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Russia Put Three Cruise Missiles Into a Corn Ship Off Odesa, Killing Ten — No Military Role for the Vessel Has Been Identified

Russia struck the Guinea-Bissau-flagged Golden Leo with three cruise missiles off Odesa on July 20, Ukrainian officials said, killing nine sailors from India and...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 20, 2026

Putin Meeting with Indian Leaders Creative Commons Photo 2021

Ukraine War

Russia Claims It Shot Down Nearly All of Ukraine’s Four-Hundred-Drone Wave — but the Fires Around Moscow Tell a Different Story

Russia says Ukraine sent more than 400 drones toward Moscow and its surrounding region overnight into July 20 — the third major wave in...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 20, 2026

Vladimir Putin in Dec of 2020 Creative Commons Image

Ukraine War

Inside Russia’s Elite, the Verdict Is Turning Brutal — ‘Any Sense of a Future Has Disappeared,’ One Insider Told the Guardian

Putin's approval just fell at the fastest rate since the 2022 mobilization — per the Kremlin's own pollster — while a Guardian investigation finds...

Jack BuckbyJuly 19, 2026

HIMARS Like Used in Ukraine Image Credit Creative Commons

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine’s President Says Russia Is ‘Placing Its Wagers on Ballistic Missiles’ — and That They’re Why Putin Still Believes in the War

Russia stockpiled missiles for days, Ukraine's president said, then fired 41 of them — overwhelmingly ballistic — alongside 125 drones in one of the...

Jack BuckbyJuly 19, 2026

A M109A7 Paladin, assigned to 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, Division Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, fires a round during Operator New Equipment Training on Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 25, 2025. The First Team is fielding new equipment, as part of the Transforming in Contact initiative, and conducting training to increase familiarization and precision with the new vehicles. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. David Dumas)

Ukraine War

Kyiv Now Says Russia’s War Losses Are Approaching One and a Half Million — and Recruiting Can No Longer Keep Pace With the Toll

Ukraine's General Staff estimates Russian personnel losses at roughly 1.43 million since February 2022 — a figure CSIS's independent assessment broadly supports, with 400,000...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 19, 2026

Putin in 2020 Russian Government Photo Handout

Ukraine War

Russians Are Pulling Cash Out of Their Banks at the Fastest Pace Since the Pandemic — and Ukrainian Drones Are the Hidden Reason Why

Russia's stock of physical cash has jumped since January — the biggest rise outside the pandemic, per a BBC analysis — as mobile-internet shutdowns...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 19, 2026

Putin at Valdai Club in 2013. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Hit Three Russian Oil Depots and a Shadow-Fleet Ship in a Single Night — Moscow’s Whole Fuel Chain Is Now a Target

Ukraine's SBU says drones set fires at three oil depots in Russia's Stavropol region while a Mamai sea drone struck the Avero, the fourth...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 19, 2026

Putin At a Conference Creative Commons Photo

Ukraine War

Russia Says It Downed Nearly Four Hundred Drones in a Single Night — a Smoke Plume Dozens of Miles Long Tells the Story It Left Out

Russia said it intercepted 379 Ukrainian drones overnight — yet smoke from a burning Wildberries complex near Moscow stretched for dozens of miles, and...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 19, 2026

Artillery Attack Pentagon Creative Commons Photo

Ukraine War

Russia Just Threw One of Its Largest Ballistic Barrages of the Entire War at Kyiv — and Ukraine’s Defenses Stopped Most of It

Russia fired 41 missiles and 125 drones at Ukraine overnight into July 19, concentrating one of its largest ballistic barrages on Kyiv; the Air...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 19, 2026

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Dollars and Sense

Russia Put Three Cruise Missiles Into a Corn Ship Off Odesa, Killing Ten — No Military Role for the Vessel Has Been Identified

Ukraine War

Russia Claims It Shot Down Nearly All of Ukraine’s Four-Hundred-Drone Wave — but the Fires Around Moscow Tell a Different Story

Ukraine War

Inside Russia’s Elite, the Verdict Is Turning Brutal — ‘Any Sense of a Future Has Disappeared,’ One Insider Told the Guardian

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine’s President Says Russia Is ‘Placing Its Wagers on Ballistic Missiles’ — and That They’re Why Putin Still Believes in the War

Ukraine War

Kyiv Now Says Russia’s War Losses Are Approaching One and a Half Million — and Recruiting Can No Longer Keep Pace With the Toll

Ukraine War

Russians Are Pulling Cash Out of Their Banks at the Fastest Pace Since the Pandemic — and Ukrainian Drones Are the Hidden Reason Why

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Hit Three Russian Oil Depots and a Shadow-Fleet Ship in a Single Night — Moscow’s Whole Fuel Chain Is Now a Target

Ukraine War

Russia Says It Downed Nearly Four Hundred Drones in a Single Night — a Smoke Plume Dozens of Miles Long Tells the Story It Left Out

Ukraine War

Russia Just Threw One of Its Largest Ballistic Barrages of the Entire War at Kyiv — and Ukraine’s Defenses Stopped Most of It

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