Exclusives Ukrainians rally across dozens of countries to demand Europe use Russia’s frozen billions. The EU backed a €90 billion Ukraine loan with its budget while €210 billion in Russian central bank assets remain immobilized. Ukraine finally hit three Russian Kalibr ships on 12 August. On the 19th, an untouchedContinue Reading
Exclusives The Fedorov protesters lost. But they backed a man for what he built, not what he promised—and that may be new in Ukraine.. For twenty years, Ukrainians voted for the biggest promises. This summer they marched for a record instead—and a scholar thinks that’s the real story. Ukraine offersContinue Reading
Exclusives Moldova halves grain-transit fees for Ukraine as its own farmers threaten protests. President Maia Sandu is defending the halved transit fees against her own farmers, arguing that a neighbor able to export and arm itself is worth more to Moldova than the risk to local grain prices. India’s cooking-oilContinue Reading
Exclusives Russia has thousands of tanks it can’t risk. One drone shield decides whether they roll. Russia has finally fielded a tank defense that can shoot down Ukrainian FPV drones. The problem is that Ukrainian crews can send more drones than the Arena-M can stop—and the first tanks carrying itContinue Reading
Exclusives Russia hunted civilians by drone in Kherson. Victims are suing the US firm they say helped connect the attackers. Ukraine’s quiet counteroffensive took 745 square km. Russia’s dead Starlink is how. Six months, 26 settlements, and almost no video. Russia lost its battlefield communications three days in, and UkrainianContinue Reading
Exclusives Ukraine’s quiet counteroffensive took 745 square km. Russia’s dead Starlink is how. Six months, 26 settlements, and almost no video. Russia lost its battlefield communications three days in, and Ukrainian armor drove through the gap. Ukraine’s Zaporizhstal may idle half its capacity to fit new EU steel quotas. TheContinue Reading
Exclusives Ukraine’s new Tu-95 killer is a $48,000 copy of a drone China refused to sell. Ukraine went to China to buy the drone. China refused. Two years later, the MICH 2000 costs $2,000 less than the original—and just took out a Russian bomber. Wildberries can lose a fifth ofContinue Reading
Exclusives Table tennis restored Russia’s flag while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues. Sweden’s Anton Källberg faces Russia’s Vladimir Sidorenko in Malmö, the first Russian to play under his flag since table tennis dropped its wartime ban. Russia squeezes the flanks, then infiltrates the middle. Around Kramatorsk, it can’t do both.Continue Reading
Exclusives Russia is assaulting the gateway to Sloviansk. Ukraine’s 81st Brigade is holding it nearly alone. Mykolaivka is the biggest obstacle between Russian troops and Sloviansk, one of two big free cities in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast. How Russia built a jam-proof drone force—and the Chinese supply chain that couldContinue Reading
Exclusives Reconstruction holds Ukraine’s economy above water as service sector cracks. The sector rebuilding what Russia destroys is now the war economy’s most confident, while service firms slip into pessimism, and the overall mood stops improving. Ukraine’s ousted defense minister took drone contracts away from the generals. Now they mayContinue Reading
Exclusives Ukraine’s Gen Z protested for their anti-corruption agencies last year. Now they’re protesting for one man. A leaderless crowd is reading the war more clearly than the command class that dismisses them—and letting one blogger tell them what it means. Russia’s weirdest armored vehicle was built to fight infantry.Continue Reading
Exclusives Ukraine’s Gen Z protested for their anti-corruption agencies last year. Now they’re protesting for one man. A leaderless crowd is reading the war more clearly than the command class that dismisses them—and letting one blogger tell them what it means. Russia’s weirdest armored vehicle was built to fight infantry.Continue Reading
Exclusives Europe deepens trade with India while Western parts keep reaching Russia’s weapons. Brussels is drafting its largest-ever corporate blacklist over the war—and expanding trade with the country those parts pass through. Russia can rebuild Wildberries warehouses more easily than it can replace warehouse workers. The warehouses are replaceable—but atContinue Reading