had named him "Yuri" decades earlier.
