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Your Grocery Bill Could Be Going Up Again and You Can Thank Putin and the Ukraine War

Wheat prices have hit a three-year high as Russia and Ukraine intensify strikes on each other's Black Sea ports, grain terminals, and vessels, with...

Shay Bottomley2 hours ago

KOROR, Palau — A Patriot Advanced Capability 2 Interceptor missile is fired from an M903 Patriot Launching Station assigned to Battery D, 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment during the patriot live fire portion of Exercise Tenacious Archer 25 on Aug. 21, 2025. Exercise Tenacious Archer 25 is a training event designed to build interoperability, capacity, and relationships that deter aggression and promote peace through strength. The exercise sharpens the brigade’s ability to operate across multiple domains, reinforcing U.S. Army Pacific’s commitment to regional security and stability.(U.S. Army photo by Capt. Frank Spatt)

Ukraine War

Ukraine Has No Navy of Its Own. It Says It Has Destroyed or Damaged a Third of Russia’s Whole Black Sea Fleet

The two damaged frigates carry Kalibr cruise missiles, the weapons fired at Ukrainian cities since 2022. Kyiv's tools were jet-powered drones, Neptune anti-ship missiles...

Reuben JohnsonAugust 18, 2026

KEKAHA, Hawaii — U.S. Army 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force fires the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), which can fire traditional rocket artillery rounds or long-range missiles with various payloads, on Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 11. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world' s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world' s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Courtesy Photo)

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Ukraine Drove Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Out of Sevastopol. Now It Has Hit the Very Port They Moved the Fleet To

Sea drones once forced Russia to move its Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk. This week Ukraine reached Novorossiysk too, and the argument...

Stephen SilverAugust 15, 2026

Ukraine War

Ukraine Asked Russia for a Truce on Attacking Civilian Ships. Moscow Called It a Half-Measure and Simply Refused.

Storage is filling ahead of September's corn harvest, domestic prices have dropped below the cost of production, and farmers need export revenue now to...

Georgia GilholyAugust 14, 2026

An M109 Paladin, assigned to 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, fires a round of high-explosive artillery during Dynamic Front on Forward Operating Site Torun, Poland, Nov. 19, 2024. Dynamic Front takes place from Nov. 4-24 in Finland, Estonia, Germany, Poland, and Romania, and demonstrates NATO’s ability to share fire missions, target information, and operational graphics from the Arctic to the Black Sea. It increases the lethality of the Alliance through long-range fires, builds unit readiness in a complex joint, multi-national environment, and leverages host nation capabilities to increase USAREUR-AF’s operational reach. Dynamic Front includes more than 1,800 U.S. and 3,700 multi-national service members from 28 Allied and partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Julian Winston)

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Pulled Off a Strategic Master Stroke on Russia in the Black Sea Using Drones — Putin Has a Problem

Zelensky called the Novorossiysk strike a 'unique operation' against the fleet's last Black Sea stronghold, with hits on piers and port infrastructure confirmed and...

Jack BuckbyAugust 12, 2026

The Norwegian Army fires a National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) from the Andøya Space Range in Andøya, Norway against a simulated threat in support of exercise Formidable Shield 2023, May 10, 2023. Formidable Shield is a biennial integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) exercise involving a series of live-fire events against subsonic, supersonic, and ballistic targets, incorporating multiple Allied ships, aircraft, and ground forces working across battlespaces to deliver effects. (Courtesy photo by Royal Norwegian Navy)

Ukraine War

Something Is Slowing Ukraine’s Drone War on Crimea, and It Is Not Production: The Money Moves Slower Than the Plan

Kyiv's campaign to cut off Crimea is only phase one, the commander known as Magyar told the AP — and the constraint isn't drone...

Isaac SeitzAugust 11, 2026

Ukraine War

Putin Can’t Stop the Drones: Moscow Just Warned Tankers That Its Own Black Sea Waters Are Now Unsafe

Russia's Sheskharis terminal at Novorossiysk has not loaded a cargo since July 21 amid surging Ukrainian drone activity — roughly one-fifth of the country's...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 25, 2026

Ukraine War

Ukraine Has Just Found Russia’s Greatest Achilles Heel and Plans a Strategy of Pain by a Thousand Cuts Putin Can’t Stop

Ukraine's campaign against Russia's sanctions-dodging tanker fleet has not halted the oil trade, and Kyiv does not expect it to. What it has done...

Caleb LarsonJuly 23, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Putin Has a Ukraine Problem That’s Getting Worse As Drone Strikes Mean No Fuel for Days in Crimea

Russian-occupied Crimea has cut off fuel sales to civilians entirely — there's only enough left for the government. Ukraine's strikes on oil depots, the...

Jack BuckbyJune 22, 2026

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Ukraine War

Your Grocery Bill Could Be Going Up Again and You Can Thank Putin and the Ukraine War

Ukraine War

Ukraine Has No Navy of Its Own. It Says It Has Destroyed or Damaged a Third of Russia’s Whole Black Sea Fleet

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine Drove Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Out of Sevastopol. Now It Has Hit the Very Port They Moved the Fleet To

Ukraine War

Ukraine Asked Russia for a Truce on Attacking Civilian Ships. Moscow Called It a Half-Measure and Simply Refused.

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Pulled Off a Strategic Master Stroke on Russia in the Black Sea Using Drones — Putin Has a Problem

Ukraine War

Something Is Slowing Ukraine’s Drone War on Crimea, and It Is Not Production: The Money Moves Slower Than the Plan

Ukraine War

Putin Can’t Stop the Drones: Moscow Just Warned Tankers That Its Own Black Sea Waters Are Now Unsafe

Ukraine War

Ukraine Has Just Found Russia’s Greatest Achilles Heel and Plans a Strategy of Pain by a Thousand Cuts Putin Can’t Stop

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Putin Has a Ukraine Problem That’s Getting Worse As Drone Strikes Mean No Fuel for Days in Crimea

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