$131 million in one night: Ukraine intelligence reveals staggering cost of Russian air assault
Ukraine spent $94 million on interceptors alone - nearly two-thirds the cost of the attack itself.
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“Entire war based on lies”: Even Trump realized he was deceived, says expert
Putin can't allow successful Ukraine. It threatens his corrupt authoritarian rule.
“Political slap in face for Putin”: US operation in Venezuela threatens Russia’s oil revenues and its war funding, says expert
Venezuela falls, Russia loses, says a Ukrainian expert.
Russia’s 2026 outlook: war spending climbs as reserves drain
Both may be right—and that’s exactly the problem. “Russia has the upper hand. And they always did. They’re…
Russia spends $2.7 billion weekly on war against Ukraine, total war costs exceed $195 billion in 2025
Russia's military spending this year is 20% higher than planned.
Putin boasts of economic strength. ISW says he’s bluffing to pressure the West
Analysts say Kremlin pairs economic claims with "inevitable victory" narrative.
“Record since the Soviet era”: Putin’s budget reveals Kremlin’s priorities for 2026
Putin signs 2026 budget with 40% for war, social spending gutted.
Russia’s war machine is running out of cash—and out of illusions
Moscow resorts to money printing as state railways drown in debt, oil revenues plunge 35%, and even China exploits Russia’s desperation.
Thick smoke rises over Nizhnekamsk as one of Russia’s key petrochemical war-linked plants burns (VIDEO)
The war’s cost spreads far beyond the battlefield, hitting Russia’s technological potential and industrial capacity.
Double blows to Russia’s war economy: refinery strikes and sanctions send fuel exports to wartime low – Bloomberg
Russia’s wartime oil revenues are under mounting strain as Ukrainian drone strikes and Western sanctions converge to cripple the country’s refining sector and export capacity.
Russia’s war economy hits its wall: ISW and US Treasury confirm Euromaidan Press analysis
The signs were already there—Western intelligence is just catching up.
“What else is he going to say?” US Treasury head dismisses Russian “propagandist” Dmitriev’s claims that sanctions don’t hurt
Dmitriev claimed sanctions would have no impact, but Bessent stresses that oil profits down 20%, inflation above 20%, and Russia’s wartime economy reeling.
NYP: Russia tells the world it’s winning — actual military performance paints a different picture
While Putin talks victory, Russia’s forces are stuck fighting for fields at unsustainable losses and can't break Ukrainian defenses.
Russian documents show 2030 NATO war plans — rehearsed at Zapad-2025 drills in Belarus
Russia scenarios include not only ops against Ukraine but also against Baltic countries, HUR says.
Austria was the last holdout — now it’s greenlighting the EU’s 19th Russia sanctions round
Austria had insisted Brussels unfreeze Russian assets to compensate for penalties imposed by Moscow, but has now dropped the demand ahead of a vote scheduled for 20 October.
Russia’s war math: at this pace, full occupation of Ukraine would take 103 years, The Economist says
Despite relentless assaults since May, Russia failed to seize Pokrovsk or any major city on the eastern front.
“Putin outplayed Trump again”: Russia pulls US president into Budapest meeting on its terms, says expert
The pattern was seen during the Alaska summit: talk, no results.
The Economist: Ukrainian-made drones and missiles disable 20% of Russian oil refining, pressuring war economy
16 of Russia's 38 oil refineries have been struck since August using domestically produced Flamingo cruise missiles and FP-1 drones that can reach targets as far as 3000 km (1864 miles) deep inside Russia.
Corporate greed over principles: Zara’s secret path back to Russia
Zara’s CEO said Russia was off-limits. Russian shoppers apparently didn’t get the memo.