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3D model of the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile. Photo: Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence

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Kinzhal is 90% identical to Iskander-M: Ukraine’s intelligence identifies 58 companies in production chain

Russia is developing a modified version of the Kinzhal missile, equipped with a warhead that strikes targets with fragments and a blast wave.

byStanovych Solomiia

A carnival float by Jacques Tilly shows Trump and Putin eating a cow ridden by Ursula von der Leyen, at the Rose Monday parade in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 16 February 2026. Photo: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Eastnews

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Opinion

Europe has 11 ways to choke Russia’s war. It doesn’t need Trump’s permission for any of them

Three weeks after signing new Russia sanctions into law, Washington suspended them for Russian diesel, while the levers that would hurt Moscow most sit in European hands.

byDmytro Shulga

yamburg gas field in the yamalo-nenets ao in russia

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EU imports record 12.18 million tons of Russian Arctic LNG in nine months, 9.5% more than year earlier — research group

Europe spent about 7.88 billion euros on it, the German group of experts says.

byOlena Mukhina

The image shows the Sydney Opera House. Credit: UkrInform

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Australia keeps Russian fuel out even as US opens its market: “We do not want Vladimir Putin to benefit from this war in Middle East”

Australia says it has 43 days of petrol and 31 days of diesel stockpiled, enough to wait out high prices without buying from Russia.

byOlena Mukhina

lukoil’s norsi refinery in kstovo, nizhny novgorod oblast

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Washington makes it official: US Treasury license clears sale and import of Russian diesel blocked by sanctions

The US Treasury’s waiver lets Russian diesel back onto world markets.

byOlena Mukhina

Two weathered cargo ships sail across a dark sea beneath heavy storm clouds.

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Russia quietly grows fleet that funds its war: one shell firm in Marshall Islands buys two gas tankers from Chinese and Greek owners

Ukraine named 20 ships that move Russian oil and gas.

byOlena Mukhina

Russian soldiers stand beside a field artillery gun in a snow-covered position.

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Kalashnikov, Russia’s biggest small-arms maker, says it fills its entire 2026 arms contract on time with batch of 7.62mm Dragunov sniper rifle

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence said in February that nearly half of Kalashnikov's plants faced no sanctions from any coalition country.

byOlena Mukhina

russia facing record number corporate defaults second time decade one main causes being same—waging war against ukraine · post russian rubles tsn money news ukrainian reports

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Russia’s war against Ukraine sends the bill to its own companies: bond defaults head for a 17-year high

The squeeze is spreading from small firms to Moscow's own budget, which is running a record deficit to keep the war going.

byStanovych Solomiia

swiss voters crush neutrality initiative have ended sanctions against russia—69% say · post christoph blocher speaks svp event крістоф блохер фото des kantons zürich fb ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Swiss voters crush neutrality initiative that would have ended sanctions against Russia—70% say No

The initiative was backed by billionaire Christoph Blocher, whose family company still operates two subsidiaries in Russia that a Swiss investigation found indications of ties to sanctioned military manufacturers.

byYuri Zoria

canada sanctions eight russians over deported ukrainian children only about 2000 more than 19000 have come home · post canadian flags chamberca ukraine news reports

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Canada sanctions eight Russians over deported Ukrainian children as only about 2,500 of more than 20,000 have come home

Ottawa's listing bars anyone in Canada from handling the property of the eight, and it took effect a week before Ukraine's leader arrived for talks.

byYuri Zoria

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk past an honor guard in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 27 November 2024.

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Kazakh refinery deal could ease Russia’s front-line fuel pressure—but it covers just 0.3% of demand

Central Asia lacks capacity to solve Moscow’s shortage, while potential suppliers risk Western sanctions.

byDaniel Thomas

Latvian flag flying from a white flagpole against a blue, lightly clouded sky.

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Latvia blocks Russian and Belarusian books, clothes and toys

The national measure goes beyond EU sanctions, covers goods worth €12.5 million in 2025, and limits the entry of propaganda materials.

byDaniel Thomas

A Patriot air defense missile launcher. Photo: South Korean defense ministry.

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Ukraine has five ways to stop Russia’s Iskanders. Only one arrives before the strikes on the grid begin

It means finding a launcher in a forest during the twenty minutes it spends above ground.

byDavid Axe

two children pulled rubble alive three did survive—one village near kryvyi rih after russian missile attack · post residential building burns strike lviv 30 2026 у львові після обстрілу горить

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Iskander Russia fired at Kyiv Oblast in July held 62 American parts. Ukraine has now named more than 100 Russian ballistics producers and wants its allies to sanction all of them

Kyiv wants every identified maker of Russian ballistic missiles on allied sanctions lists by fall.

byOlena Mukhina

ukraine mapped russia's su-35 down individual control units—and found 22 firms nobody has sanctioned · post interactive 3d model su-35s multirole fighter published ukraine's war&sanctions portal l-150-35 radar warning station

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Ukraine mapped Russia’s Su-35 down to individual control units—and found 22 firms nobody has sanctioned

The names cover engines, guidance, jamming gear, and the air-to-air missiles the aircraft fires.

byYuri Zoria

Vladimir Putin tours the Uralvagonzavod tank plant in Nizhny Tagil, part of Russia’s state-owned Rostec defense conglomerate, on 15 February 2024. Credit: Ramil Sitdikov/RIA Novosti via Kremlin.ru

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Analysis

Russia’s biggest weapons maker has been under EU sanctions since 2022. Its 482 subsidiaries are the loophole.

A new NAKO analysis maps 482 companies inside Rostec and finds Western sanctions reach only a fraction of them—which is how the microelectronics in Russia's drones and missiles keep getting through.

byViktoriia VyshnivskaandbyKateryna Biesiedina

ukrainian intelligence russia’s advanced missile arsenal shrinks nearly 50% since russia's iskander-m its mobile launcher iskander domestic pyongyang-supplied kn-23 ballistic stockpile has dropped 580 300 told liga report does mention

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Why can’t Ukraine just blow up Russian launchers firing ballistic missiles at its cities?

Russia's Iskander launchers hide on forest roads, deploy and flee in minutes, making them extremely hard to catch, presidential adviser Serhii Beskrestnov says.

byOlena Mukhina

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and US President Donald Trump at the 2026 NATO Summit, 8 July, 2026. Photo: The White House

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Syria agrees to cut Russian oil imports as US pushes to curb Moscow’s influence – Reuters

Russian crude shipments to Syria have risen sharply this year, making Moscow the country's dominant supplier, but Damascus is now reportedly seeking alternative sources as it pursues closer relations with Washington.

byBenjamin Murdoch

greece blocked gas ban france italy softened entry ban—now brussels tries 1600 companies helping russia's war · post russian soldiers military parade 9 2025 moscow russia kremlinru victory_day_parade_2025_at_red_square ukraine news

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Money Matters

Greece blocked a gas ban, France and Italy softened an entry ban—now Brussels tries 1,600 companies helping Russia’s war

Bloomberg sources says the proposed list covers firms feeding Russia's military industry, and the work stayed out of public view.

byYuri Zoria

Lithuania Lithuanian flag. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

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Lithuania proposes to implement special test for Russian and Belarusian artists and academics who enter state. Those who don’t pass will be banned

Lithuania's Foreign Ministry proposed barring Russian and Belarusian cultural, scientific, and sports figures who performed in occupied Ukraine or backed the war from entering the country.

byOlena Mukhina

Sanctions

Kinzhal is 90% identical to Iskander-M: Ukraine’s intelligence identifies 58 companies in production chain

Europe has 11 ways to choke Russia’s war. It doesn’t need Trump’s permission for any of them

EU imports record 12.18 million tons of Russian Arctic LNG in nine months, 9.5% more than year earlier — research group

Australia keeps Russian fuel out even as US opens its market: “We do not want Vladimir Putin to benefit from this war in Middle East”

Washington makes it official: US Treasury license clears sale and import of Russian diesel blocked by sanctions

Russia quietly grows fleet that funds its war: one shell firm in Marshall Islands buys two gas tankers from Chinese and Greek owners

Kalashnikov, Russia’s biggest small-arms maker, says it fills its entire 2026 arms contract on time with batch of 7.62mm Dragunov sniper rifle

Russia’s war against Ukraine sends the bill to its own companies: bond defaults head for a 17-year high

Swiss voters crush neutrality initiative that would have ended sanctions against Russia—70% say No

Canada sanctions eight Russians over deported Ukrainian children as only about 2,500 of more than 20,000 have come home

Kazakh refinery deal could ease Russia’s front-line fuel pressure—but it covers just 0.3% of demand

Latvia blocks Russian and Belarusian books, clothes and toys

Ukraine has five ways to stop Russia’s Iskanders. Only one arrives before the strikes on the grid begin

Iskander Russia fired at Kyiv Oblast in July held 62 American parts. Ukraine has now named more than 100 Russian ballistics producers and wants its allies to sanction all of them

Ukraine mapped Russia’s Su-35 down to individual control units—and found 22 firms nobody has sanctioned

Russia’s biggest weapons maker has been under EU sanctions since 2022. Its 482 subsidiaries are the loophole.

Why can’t Ukraine just blow up Russian launchers firing ballistic missiles at its cities?

Syria agrees to cut Russian oil imports as US pushes to curb Moscow’s influence – Reuters

Greece blocked a gas ban, France and Italy softened an entry ban—now Brussels tries 1,600 companies helping Russia’s war

Lithuania proposes to implement special test for Russian and Belarusian artists and academics who enter state. Those who don’t pass will be banned

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