Ukraine’s vape market is 93% illegal. The trail leads to a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
Smuggled from Poland and barely taxed, the shadow trade drains a country at war—and the network behind it ties back to Oleg Boyko.
A Putin-list oligarch runs Poland’s vape market. The EU won’t sanction him.
Ukraine, Poland, and Australia sanctioned Oleg Boyko. Brussels left him off—as his lawyers move.
What keeps Ukraine’s groceries expensive when the summer harvest should make them cheap?
Even with the household electricity tariff frozen flat.
Russian refining output fell 9.2% in April as Ukrainian drone strikes hit fuel plants
Moscow stopped publishing fuel output. Rosstat’s own index registered the drop regardless.
Ukraine moves to ratify €90 billion EU loan, accepting a wartime tax overhaul to unlock it
Parliament could approve the deal within hours, releasing the first payment after months of delay.
Why is Russia preparing to ration jet fuel? Refining just hit a 16-year low
The diesel decision is still split among officials. Refiners told to curb foreign sales.
Discount supermarkets and pharmacies dominate Ukraine’s resilient companies ranking
New YouControl–Top Lead study shows wartime growth in survival-economy sectors.
A Russian banker hid in Brittany as a Ukrainian refugee—France just gave him to Lithuania
Ten months in a Breton village. Now 10.5 years in Vilnius.
US pressure flows to Kyiv, Vilnius, and Warsaw—never to Minsk itself
Bombed country rejects relief for the regime hosting Russian drone launches.
Spain pledged €1 billion to Ukraine—then helped block NATO’s plan to count it
Four other allies blocked the metric, and six frameworks now run uncompared.
Why are EU farmers still protesting? Subsidies, not Ukrainian imports
Brussels imposed trade quotas in 2025—the CAP fight is the next one.
Ukraine’s deputy agriculture minister on the 2026 sowing, the labor crisis, and a sector holding steady under fire
Taras Vysotskyi on the 2026 sowing season, the war’s drag on labor, and a sector that has refused to contract.
Ukraine threw out the international rulebook after firefighters stood helpless against burning mined forests
The international demining playbook does not cover Russia’s war—Ukraine is writing one as it goes.
Why Ukraine could not have held a wartime election on 15 May—the operational figures behind a lapsed deadline
Numbers from Ukraine’s own election commission, walked through at the Lviv Media Forum last week, explained why a 15 May vote was never possible.