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The Freya air defense system could take down Russian ballistic missiles. Can Ukraine build it?
As the Iran war drains the world's Patriots, Ukraine needs to build its own long-range air defense. Freya could be just the thing.
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19 May 2026
- US extends Russian-oil waiver for second time — one Bessent had told allies he wouldn’t make
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1546: For first time, Russians fear Ukrainian strikes more than front
- Ukrainian soldier says supplier swapped ordered drone batteries for cheaper cells that risk thermal runaway at front
- British volunteers rescue 30 animals from front-line Kramatorsk
- Ukraine has found key through Moscow’s air-defense rings, military analyst says
- Russians stormed empty houses for the cameras 26 km from the town they claimed to take—and Russia’s top general announced its “liberation”
- 2,000-km strike missile, designed in Netherlands, tested in Ukraine, built in Germany: Rheinmetall and Destinus accelerate RUTA Block 3
- Russia’s harbor-guard boat struck in the Caspian — Ukraine’s fifth reported vessel hit there this month
- Belarus is now drilling nuclear-weapon use with Russian forces from “unprepared” deployment areas next to EU and Ukraine
- Money MattersUkraine’s steel capacity fell fourfold after Russia destroyed Azovstal. Now EU’s new quota could cost it €1 billion more
- A Russian airliner revival sold as breakthrough now survives on extended flight-cycle limits, Ukrainian spy agency says
- Ukraine says it has Russia’s hidden war-damage assessment — one Moscow won’t show its own population
- Russia fabricated an arrest of Ukraine’s first lady—the named agencies deny it
- International Gymnastics Federation lifts all sanctions on Russia and Belarus without explanation
- Ukraine Explained10% now, 23% after a ceasefire, 59% only at peace—Ukraine’s verdict on a wartime vote hasn’t moved all year
- Ukraine clears private firms to down Russian drones—24 already in
- CrimeaTake food for three days. Then you’ll come back. The Crimean Tatars never did
- InternationalRussia is ‘largely defeated’ from Mali to Syria, France’s foreign minister says
- Interview“Stop treating Russia’s bankers as faceless technocrats”: inside the war crimes case against Russia’s central bank
- Russia’s ex-combatants entering the EU is a risk flagged in a leaked threat assessment
- For first time in war, Ukrainian strikes begin worrying Russians more than front
- Russia just hit commercial vessel of its closest war ally in Ukrainian waters with Shahed drone
- Russian AggressionRussian air-defense crews are now the hunted as Ukraine bolts rocket pods to its long-range drones
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1546: For first time, Russians fear Ukrainian strikes more than front
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1543: 37 countries back a tribunal for Russia’s war leadership — the “point of no return” arrives
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1542: Day of Mourning for 24 in Kyiv. Odradne raises the flag again. 205 Mariupol defenders come home.
ISW: Russia’s grand territorial ambitions are divorced from battlefield reality
The think tank noted that Russian forces first infiltrated Kostiantynivka in October 2025 and have made no significant tactical gains in six months, even as Peskov restated Moscow's withdrawal demand on four oblasts.
First real crash test for Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions
The key question surrounding Ukraine’s anti-corruption reforms was simple: could the system investigate people from the very top of political power?
Ukraine just placed one of its highest-ranking corruption suspects under court-ordered custody
An anti-corruption court placed ex-presidential chief of staff Yermak in 60-day custody. The case alleges he helped launder $11 million through an elite housing project.
Hungary’s new government summons Russian envoy after strike on Zakarpattia
Russia hit the Hungarian-bordering Ukrainian region with drones, days after Magyar's government took office.
Nicolas Tenzer: stop talking about peace, the question is victory
French geopolitical expert on his book Our War, Putin's nihilist regime, and the strategic autonomy Europe must build with or without Washington
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.
Ukraine retrains workers over 50 as the younger labor force vanishes
The new strategic reserve has gray hair.
Ukrainian drones halted Russia’s spring advance. Russia is bombing back.
It's a race. Can Ukrainian drones deplete Russian forces faster than Russian bombs deplete Ukrainian forces?
So many Ukrainian AI drones are hunting Russian trucks they’re crossing each other’s paths
Ukraine's A.I. drones are stacking up over the Russian logistical zone, each looking for a truck to blow up.
BBC: 184 sanctioned Russian tankers made 238 journeys through UK waters since the PM’s March intercept threat
94 instances saw vessels enter actual UK territorial waters, and a Russian frigate escorted one tanker through the Channel — with zero publicly confirmed boardings.
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.
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 T-72AM is a very old tank with a fresh coat of paint. Expect it to stay parked like other tanks.
Aging T-72As were some of the last tanks Russian industry pulled out of storage for service in Ukraine. They're beginning to arrive.
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
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.
