A fifth of Russian refining sits idle, and the sector’s earnings still grew
The money is being made on prices and state compensation rather than on the volumes the front line actually needs.
One pincer stalled a year ago, the other has just been broken near Kostiantynivka—Russia’s ring will not close, Ukrainian commander says
Frontal assaults on fortified cities cost far more men and time than closing a ring behind them would have.
Russian drone killed five people on a scheduled minibus in southeastern Ukraine
The vehicle was running an intercity route through a district that sits across the river from Russian-held ground when the strike caught it.
Italian jets destroyed a drone over Lithuania in the first such shootdown in the country
Lithuania says there is a high probability it carried explosives, and its origin has not been established.
Russian drones killed a man and injured eight in Kyiv, hitting two gas stations
The overnight wave sent 200 drones at Ukraine, and the capital's filling stations have become a recurring target this month.
Ukraine hit the radar that guards Sochi, the Russian resort city it struck ten days ago
Drones burned two fuel depots there ten days ago, and the Ukrainian military says the system meant to stop them is now the target.
Russian spies ran a campaign against Kyiv on Anthropic’s Claude, and the AI chatbot’s maker caught them at it
The operators automated phishing, intrusion, and data theft, leaving the human to refine the workflows.
A fourth Ukrainian pharmaceutical warehouse has burned in a Russian strike since the start of the month
Russian forces damaged the newest one in Odesa, where the buildings belong to a wholesaler supplying drugstores across Ukraine.
Russia built five more halls for the drones it assembles using Chinese parts to hit Ukrainian cities
The nightly waves that reach Kyiv and the western border regions mostly begin on the assembly lines inside this zone.
A Russian intelligence operative and a Belarusian petty criminal: Germany names the Leipzig bomb-drone suspects
The files show one of them handled preparation and logistics, and the other left a scrap of glove on the equipment that flew the drone.
Second fire in a month hits the Bulgarian plant that ships ammunition to Ukraine, and sabotage is on the table
The country's interior minister has ordered every ammunition depot in the country inspected and says outside interference cannot be excluded.
EU sanctions rollover stalls over Russian oligarch Usmanov as Paris backs Bratislava’s demand to delist him
Ambassadors broke up with no agreement on renewing the measures, and they have one sitting left before every restriction on the list runs out on its own.
The EU just released $7 billion for Ukraine to buy Patriot missiles and drones
The money comes from Europe's existing loan to Kyiv, and the decision finally lets Ukraine place orders for the American interceptors it cannot build itself.
A drone beside a Ukrainian cargo plane is costing Russia its last consulate in Germany
Four others closed in 2023, leaving Moscow with an embassy and, from this month, no consular presence outside it.