DTEK commits €1.2 billion to 650 MW Poltava wind farm as Ukraine’s grid faces next winter without buffer

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||;w[q].push([“_mgc.load”])})(window,”_mgq”); When Russia bombs a thermal plant, an entire oblast can go dark. Hit a wind farm, and most of it keeps spinning. DTEK confirmed this week that it will invest €1.2... Read more »

“She didn’t want to eat while others were being tortured”: new testimony about the death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna

Viktoriia Roshchyna. Photo: Viktoriia Roshchyna on social media Посилання скопійовано New witness testimony gathered by Reporters Without Borders has emerged concerning the death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna in a Russian prison.... Read more »

Russia Floods Mali With Arms, Expands Footprint After Wagner Collaps

Russia has sent fresh military convoys packed with heavy equipment into Mali, doubling down on its presence even as the Wagner Group exits after a string of failures. An investigation by The... Read more »

US spent up to 61% of its Patriot arsenal in 39 days — Ukraine looks at building its own ballistic defense

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||;w[q].push([“_mgc.load”])})(window,”_mgq”); The US may have expended up to 61% of its Patriot missile arsenal during 39 days of the war in Iran, with future deliveries expected to take “years” according to a... Read more »

Ukraine is building a bigger deep-strike drone machine — middle- and deep-strike operations both scaling up, more units from May

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||;w[q].push([“_mgc.load”])})(window,”_mgq”); Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) — the world’s first military branch dedicated entirely to drone warfare — are formally scaling up their middle-strike and deep-strike operations against targets deep inside Russia and... Read more »

€90 billion for Ukraine—two-thirds of the 2026–27 budget gap—clears Brussels Wednesday

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||;w[q].push([“_mgc.load”])})(window,”_mgq”); Ukraine will receive the first tranche of a €90 billion ($106 billion) EU loan before summer if a vote in Brussels on Wednesday goes as expected. The money covers two-thirds of... Read more »

Ukraine Has a Chance to ‘Join’ the EU in 2027

Following the EU decision to grant Ukraine candidate status in 2022 and to greenlight the official opening of accession negotiations in 2024 – despite strong opposition from Hungary – Kyiv’s reform agenda... Read more »

Ukraine lost 500 American battle taxis. Now it’s building a tougher one.

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||;w[q].push([“_mgc.load”])})(window,”_mgq”); Ukrainian forces use tracked armored personnel carriers for an array of dangerous tasks on rough terrain American-designed M-113s from the 1960s handle many of the tasks Now there’s a Ukrainian-made alternative... Read more »

Russian drones hit Sumy hospital — 15 injured, three schoolgirls among wounded

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||;w[q].push([“_mgc.load”])})(window,”_mgq”); Russian forces launched a massed drone attack on Sumy on the night of 21 April, striking a medical facility and damaging residential buildings, with 15 people injured, including three children, local... Read more »

Estonian officials say Zelenskyy’s remarks about possible Russian attack on Baltic states harm cooperation

Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: President’s Office Посилання скопійовано Estonian politicians have said that remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Russia may be preparing for an attack on the Baltic states do not... Read more »