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Kyiv robbed Pokrovsk to save Zaporizhzhia. The gamble is paying offWhen Ukrainian forces fell back a short distance north of Pokrovsk recently, it was the result of a deliberate choice in Kyiv: to prioritize a counteroffensive farther south. -
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 watchedWhile Kyiv opens embassies, Moscow opens churches, and Beijing opens markets. -
Ben Hodges: stop treating Russian sabotage like a crime sceneFormer US Army Europe commander Ben Hodges on why Europe keeps treating Russian sabotage like a crime scene -
Hungary will survive without Russian oil—but Orbán’s regime will notThe money trail from Moscow to MOL to Brussels explains why -
While Trump denounces free trade, China opens its markets to an entire continentBeijing scraps tariffs for 53 African nations—then pledges energy aid to Ukraine while arming Russia’s drones. -
US, Dutch veterans reportedly join international F-16 squadron defending Kyiv, Ukrainian air force denies thisForeign pilots are pros at using high-tech sensors used to detect and target Russian missiles -
One night, two of Russia’s scarcest military assets gone — Ka-27 helicopter and S-300VM SAM launcherUkraine hit the naval helicopter near Kamyshly in occupied Crimea and destroyed the air defense launcher near Mariupol, while also striking troop concentrations, logistics warehouses in Donetsk, and a communications node. -
In memoriam: Semyon Gluzman (1946–2026), sentenced to 10 years for diagnosing a Soviet general as saneA personal tribute to the man "whose only currency was the truth," by Robert van Voren -
What can be seen in this darkness. Ten theses on the futureWar doesn’t just destroy cities — it rewrites what “after” can mean. -
Europe now outspends America on Ukraine. Zelenskyy noticed.Washington wants a bilateral deal with Russia. Ukraine spent Munich making that impossible. -
Europe’s Russia diagnosis has never been sharper. The prescription hasn’t changedAt Munich, 2026's biggest security summit got everything right — except the follow-through -
Russia’s A-50 maker lost $65 million—its revenue collapsed 3.8 times in one yearBeriev, 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 borderThe anti-corruption bureau that survived a crackdown is now charging officials who were untouchable months ago. -
Ukraine used to beg for matching missiles. Shershen fires whatever’s in the warehouse.Shershen matches a lot of different radars, launchers and missiles. It's just what Ukraine needs. -
Europe can defend Ukraine or face Russia alone. There is no third option.Three years of Ukrainian sacrifice bought Europe time. Europe is spending it on excuses. -
The EU transformed Poland in 20 years. Ukraine wants it done by 2027.Brussels is already drafting the plan. They’re calling it “reverse enlargement”—join first, reform after. -
Russia’s war is getting cheaper. That’s the worst news Europe has heard in years.Four years of data show Russia trading tanks for drones—while its new armor heads not to Ukraine, but to NATO's border. -
Russia’s snowmobile troops did everything by the book—the book was written before dronesSnowmobiles aren't necessarily bad assault vehicles. But to avoid detection by thermal drones, they need heat-trapping camouflage. -
Meet the 22 athletes Russia killed whose faces got Ukraine’s Olympian bannedVladyslav Heraskevych was a medal contender in skeleton at the Winter Olympics — until he refused to race without the 22 faces painted on his helmet.