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The SBU (security service of Ukraine) has for the first time struck a tanker from Russia’s shadow fleet in the neutral waters of the Mediterranean Sea. As a result of multi-stage operations in the neutral waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the “Alpha” unit of the SBU struck the tanker QENDIL using aerial drones. At the …
On a warm night in August 2023, Oleksandr Kubrakov, then a senior minister in Ukraine’s wartime government, had just settled into a sleeper car on the eastbound train from Lviv to Kyiv when he got a call from the country’s main intelligence agency, the SBU. Its agents had deployed a set of naval drones in …
Friday night witnessed more heavy Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian cities, which has left a reported eleven people killed and large swathes of Ukraine without power. Moscow said its attacks targeted the country’s energy infrastructure. Ukraine’s military confirmed Saturday morning that Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles from the air, land, and sea, primarily targeting …
❗️🇪🇺European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the allocation of a €6 billion loan, financed by frozen 🇷🇺Russian assets, for the production of drones for 🇺🇦Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/AhSl0GX3CM — 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) September 10, 2025 At the same time, Russia is actively increasing its production of drones, using Iranian Shahed designs. Von der Leyen stressed that …
Ukraine’s GDP is $190 billion. The weapons deal on the table is $100 billion. That is not a defense budget, it is a buy-in. And it is not even Ukrainian money. Europe pays. U.S. contractors collect. Ukraine signs. Nobody blinks. Not Trump. Not the EU. Not Zelenskyy. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-18/ukraine-offers-100-billion-weapons-deal-to-obtain-us-security-guarantees-ft-reports The pitch is “security guarantees.” The fine …
Ukraine’s political center of gravity just shifted. On July 22, President Zelensky signed a law that removes the independence of the country’s two most trusted anti corruption bodies, NABU and SAPO. Their authority now flows through the Prosecutor General’s Office, which operates under the president’s direct command. The reaction was instant. Streets filled within hours. …
Russia’s summer offensive in Donetsk just punched a hole through Ukraine’s mineral strategy. In late June 2025, Russian forces seized the Shevchenko lithium deposit, a 40-hectare site near the village of the same name. That patch of ground holds one of Europe’s richest spodumene concentrations, with ore containing up to 90% lithium-bearing mineral. The deposit …
🇺🇦🇷🇺‼️🚨 BREAKING: RUSSIA BLEW UP UKRAINE’S CRUISE MISSILE PROGRAM WITH NATO INSTRUCTORS! It was in the center of Kiev. 1/ pic.twitter.com/KUIrrwYpWu — Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 7, 2025 The facility was inside the Bolshevik plant, which is was defunct for years. Below the plant is a bunker, rather was. This bunker in the center of …
NEW: 🇷🇺🇺🇦 Video footage of Russian missiles striking on Ukraine’s Lutsk today. pic.twitter.com/PgHxtjvQXb — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) June 6, 2025 🇷🇺🇺🇦 The dynamic map of the flight of Russian drones and missiles during the nighttime massive strike on Ukrainian territory. Note the paths pic.twitter.com/KW9JoJJTMs — Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 6, 2025 Russian cruise missile Kh-101 approaches …
by Michael Is any hope of a peaceful resolution to the war in Ukraine about to slip away? President Trump just told reporters that he is “not happy with what Putin is doing”, and meanwhile approximately 50,000 Russian troops are positioned just across from Ukraine’s “fortress city” of Kharkiv. A major offensive in the direction …
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent aides and deputy ministers to hold peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey on Thursday, spurning Kyiv’s challenge to go there in person to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Putin last weekend proposed direct negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul and Zelenskyy had said he would be waiting for the Kremlin leader. But …
BREAKING: Trump has reportedly turned down Ukraine’s $50 billion deal, refusing to provide weapons even for payment. Sources say he appears more focused on ‘negotiating with Putin’ than benefiting from arms sales. He’s also reportedly told European allies to stop sending arms… pic.twitter.com/aa9lS4Hcmq — Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) April 16, 2025
U.S. negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine’s critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country’s access to Elon Musk’s vital Starlink satellite internet system, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Last fall, Ukraine floated the idea of opening its critical minerals to investment by allies. Trump has embraced the idea, …
Starmer plots to thwart Trump on UkrainePrime Minister and Emmanuel Macron to hold talks on boosting weaponry ahead of new administrationhttps://t.co/HoxvxtrrmzComments are better than the article 😏 pic.twitter.com/rFFOTQOj8Z — Tess Summers 🏴🇮🇪 (@tesssummers98) November 11, 2024 Oh no anything but that https://t.co/gyang3fhFD — Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) November 11, 2024
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is right not to accept Ukraine's accession to NATO, the risk of an open war with Russia is too great a risk for his country and logically he does not want to take this risk. Prime Minister Robert Fico has always shown good sense and for this… — marco orio …
U.S. intelligence agencies have cautioned that Russia may respond with increased force, potentially including lethal attacks on the U.S. and its allies, if Ukraine is allowed to use long-range missiles supplied by the U.S., U.K., and France for strikes deep into Russian territory, the New York Times reported. The news outlet cited a previously unreported …
JUST IN: 🇷🇺 President Putin warns that NATO will enter a direct war with Russia if Ukraine uses long-range Western missiles to strike inside Russia. pic.twitter.com/IHuB5C5zTt — BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) September 12, 2024 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has flatly stated that any long-range missile strikes carried out by Ukraine against the territory of Russia will …
If Ukraine’s Invasion Of Russia’s Kursk Oblast Was A Diversion, It Has Failed. -Forbes pic.twitter.com/d8wN6yNbl4 — GeoInsider (@InsiderGeo) August 29, 2024 Kiev's invasion of Russia's Kursk Region was supposed to stop Moscow's advance on the battlefield in Donbass. That's the admission from Ukraine's top military commander Aleksandr Syrsky, who says the results have so far …
Ukraine war latest: Vladimir Putin 'has made decision' on responding to Kursk invasion https://t.co/NIIJMWMkQW — Abdul Wahid (@Abdul248Abdul) August 23, 2024 Putin “Decides” Response To Ukraine’s Kurk Assault | Mystery Structure Appears Near Crimean Bridge The Russian government has made up its mind about the response to Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk, Moscow’s Ambassador to the …
An offensive that was curiously timed to coincide with the Democrat National Convention. Funny no one there has mentioned it, is it not? Whatever the original goals were, the amount of resources and lives expended compared to results is nothing short of a complete disaster. ⚡️⚡️⚡️Bloomberg called the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region the …
Who didn’t see this coming? The bold daylit grift machine grinds on. More $ from CONGRESS soon. “Zelensky Suspends Ukraine’s Foreign Debt Payments Starting Aug 1st Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a new law which defers public debt payments until October if necessary, Reuters has confirmed. The bill was signed by Zelensky and returned …
Ukraine unveils its deadly new drone boat set to strike fear into the hearts of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet: The kamikaze ‘Stalker’ has 372-mile range and can race at speeds of 46mph over the sea Ukraine has unveiled a deadly new set of drone boats which it plans to use to devastating effect against Russia’s …
by Michael The war in Ukraine has just moved to an entirely new level, but most Americans do not even realize that we are closer to “nuclear Armageddon” than ever. Very early on the morning of May 10th, Russian forces began to pour across Ukraine’s border north of Kharkiv. In the short-term this will enable …
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that Ukraine could fall quickly after doubling down on his proposal, pushing NATO to send troops to the battlefield amid Russia’s war. His comments came during the working dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris on March 20. Meanwhile, NATO military committee chair urged Ukraine to mobilise more people …
Vladimir Putin’s military unleashed a huge overnight attack on Ukraine with nearly 90 missiles and 60 drones, Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday. The Ukrainian president stressed: “The world sees the targets of Russian terrorists as clearly as possible: power plants and energy supply lines, a hydroelectric dam, ordinary residential buildings, even a trolleybus.” Ukraine’s state …
Ukraine first lady Olena Zelenska declined a White House invitation, citing a schedule conflict, reports Politico. The plan was for her to sit with Jill Biden and Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny, reports the Washington Post. However, the Post adds that the real reason Zelenska declined was because Navalnaya’s potential proximity “caused discomfort” in …
Ukraine cannot be accepted into NATO – for Ukraine’s own sake,” Foreign Policy The expansion of NATO through the accession of Ukraine will prolong the armed conflict and further aggravate the situation in Kiev . It is unwise to introduce Ukraine into the military bloc, either… pic.twitter.com/GQkTLAUsxu — Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress) March 6, 2024 The …
Faced with the war in Ukraine, the head of state called for “living up to History and the courage it implies”. https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/elysee/il-ne-faudra-pas-etre-laches-emmanuel-macron-appelle-les-allies-de-l-ukraine-a-etre-a-la-hauteur_AN-202403050403.html JUST IN – Macron: "We are certainly approaching a moment in our Europe where it will be appropriate not to be cowardly… war has returned to our soil." — BFMTV — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) …
Looks like all of those heavily denied rumors over the last two weeks have proven to be. Zelenski fired Zaluzhny today, replacing him with a more CIA-pliable General, Syrsky. Lots of chatter over the last six weeks or so that both DC and Zelenski were concerned that Zaluzhny was becoming too popular, and wanted to …
In the ever-complicated geopolitics surrounding the Ukraine-Russia conflict, a new chapter unfolds as Ukraine takes a bold step. Recent reports, as highlighted by @WallStreetSilv, suggest that every “peace conference” so far has omitted an invitation to Russia, sparking controversy and fueling tensions. For some reason, Ukraine seems to believe it can hold a peace conference …