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Ukraine Just Hit ‘Russia’s Amazon’ Twice in a Single Night — Striking the Giant Warehouses That Keep the Wartime Economy Moving

Ukrainian drones struck two Wildberries warehouses and an oil depot in the Moscow and Tambov regions overnight, with regional governors reporting seven workers killed...

Jack BuckbyJuly 18, 2026

Putin in Meeting In January 2023 Creative Commons Photo

Dollars and Sense

Europe Swore Off Russian Energy Years Ago — It’s Still Buying the Same Fuel Through Middlemen, Just at Higher Prices Than Before

Sanctions battered Russia's economy but never broke it: Europe still buys Russian fuel indirectly at higher prices, and a shadow payment network moves enough...

Isaac SeitzJuly 18, 2026

Putin Back in 2025 Creative Commons Photo

The Treaty

Putin’s Approval Just Took Its Steepest One-Week Dive in Nearly Four Years — and the Bad News Comes From the Kremlin’s Own Pollsters

Polling published Friday by two Kremlin-linked survey groups shows Putin's approval taking its steepest weekly drop since the September 2022 mobilization, with FOM measuring...

Jack BuckbyJuly 17, 2026

Dollars and Sense

Russia’s Richest Men Are Quietly Moving Their Fortunes Out of the Country — and Some of Them Are Reportedly Close to Putin Himself

Some of Russia's wealthiest businessmen — including figures reportedly close to Putin — are quietly moving assets abroad, Bloomberg reports, favoring Dubai, the Gulf,...

Isaac SeitzJuly 17, 2026

Putin Back in 2015 Russian Federation Photo

Ukraine War

Putin’s Own Former Prime Minister Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud — Ukraine Has Moved the War Deep Into Russia, Even to Moscow

Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov told ABC News that Ukraine's long-range campaign has moved the war onto Russian soil — even to Moscow....

Jack BuckbyJuly 17, 2026

Putin Back in 2010 Creative Commons Image

Dollars and Sense

Ukraine Just Turned Putin’s Crimea Into an Island — Nearly Half the Peninsula Has No Power and Its Supply Road Is a ‘Highway of Death’

Ukrainian drone and missile strikes have isolated occupied Crimea — cutting power to nearly half the peninsula, forcing the Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol,...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 17, 2026

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, and soldiers from the Kuwait Land Forces fire their High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (U.S.) and BM-30 Smerch rocket systems (Kuwait) during a joint live-fire exercise, Jan. 8, 2019, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The U.S. and Kuwaiti forces train together frequently to maintain a high level of combat readiness and to maintain effective communication between the two forces. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Lefty Larimer)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The CIA Just Put a Number on How Long a Russian Recruit Survives in Ukraine — and It’s Measured in Minutes, Not Days or Weeks

CIA Director John Ratcliffe said Wednesday a Russian recruit's average life expectancy on the battlefield is twenty to thirty minutes, crediting Ukraine's AI-powered drones....

Jack BuckbyJuly 17, 2026

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the Blackhawk Battery, 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment, 75th Field Artillery Brigade, fire an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a night live fire training as part of Exercise Spring Storm 23 held at Camp Tapa, Estonia, May 25, 2023. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Agustín Montañez)

Ukraine War

Something About the Claim That a Russian Soldier Lasts Twenty Minutes in Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up — and the Numbers Prove It Out

CIA Director John Ratcliffe told a defense forum that the average Russian recruit survives twenty to thirty minutes on the battlefield — in line...

Isaac SeitzJuly 17, 2026

The Treaty

Russians Just Stopped Vacationing in Putin’s Prized Crimea — and the Quiet Reason Says Everything About How This War Is Going

Ukrainian drone strikes have cut fuel, power, and transport links across occupied Crimea, and Russian vacationers are staying away, a Moscow Times op-ed reports....

Stephen SilverJuly 17, 2026

National Security Journal

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The Treaty

Ukraine Just Hit ‘Russia’s Amazon’ Twice in a Single Night — Striking the Giant Warehouses That Keep the Wartime Economy Moving

Dollars and Sense

Europe Swore Off Russian Energy Years Ago — It’s Still Buying the Same Fuel Through Middlemen, Just at Higher Prices Than Before

The Treaty

Putin’s Approval Just Took Its Steepest One-Week Dive in Nearly Four Years — and the Bad News Comes From the Kremlin’s Own Pollsters

Dollars and Sense

Russia’s Richest Men Are Quietly Moving Their Fortunes Out of the Country — and Some of Them Are Reportedly Close to Putin Himself

Ukraine War

Putin’s Own Former Prime Minister Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud — Ukraine Has Moved the War Deep Into Russia, Even to Moscow

Dollars and Sense

Ukraine Just Turned Putin’s Crimea Into an Island — Nearly Half the Peninsula Has No Power and Its Supply Road Is a ‘Highway of Death’

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The CIA Just Put a Number on How Long a Russian Recruit Survives in Ukraine — and It’s Measured in Minutes, Not Days or Weeks

Ukraine War

Something About the Claim That a Russian Soldier Lasts Twenty Minutes in Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up — and the Numbers Prove It Out

The Treaty

Russians Just Stopped Vacationing in Putin’s Prized Crimea — and the Quiet Reason Says Everything About How This War Is Going

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