Alya Shandra

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Alya Shandra is the editor-in-chief at Euromaidan Press. Before joining Euromaidan Press, she participated in environmental research and education projects. Alya can be contacted at alya.shandra (a) gmail.com, on twitter @AlyaShandra., or FB

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NATO’s former deputy commander: Ankara papered over the cracks between Europe and America

Sir Richard Shirreff held NATO's second-highest military post. He now advises Ukraine's commander-in-chief—and says the summit that pledged Kyiv €140 billion produced no strategy.

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Ukraine can build Patriots or keep hitting Russia’s refineries—not both, defense scholar says

Marc DeVore asked two expert groups he chairs, both advising the UK defense ministry, whether Ukraine could build Patriots within a year. Both said no.

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Russia says it downed Ukraine’s first ballistic missile—a weapon Kyiv has never announced

Kyiv stayed silent. Moscow's ministry did the announcing.

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NATO’s former No. 2 says the alliance must rebuild without America. Starting now.

He reported to an American commander for years. Now NATO's former deputy chief says Washington is "an inconsistent predator" and Europe must plan to stand without it.

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NATO’s former No. 2 wants Ukraine to fight like it’s 1918

The front is stuck in 1917, Sir Richard Shirreff says—trench attrition neither side can break. The way out was invented a year later.

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Ukraine can win the battles. Without the word “victory,” it loses the war.

NATO's former deputy commander says no one but Ukraine names victory as the goal. Ukraine's former defense minister warns that without naming it, even a battlefield win is no victory at all.

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NATO’s former second-in-command says what the alliance won’t: only Russia’s defeat ends the war

He warned about Russia a decade ago. Now he's inside Ukraine's command—still pushing for the strategy NATO won't write.

Russian S-300 air defense system before strike. Screenshot from video: General Staff

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Russia built its air defense in layers. A Ukrainian commander says the drones are peeling them off one by one

The layers were the whole point—each system covering the next. Now the sky over the occupied south opens for Ukrainian jets

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Russian pilots chase Ukraine’s glide-bomb jets. They will soon meet Gripens’ 200-km Meteors.

Ukraine flies its glide-bombers in escorted pairs now. The Swedish Gripens' Meteor would hand that escort a reach Russian pilots can't shake.

ukraine's drone forces count air defense kills fortnight — 12 first two weeks alone · post ukrainian fp-2 locks onto russian pantsir-s1 system near zuhres occupied donetsk oblast 10 2026

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Ukrainian commander: Russia can’t buy the air defense to hold Crimea. The microchips don’t exist.

The bottleneck over Crimea isn't money, a drone-hunting commander says. It's chips.

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Azov Corps: Kherson 2.0 is next, then Crimea. Russia has no way to resupply them.

Not an analyst or a politician—the corps fighting the campaign said it.

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Russia set fire to the Kyiv monastery where Moscow’s founder is buried

A Russian strike ignited the Dormition Cathedral; officials say it likely scored a direct hit

Rows of T-72A/T-72B-family tanks in long-term storage, with spare armor and track components piled nearby.

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Russia revived “previously unrecoverable” engines to restore 5,100 Cold War tanks

Two contracts at separate Russian plants brought back engines once written off, completing the restoration of Cold War-vintage tanks the Kremlin had given up on.

Stored Soviet-era T-72 tanks at a Russian depot.

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Russia has drained 72% of its Cold War tank reserve. Only 851 are left to restore.

The Cold War stockpile is nearly empty.

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Alya Shandra

NATO’s former deputy commander: Ankara papered over the cracks between Europe and America

Ukraine can build Patriots or keep hitting Russia’s refineries—not both, defense scholar says

Russia says it downed Ukraine’s first ballistic missile—a weapon Kyiv has never announced

NATO’s former No. 2 says the alliance must rebuild without America. Starting now.

NATO’s former No. 2 wants Ukraine to fight like it’s 1918

Ukraine can win the battles. Without the word “victory,” it loses the war.

NATO’s former second-in-command says what the alliance won’t: only Russia’s defeat ends the war

Russia built its air defense in layers. A Ukrainian commander says the drones are peeling them off one by one

Russian pilots chase Ukraine’s glide-bomb jets. They will soon meet Gripens’ 200-km Meteors.

Ukrainian commander: Russia can’t buy the air defense to hold Crimea. The microchips don’t exist.

Azov Corps: Kherson 2.0 is next, then Crimea. Russia has no way to resupply them.

Russia set fire to the Kyiv monastery where Moscow’s founder is buried

Russia revived “previously unrecoverable” engines to restore 5,100 Cold War tanks

Russia has drained 72% of its Cold War tank reserve. Only 851 are left to restore.

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