Hungary blocks EU sanctions AND $106 billion loan for Ukraine, risking a domino collapse
Budapest broke its December pledge. Now, an $8.2 billion IMF program could be lost with the loan, and Ukraine’s budget runs dry by April.
Three-year loans up 50%, five-year up 72%—but Ukraine’s workforce just keeps shrinking
Three-year-plus loans grew 50% as companies bypassed cheap government programs. The binding constraint isn’t capital—it’s people.
War created Ukraine’s biggest publishing boom in modern history
New data shows 117 new publishers registered in 2025—60% above prewar levels.
Hungary and Slovakia demand Ukraine fix pipeline Russia bombed—or no diesel
Czech, Croatian, and Polish routes expose Budapest and Bratislava’s shrinking energy leverage.
Why is the EU asking Ukraine to repair a pipeline it plans to shut down?
The Commission’s own roadmap commits to ending Russian crude imports by 2027.
Why Ukraine keeps losing African allies—and what Russia and China built while no one watched
While Kyiv opens embassies, Moscow opens churches, and Beijing opens markets.
While Trump denounces free trade, China opens its markets to an entire continent
Beijing scraps tariffs for 53 African nations—then pledges energy aid to Ukraine while arming Russia’s drones.
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.
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.
Ukraine frontline mapping startup draws €7.2 million from Axon and European defense funds
Taser maker and Estonian state fund lead round for company born from battlefield trench-mapping.
Mindich fled Ukraine—but where has his sister been living since Crimea’s annexation?
Delivery records and medical profiles contradict the fugitive’s denials.
Zelenskyy won’t say no to May elections—he just attached an impossible condition (INFOGRAPHIC)
Says using the invasion anniversary for political announcements “is an absolutely foolish idea”.
Kyiv signals election readiness—while 59% of Ukrainians say wait until war ends (INFOGRAPHICS)
Kyiv signals readiness to Washington while its own institutions say May is impossible.