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40% russia's oil exports offline mostly due ukrainian drone strikes — worst disruption russian history · post ust-luga export terminal fire after ukraine's attack overnight 25 2026 exilenova+ 8d15778b-2781 -45fe-a583-f63e05c12c84

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International

Reuters: 40% of Russia’s oil exports offline, mostly due to Ukrainian drone strikes — worst disruption in Russian history

Russia earns roughly a quarter of its state budget from oil and gas. This week's attacks halted oil loadings at both Russian Baltic Sea terminals.

byYuri Zoria

13 minute read

International

Denmark outspends everyone on Ukraine. I walked the streets to find out why.

Danes head to the polls on 24 March, but Ukraine barely registers as a campaign issue—because 70% already agree on keeping the world's highest per-capita support going.

byMichael Andersen

3 minute read

International

Russia knocks out Moldova–Romania power link in strike on Ukraine

Russia's strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on 23 March cut Moldova's primary link to the European grid

byMaria Tril

Israel bombed Iran on 13 June 2025. Photo: MERH News Agency

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International

Ground operation in Iran would be disaster for US, says ex-Ukraine’s army chief, who halted Russia’s advance on Kyiv

Ukraine's former commander has seen what modern war does to armies.

byOlena Mukhina

3 minute read

International

US B-2 bomber with GBU-57 is one of most powerful aircraft on earth. Iran spent 30 years building something it cannot beat

Aviation analyst Tom Cooper has been monitoring Iran's underground weapons program since the mid-1990s.

byOlena Mukhina

eu wants russia hold free elections withdraw troops belarus georgia armenia transnistria— part ukraine peace deal leaked paper shows · post kaja kallas high representative foreign affairs security policy 9

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International

“They don’t like the EU”: Europe’s top diplomat says Washington wants to divide Europe

Kaja Kallas told the Financial Times that the United States "does not like the European Union" and has been "very clear" it wants to divide Europe — a charge she levelled as Washington launched new trade probes against the bloc this week.

byMaria Tril

how rob bank convoy eu hungary bring apc machine guns deport couriers keep cash gold evidence · post bars seized oschadbank's hungarian authorities hcu-3wcwqaafo_a ukraine news ukrainian reports

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International

How you rob a bank convoy in the EU: Be Hungary, bring an APC and machine guns, deport bank couriers, keep cash and gold as “evidence”

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says Hungary returned the seven couriers and kept $40 million, €35 million, and 9 kg of gold — held as "evidence" in a criminal case with no named suspect.

byYuri Zoria

prepared reprimand ukrainian paralympian warned stop war earrings after winning gold · post oleksandra kononova wearing sprint 2026 winter paralympics cortina d'ampezzo italy 7 oleksandra-kononova ukraine news reports

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International

“I was prepared for the reprimand”: Ukrainian Paralympian warned for “Stop War” earrings after winning gold

Oleksandra Kononova collected two individual medals at the 2026 Winter Paralympics — and a formal reprimand from the International Paralympic Committee for competing in earrings bearing the words "Stop War," which officials claimed the regulations did not permit.

byYuri Zoria

iranian foreign minister won't deny russia feeding tehran intelligence american warships · post abbas araghchi speaks nbc's meet press 8 2026 black-draped portrait late supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei visible

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International

Iranian foreign minister won’t deny Russia is feeding Tehran intelligence on American warships

Araghchi described Iran's partnership with Russia as "very good" and ongoing — hours after NBC cited sources saying Moscow has been providing Iran with location data on US forces.

byYuri Zoria

5 minute read

International

Orbán’s Hungary robbed Ukraine’s state bank of $82 million — Oschadbank launches international legal fight to recover it

The Ukrainian state-owned bank confirmed the shipment was conducted under a valid international agreement with Raiffeisen Bank Austria, fully documented under European customs procedures, and carried by employees with up to 21 years' service.

byYuri Zoria

4 minute read

International

Putin sends election fixers to Budapest to keep Orbán’s Kremlin veto alive

A GRU-linked cell embedded in the Russian Embassy is running Moscow's Moldova playbook on Hungarian soil—and the stakes for Ukraine could not be higher

byDaniel Thomas

14 minute read

International

UK government knew Anna Netrebko was sanctioned by Ukraine. FOI documents show what happened next.

Four years into a full-scale war, no UK body has built a process to check whether taxpayers fund performers sanctioned by an allied nation

byBen Fletcher

Druzhba Friendship pipeline Ukraine attack by Russia Hungary map

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International

Hungary took the oil, thanked nobody, and blamed the country that sent it

MOL’s chairman says Ukraine pumped oil through Druzhba to stop a fire. Hungary accepted every barrel.

byPeeter Helme

Druzhba protest Warsaw Orban Putin pipeline oil

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International

Russia bombed Hungary’s pipeline. Hungary deployed troops—against Ukraine.

Opposition calls it a false flag to save Orbán's collapsing election campaign

byAlexander Price

Nordic energy infrastructure power grid transmission towers silhouetted against sunset sky

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International

Nordic states go on alert after threat to entire region’s energy grid

Authorities guard power stations as intelligence points to Russia-linked actor

byDaniel Thomas

Courthouse in Kazakhstan's North Kazakhstan Oblast, where a citizen was convicted of participating in foreign armed conflict.

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International

Kazakhstan jails citizen for six years for fighting for Russia against Ukraine

25-year-old from Petropavlovsk signed contract with Russian military, was wounded, then fled back

byDaniel Thomas

antónio costa, volodymyr zelenskyy and ursula von der leyen in kyiv on 24 february 2026

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International

EU plans to ban Russian oil permanently—three days after Hungary votes

The pipeline Orbán is fighting over has an expiration date.

byPeeter Helme

ursula von der leyen and volodymyr zelenskyy at the meeting of the coalition of the willing

5 minute read

International

Ukraine won’t fix Druzhba pipeline—EU asks for repairs while planning to ban Russian oil anyway

Russia attacks repair crews. Why rebuild what Moscow keeps destroying?

byPeeter Helme

4 minute read

International

EU wants Russia to hold free elections and withdraw troops from Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Transnistria— as part of a Ukraine peace deal, leaked paper shows

The document, circulated by EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas among member states, also calls for nuclear weapons removal from Belarus, reparations, and free elections inside Russia.

byYuri Zoria

mosco patriarchate’s church in johannesburg, south africa

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International

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.

byPeeter Helme

International

Reuters: 40% of Russia’s oil exports offline, mostly due to Ukrainian drone strikes — worst disruption in Russian history

Denmark outspends everyone on Ukraine. I walked the streets to find out why.

Russia knocks out Moldova–Romania power link in strike on Ukraine

Ground operation in Iran would be disaster for US, says ex-Ukraine’s army chief, who halted Russia’s advance on Kyiv

US B-2 bomber with GBU-57 is one of most powerful aircraft on earth. Iran spent 30 years building something it cannot beat

“They don’t like the EU”: Europe’s top diplomat says Washington wants to divide Europe

How you rob a bank convoy in the EU: Be Hungary, bring an APC and machine guns, deport bank couriers, keep cash and gold as “evidence”

“I was prepared for the reprimand”: Ukrainian Paralympian warned for “Stop War” earrings after winning gold

Orbán’s Hungary robbed Ukraine’s state bank of $82 million — Oschadbank launches international legal fight to recover it

Putin sends election fixers to Budapest to keep Orbán’s Kremlin veto alive

UK government knew Anna Netrebko was sanctioned by Ukraine. FOI documents show what happened next.

Hungary took the oil, thanked nobody, and blamed the country that sent it

Russia bombed Hungary’s pipeline. Hungary deployed troops—against Ukraine.

Nordic states go on alert after threat to entire region’s energy grid

Kazakhstan jails citizen for six years for fighting for Russia against Ukraine

EU plans to ban Russian oil permanently—three days after Hungary votes

Ukraine won’t fix Druzhba pipeline—EU asks for repairs while planning to ban Russian oil anyway

EU wants Russia to hold free elections and withdraw troops from Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Transnistria— as part of a Ukraine peace deal, leaked paper shows

Why Ukraine keeps losing African allies—and what Russia and China built while no one watched

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