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Drone hits Yaroslavl refinery for third time in two weeks as Russia’s fourth-largest oil plant burns again

Yaroslavl governor confirms Ukrainian drone struck industrial facility on 19 May; fire contained, no casualties, six Russian airports closed.

byMaria Tril

Belarusian soldiers. Illustrative photo. Photo: Belarusian Ministry of Defense

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Belarus is now drilling nuclear-weapon use with Russian forces from “unprepared” deployment areas next to EU and Ukraine

Minsk announces these drills, then says they threaten no one.

byOlena Mukhina

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 26 April 2026. Photo: Zelenskyy on Telegram

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Ukraine says it has Russia’s hidden war-damage assessment — one Moscow won’t show its own population

A single mid-sized Russian oil company has been forced to shut down around 400 wells.

byOlena Mukhina

Ukrainian civilians queuing at post office with overlaid photos of war crimes investigators Dmytro Kovalchuk and Kristin Rosella

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Interview

“Stop treating Russia’s bankers as faceless technocrats”: inside the war crimes case against Russia’s central bank

A landmark ICC complaint reframes Russia's financial occupation of Ukraine — pillaged banks, forced rubles, and passport-gated medical care — as a war crime

byDaniel Thomas

The image shows JSC “Angstrem” in Zelenograd, Moscow Oblast, a semiconductor manufacturer producing components from discrete transistors to modern microcontrollers and microprocessors. The company is under US sanctions. Source: Exilenova_Plus

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For first time in war, Ukrainian strikes begin worrying Russians more than front

Meanwhile, Russian state TV gave the largest Moscow attack of the war under a minute.

byOlena Mukhina

A Kyiv residential building destroyed by a Russian strike on 14 May 2026. Source: The State Emergency Service

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Russia killed 52 people in Ukraine this week — firing mostly ballistic missiles, hardest for air defense to stop

Russia fired 3,170 drones at Ukraine in seven days.

byOlena Mukhina

Russian cargo ship SPARTA unloading at Tartus naval base in Syria with Russian escort warships, satellite imagery analyzed by GeoInsider and SONARROW showing renewed Russian deliveries after Assad’s fall.

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International

Russia maintains military presence in post-Assad Syria – but Damascus now holds leverage

Satellite imagery shows renewed Russian cargo activity in Tartus as Damascus renegotiates the terms of Moscow’s long-standing military presence.

byBenjamin Murdoch

Fire at Nevinnomyssk Azot chemical plant in Russia’s Stavropol Krai following reported drone attack. Screenshot from video: Exilenova+

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Russia’s Nevinnomyssk Azot chemical plant reported on fire after overnight explosions – at least 6th attack on the site

Regional authorities say air defenses were active, while online footage suggests damage at a facility central to Russia’s chemical production chain.

byBenjamin Murdoch

Russian Kaspiysk flotilla in the Caspian Sea

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Ukraine strikes Russian Caspian Fleet base deep inside Russia, home to missile-capable ships used in Kalibr strikes – General Staff

Kyiv reports damage to a major Russian refinery and naval vessels in the Caspian Sea base of Kaspiysk, alongside strikes on logistics and weapons storage sites.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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As rescuers clear rubble of Kyiv apartment building, Russia’s security council secretary lists same 2022 demands for ending war

Same demands as Russia's failed 2022 Istanbul talks were issued from Bishkek hours after Russia's biggest two-day strike on Kyiv.

byOlena Mukhina

The image shows Robert Brovdi, the commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces and the founder of the “Birds of the Madiar” drone unit. Credit: The 414th Strike UAV Brigade

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Russia is building 168,000-strong drone force by year-end through stealing Kyiv UAV model, says Ukraine’s drone commander Madiar

An average Ukrainian brigade is now intercepting up to 60 Russian "Molniya" strike drones per day because Russia has centralized production.

byOlena Mukhina

Ukrainian troops are taking part in Aurora 2026, an international military training, in the Kingdom of Sweden. Source: Ukraine's General Staff.

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If this were real life, they would already be dead: Ukrainian drone pilots force NATO drills on Gotland to stop three times

During the pause, the opposing forces had time to think about how to act better against the enemy.

byOlena Mukhina

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Kremlin terms unchanged: Moscow repeats Putin’s 2024 demand for four Ukraine’s oblasts as peace push stalls

That is a demand for capitulation, not for peace.

byOlena Mukhina

Ukrainian soldiers. Source: 95th Separate Airborne Assault Polissya Brigade

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Russia is abandoning its push on Stepnohirsk where average mobilized Russian soldier survived 12 minutes

Russia threw elite units at Stepnohirsk. The average newly mobilized soldier lasted 12 minutes. Now Russia is leaving.

byOlena Mukhina

Nicolas Tenzer: stop talking about peace with Putin's Russia, the question is victory for Ukraine.

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Interview

Nicolas Tenzer: stop talking about peace, the question is victory

French geopolitical expert on his book Our War, Putin's nihilist regime, and the strategic autonomy Europe must build with or without Washington

byDaniel Thomas

Explosion at a residential building in Orenburg, Russia, following a reported drone strike on 12 May 2026

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“Mirror response”: Ukraine confirms Orenburg strike 1,500 km from border after renewed Russian aerial attacks

A drone strike in Orenburg damaged a residential building near a major missile and aircraft components plant, according to analysis and local reports.

byBenjamin Murdoch

ukraine timed its huliaipole operation around weather — worked here's why won't happen again soon · post tank 31st separate mechanized brigade 2026 ukrainian armed forces infantry frontline operations soldier

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NYT: Lost Starlink, throttled Telegram, missed recruits — Russia’s worst battlefield year since 2023

Russia's military has slowed to a crawl in Ukraine and at its current monthly rate of advance would…

byMaria Tril

before russia's all-out war ukraine imported almost weapons four years later buys more than any country earth · post ukrainian gunners general staff armed forces artillerymen artillery gun howitzer shells

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International

300 defense factories, 500,000 workers: North Korea’s arms industry reaches records amid Russia’s demand for shells in war

North Korea claims current shell production has quadrupled compared to normal levels.

byOlena Mukhina

Krasnodar International Airport, Russia.

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Russia closes 13 airports as Ukrainian drones strike air traffic control center in Rostov-on-Don

At least 14,000 passengers are stranded. Rostov has declared a local state of emergency.

byMaria Tril

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Fico, the only EU leader heading to Moscow for 9 May, to deliver Zelenskyy’s message to Putin

Slovak PM Robert Fico will be the only EU leader in Moscow for 9 May. He's carrying a message from Zelenskyy to Putin, his foreign ministry says.

byMaria Tril

Russia

Drone hits Yaroslavl refinery for third time in two weeks as Russia’s fourth-largest oil plant burns again

Belarus is now drilling nuclear-weapon use with Russian forces from “unprepared” deployment areas next to EU and Ukraine

Ukraine says it has Russia’s hidden war-damage assessment — one Moscow won’t show its own population

“Stop treating Russia’s bankers as faceless technocrats”: inside the war crimes case against Russia’s central bank

For first time in war, Ukrainian strikes begin worrying Russians more than front

Russia killed 52 people in Ukraine this week — firing mostly ballistic missiles, hardest for air defense to stop

Russia maintains military presence in post-Assad Syria – but Damascus now holds leverage

Russia’s Nevinnomyssk Azot chemical plant reported on fire after overnight explosions – at least 6th attack on the site

Ukraine strikes Russian Caspian Fleet base deep inside Russia, home to missile-capable ships used in Kalibr strikes – General Staff

As rescuers clear rubble of Kyiv apartment building, Russia’s security council secretary lists same 2022 demands for ending war

Russia is building 168,000-strong drone force by year-end through stealing Kyiv UAV model, says Ukraine’s drone commander Madiar

If this were real life, they would already be dead: Ukrainian drone pilots force NATO drills on Gotland to stop three times

Kremlin terms unchanged: Moscow repeats Putin’s 2024 demand for four Ukraine’s oblasts as peace push stalls

Russia is abandoning its push on Stepnohirsk where average mobilized Russian soldier survived 12 minutes

Nicolas Tenzer: stop talking about peace, the question is victory

“Mirror response”: Ukraine confirms Orenburg strike 1,500 km from border after renewed Russian aerial attacks

NYT: Lost Starlink, throttled Telegram, missed recruits — Russia’s worst battlefield year since 2023

300 defense factories, 500,000 workers: North Korea’s arms industry reaches records amid Russia’s demand for shells in war

Russia closes 13 airports as Ukrainian drones strike air traffic control center in Rostov-on-Don

Fico, the only EU leader heading to Moscow for 9 May, to deliver Zelenskyy’s message to Putin

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