Ukraine anti-corruption agencies serve suspicion notice to ex-Presidential Office head Yermak over alleged $10M laundering
Andrii Yermak was once the most powerful official in Ukraine after Zelenskyy himself.
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The arms Ukraine outgrew in two years are now its potential export catalogue
Budanov listed older FPVs, 2022-2023 long-range drones, sea drones, and bombers as candidates for sale to Asia and Africa.
“A surprise for the enemy”: Budanov says the next stage of warfare will be defined by autonomy as drone numbers hit their ceiling
Head of Presidential Office says both sides have maxed out current drone control tech; AI is next.
Russia shed its skin three times — tsarist, soviet, oligarch — but imperial beast inside never died, Budanov says
Russia's imperial core must be ripped out and carved it into nations, or the world never sleeps safe, he stresses.
Ukraine’s chief negotiator tells Davos: China is “absorbing” desperate Russia (INFOGRAPHIC)
Budanov’s framing signals how Kyiv plans to leverage its position in peace talks.
Ukraine’s former chief spy and now presidential chief of staff reveals direct talks with Trump team in Miami ahead of Davos
Budanov confirms Ukraine is in active negotiation process, asks allies to unite.
BREAKING: Zelenskyy appoints Ukraine’s spy chief Budanov as his new head of presidential office
It follows the dismissal of Andriy Yermak over the backdrop of searches by the NABU at Yermak's residence as part of an investigation into embezzlement at Energoatom.
Why Russia’s war machine may have peaked: new ISW assessment says Moscow can’t build momentum due to lack of reserves
With no extra troops to shift across sectors, Russia keeps trading one front for another, exposing dangerous vulnerabilities.
Budanov: Russia recruited 403,000 soldiers in 2025, will aim higher next year
Contract soldiers remain main manpower source as Kremlin raises payments to fill ranks.
“Spoiled, weak, and indecisive”: Ukrainian Intelligence chief explains why Russia sees Europe as its only expansion option
North means US, south means China, east means ocean. Europe is only way left for Russian expansion.
“That’s what we get paid for”: Ukraine’s spy chief confirms ability to eavesdrop on Kremlin’s inner circle
Kyrylo Budanov casually acknowledged that Ukraine’s military intelligence can tap into top-level Kremlin conversations, hinting at wider espionage capabilities.
Ukrainian forces repel 36 Russian assaults, push forward up to 400 meters on Pokrovsk front
The defenders say Moscow is paying a severe price in what has become one of the deadliest battles of the war.
Frontline report: Russia’s empire starts to crack as separatist fires quietly begin flickering from Siberia to the Caucasus
From diamonds in Yakutia to oil in Dagestan, the empire’s wealth becomes its undoing. The insurgency Moscow fears most begins at in the Caucasus.
Ukraine secretly drains $30 million from Moscow’s war chest
HUR cyber specialists paralyzed Russia’s payment system, halting transfers for those participating in the brutal war agaisnt Ukraine.
Most Germans say they won’t fight for their homeland, while Russia launches $1,1 trillion rearment program since Soviet Union
Despite German intelligence warning of Kremlin provocations, a majority of Germans still say they won’t take up arms to defend their country.
Russia won’t change after Putin, Ukraine’s spy chief says
Russia’s totalitarian system is built to outlive its leader, ensuring the war and threats to Europe won’t end with Putin.
Moscow resurrects Leningrad and Moscow military districts, builds new divisions as part of its largest rearmament since Soviet collapse
Russia is transitioning into a wartime state to reshape th global order.
Ukraine remembers linguist Iryna Farion, target of Kremlin’s propaganda, assassinated in Lviv in apparent campaign against Ukrainian voices
On 19 July, Ukrainians marked the first anniversary of the brutal killing of Iryna Farion, a fierce defender of Ukrainian identity and language.
Ukrainian spy chief Budanov warns Kellogg: Putin’s war goals stretch into next decade—and NATO is target
Ukraine’s top intelligence official says Moscow’s ambitions go far beyond Ukraine’s borders.