Russia’s ship strikes stall Ukraine’s grain corridor. The damage is moving inland
Not one ship passed through the corridor on 22 July, at the height of harvest. The choke is now reaching Ukraine’s farmers and its railways.
Ukraine’s strikes left Crimea’s prepaid fuel coupons worthless—and the biggest chain won’t refund them
It is invoking a 14-day return law a Russian lawyer says doesn’t apply—he calls it unjust enrichment.
Washington taxes Russian goods at the same rate as Norway’s
It is a blanket forced-labor measure, not a Russia policy—and the sanctions that would hurt Moscow are still stuck in Congress.
Germany declared a break with Russia—then licensed its nuclear giant
A licensed nuclear deal and a secret Baku channel surfaced in the same month. They are not connected. That is what should worry Berlin.
Ukraine’s defense minister explained how the country buys weapons—after he was sacked
A sacked minister spent 90 minutes explaining how Ukraine buys shells. He told more than the ministry had published in six months.
Russia will read shops’ cash registers to police food prices it can’t tame
Unable to bring down food prices, Russia is building a system to watch them instead.
Ukraine shut a quarter of Russia’s grain exports—the world’s wheat money now flows to Russia’s competitors
Ukraine’s Azov campaign built a paradox: the world pays more for wheat because Russia cannot ship it—and the windfall flows to Russia’s competitors.
Russia offers farmers boiler fuel for tractors—Ukraine’s strikes wiped out clean diesel
Russia’s Agriculture Ministry is offering farms fuel 90 times dirtier than the diesel they bought last year—fuel that halves an engine’s life.
Ukraine’s army chief broke his silence—an apology, a warning on soldiers’ pay, and one small number
The army chief apologized to Fedorov—and revealed only 2,000 soldiers signed the new contracts.
Ukraine’s protesters set a 24 July deadline as Zelenskyy weighs replacing his army chief
Organizers gave the government four days before nightly rallies begin.
Why Russia is importing gasoline made from its own oil
To keep its pumps supplied, Moscow has written India’s gasoline price into its own tax code.
“They removed the auditor, not the thieves”: why Ukrainians are protesting Zelenskyy’s reshuffle
The entire government has been swapped, yet protests hit Kyiv and 16 more cities only in support of ex-Defense Minister Fedorov
Ukraine’s government reshuffle followed the letter of the Constitution. But did it follow its spirit?
The official paper trail shows who decided first.
Zelenskyy defends the right to protest and hands defense to his strike-war chief
He passed over the expected frontrunner and gave the job to his special operations chief, the man behind Ukraine’s long-range strikes.