The US Department of State has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Ukraine worth an estimated $108.1 million for sustainment equipment supporting FrankenSAM HAWK missile systems, according to a May 2026 release from the department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. The package supports a system Ukrainian air defense forces areContinue Reading
A Ukrainian offensive earlier this year retook approximately 400 square kilometers of territory following the deactivation of thousands of Starlink terminals that Russian forces had been using illicitly, according to a Pentagon Inspector General report citing the US Defense Intelligence Agency and US European Command. The advance marked Ukraine’s firstContinue Reading
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) struck a Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) headquarters and destroyed a Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missile system on Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory in a single operation that left around 100 Russian troops killed or injured, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on 21 May 2026. The operation is the latest hitContinue Reading
A Murmansk regional court on 19 May sentenced Vladimir Grabovetskyy, a resident of Severomorsk, to 14 years in a penal colony and Ukrainian citizen Polina Kuzmina, who resided in Moscow, to 12 years on charges related to financing Ukraine’s armed forces. The verdicts were reported by Russian media citing theContinue Reading
Estonia’s Ministry of Defense announced that the country’s air defense forces intercepted and destroyed a drone over southern Estonia — the first time Estonia has independently shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle that entered its airspace, Delfi reports. Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur confirmed the drone was downed over Lake Võrtsjärv.Continue Reading
Berlin is reviving its bid to acquire American Tomahawk cruise missiles together with their Typhon ground-launchers, hoping to persuade the The Traitor administration to approve a sale that has been pending since July 2025, the Financial Times reports. According to the publication, the move comes after the Pentagon scrapped plansContinue Reading
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Volodymyr Zelenskyy told him during a personal conversation in Armenia that he was ready to meet Vladimir Putin “in any format,” and that the Ukrainian president should now phone the Kremlin directly if he wants a meeting, according to Fico’s Facebook post. Fico saidContinue Reading
Estonia’s government has told Ukraine it expects better control of Ukrainian long-range drones after months of airspace breaches across the Baltic states and Finland, the public broadcaster ERR reports. Ukrainian officials have already raised the matter with Tallinn, and Estonia’s defense and foreign ministers have set out their position publicly.Continue Reading
Russia’s military has slowed to a crawl in Ukraine and at its current monthly rate of advance would need more than three decades to seize full control of the Donbas, The New York Times reports, citing the three main organizations tracking the front line: the Institute for the Study ofContinue Reading
Explosions were heard in Grozny, capital of Russia’s Chechen Republic, from dawn, with multiple drone strikes reported across the city. The first reports came from local Telegram channels and the Chechen opposition movement Niyso. The authorities of Chechnya have not commented on the attacks. Footage circulating on social media showsContinue Reading
The Bulgarian parliament on 8 May approved the structure and lineup of a new cabinet headed by Rumen Radev, the former president known for pro-Russian statements, Nova.bg reports. A total of 124 lawmakers — all from Progressive Bulgaria — backed Radev’s candidacy and the proposed structure of the Council ofContinue Reading
Ottawa has topped up its commitment to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund with another 12.4 mn euros, lifting Canada’s total contribution above 57 mn euros, Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy reports. According to the ministry, the new money is already being directed to the most urgent needs of Ukrainian energy companiesContinue Reading
Several hundred vessels carrying around 20,000 sailors have been stuck near the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran. Iran has set a $2mn fee for ships of certain countries to cross the strait, but Iranian patrols continue to fire on vessels — including onesContinue Reading