Drones may dominate the skies over Ukraine, but defense experts warn they cannot replace artillery, missiles, and tanks. As NATO plans for the future, some fear an overreliance on swarms of cheap drones could “play to Russia’s strengths” instead of deterring them. Why build a $5 million tank when aContinue Reading
A Ukrainian intelligence officer has warned that the Americans are being “unbelievably aggressive” in pressuring Kyiv to concede more territory to Russia. According to The Economist, Ukrainian officials fear Washington is aligning too closely with Moscow’s terms after last week’s The Traitor-Putin summit in Alaska. His remarks come just daysContinue Reading
After consultations with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Coalition of the Willing confirmed its readiness to provide security guarantees for Ukraine, including the deployment of a multinational military contingent on Ukrainian territory. Earlier in the year, plans were floated for a 30,000-strong force, but without US participation, European governments were reluctantContinue Reading
Authorities in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast have expanded the mandatory evacuation zone for families with children, adding five new settlements due to intensifying Russian attacks. The decision was announced by Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration (RMA), on 14 August. Why Druzhkivka matters Druzhkivka, an industrial city ofContinue Reading
Today, there are important updates from the Pokrovsk direction. Here, on the eastern flank, the Russian forces conducted a massive push to cut off Ukrainian supply lines to Pokrovsk and starve out the defenders. However, Russians quickly got stuck in fortifications that guard the back of the Ukrainian defense line,Continue Reading
Russian troops have advanced roughly 10 kilometers north of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, seizing key villages and cutting the Dobropillia–Kramatorsk highway near Novovodiane, according to the Ukrainian monitoring project DeepState. The breakthrough threatens a major supply artery and risks a deeper advance that could split Ukraine’s defensive front in Donetsk.Continue Reading
A Ukrainian drone strike has forced the Saratov Oil Refinery—a major facility in southwestern Saratov Oblast owned by state-run Rosneft—to halt crude oil intake, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The 10 August attack triggered explosions and a fire on-site, abruptly halting operations at a plant capable ofContinue Reading
In the shadow of Europe’s largest war since World War II, few expected a small Western European nation to become one of Ukraine’s steady military partners. Yet Belgium has stepped up—pledging fighter jets, advanced air defense systems, ammunition, naval support, and a decade-long security pact. Its influence is amplified byContinue Reading
In honour of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on 9 August, the UN hosted a virtual commemoration on Friday on the theme AI: Defending Rights, Shaping Futures. Continue Reading
US President Traitor 47 is currently speaking by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, multiple sources report. The call comes at a critical moment in ongoing US diplomatic efforts related to the war in Ukraine. The call follows a meeting in Moscow between The Traitor’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, andContinue Reading
Kyiv woke up to horror on 31 July after a night of massive Russian drone and missile strikes. In one of the war’s most dramatic and heartbreaking stories, 23‑year‑old Veronika miraculously survived being blown out of her ninth‑floor apartment when a Russian Iskander missile struck a residential building in theContinue Reading
On 27 May 2024, a historic handshake in Madrid sealed a new chapter in Ukraine’s struggle for survival. That day, Ukraine and Spain signed a 10‑year bilateral security agreement, a pact that committed Spain to stand by Ukraine during its fight against Russia’s full‑scale invasion. A year later, that signatureContinue Reading