Ukraine crisis

Ukraine claims to have intercepted 30,000 drones in March

Ukraine’s interceptor drones have become one of the most cost‑effective tools in the country’s arsenal, effectively turning Moscow’s “special operation” into a war of attrition. 

A person holds a Sting interceptor drone by the Ukrainian company Wild Hornets at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, March 16, 2026
Ukrainian servicemen operate an unmanned ground vehicle fit for delivery missions on the frontline in Donetsk region

Ukraine aims to deploy 25,000 UGVs for frontline logistics

 David Zaikin, founder and CEO of the Key Elements Group

The $3 million problem

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky with Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi.

Ukraine's Zelensky meets Iran's Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi in Munich, demands end to dictatorships


US announces $400 million in additional military aid for Ukraine

This is the 43rd security assistance package approved by the United States for Ukraine. More than $43 billion in US military aid has been provided since Russia's invasion in 2022.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shake hands after delivering statements in Kyiv, on Monday. Zelensky and Biden often talk as though NATO and Ukraine are one, though that’s not the case, says the writer.

IMF says suspension of Black Sea grain deal could raise grain prices 10-15%

The IMF on Tuesday forecast that global headline inflation would fall to 6.8% in 2023 from 8.7% in 2022, dropping to 5.2% in 2024, with core inflation declining more gradually to 6.0% in 2023.

The Joint Coordination Centre officials are seen onboard Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni, carrying Ukrainian grain, during an inspection in the Black Sea off Kilyos, near Istanbul, Turkey August 3, 2022.

Survey shows Ukrainians support Zelensky's leadership during Russia war - report

A recent poll reveals most Ukrainians are largely satisfied with President Volodymyr Zelensky's leadership during the ongoing war with Russia.

 Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Kyrylo Budanov

Russia suspends Black Sea Grain Initiative amid ongoing conflict

“Mass revenge” missile strikes damage Ukrainian ports and torch grain stores.

A view shows a grain warehouse destroyed by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a compound of an agricultural company in the village of Pavlivka, in Odesa region, Ukraine July 21, 2023.

Blinken says Ukraine has taken back 50% of territory that Russia seized

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Ukraine has reconquered 50% of the territory that Russia initially seized in its invasion.

 Ukrainian servicemen ride atop of a tank on a road to the frontline town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine May 12, 2023.

Russia's attack on Odesa kills one, injures 18

The RBC-Ukraine news agency reported that the city's largest Orthodox church, the Spaso-Preobrazhenskyi Cathedral consecrated in 1809, had been severely damaged in the attacks.

A woman reacts next to her son's body near a building heavily damaged by a Russian missile attack, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in central Odesa, Ukraine July 20, 2023

Russian official says Ukraine shelled border town, killing one woman

The governor of the Belgorod region said that Ukrainian forces killed a woman in their shelling of Shebekino.

 Ukrainian servicemen fire a BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system towards Russian positions on a frontline near the town of Marinka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 7, 2023.

Russia prevents Ukraine 'terrorist' attack on Crimea's Sevastopol

Russian forces claim to have shot down nine Ukrainian drones over the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Sunday.

 Smoke rises over a fuel tank following an alleged drone attack in Sevastopol, Crimea, April 29, 2023.

Against all odds, the Ukrainian counteroffensive is inching forward

BEHIND THE LINES: “If the Western allies didn’t help, we’d already have a lack of munitions here; but for the breakthrough, we need more tanks, munitions, aviation," says a Ukrainian commander.

 SECOND-LIEUTENANT Ilya, a tank commander in the 59th Motorized Brigade, takes a break on his tank, concealed in a forest in the Pokrovsk area of Donbas, on July 9.

Ukraine's spymaster comes out of the shadows

Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov has built up an unusually public profile that he has used to get his message out and to menace Russia from afar.

 Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Kyrylo Budanov