Dollars and Sense
As Ukraine's strikes cripple its refineries, Russia has quietly relaxed fuel standards — allowing gasoline up to 15 times dirtier than the legal limit...
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Ukraine War
In a rare admission, Vladimir Putin conceded Ukraine's strikes on Russia's energy sector are "creating problems" — while insisting the shortages are "not critical."...
Dollars and Sense
Prediction markets have gutted the odds that Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to pre-war levels — from a June peak near 88 percent down...
Ukraine War
Former Ukrainian commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi — a likely presidential contender — argues the war has not swung Kyiv's way despite its drone successes. It...
The Treaty
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck nine Russian "shadow fleet" tankers in the Sea of Azov overnight — 19 in just 72 hours — as...
Ukraine War
Starlink was long thought unjammable — until Russia deployed the Volna Kupol Garant, which blacks out the network across roughly eight square miles and...
Dollars and Sense
With its strike on the Omsk refinery in Siberia, Ukraine has now hit all 11 of Russia's largest oil refineries — a milestone reached...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Finnish President Alexander Stubb declared Ukraine has already won the war — noting Russia has advanced just 60 kilometers in four years — while...
Dollars and Sense
With the U.S.-Iran ceasefire finished, this piece maps the murky road ahead: more American strikes, a likely fresh closure of the Strait of Hormuz,...