Ukraine War
Nine miles from Chernobyl, a Russian drone struck the site storing Ukraine's spent nuclear fuel. The IAEA's verdict: "very fragile." Two weeks earlier, Moscow...
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Ukraine War
The forum had one job: show investors Russia's economy is fine. Delegates arrived to black smoke over St. Petersburg — Ukraine had just hit...
Dollars and Sense
Everyone counts Russia's dead. One analyst's uncomfortable audit runs the other ledger: Ukraine's losses far exceed the official 55,000, with many men reportedly dodging...
Ukraine War
The verdict now comes from retired American generals and the former head of the DIA: Ukraine is "operationally winning." Russia's units can't communicate in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Most people missed it: in 2025, Ukraine offered to give up its NATO dream — but only in exchange for binding security guarantees. The...
Ukraine War
Russians call it the Novorossiya route — their last working supply road to Crimea. It has a newer name now: the Highway of Death....
Ukraine War
Putin's offensive has stalled and his drone war is being lost — so analysts say he's saving his missiles for winter: a campaign built...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
No Ukrainian soldier has set foot on Crimea — and yet the bridges are down, the trains have stopped, and Moscow is afraid to...
Ukraine War
For four years the Kremlin's true losses were unknowable. Now four independent counts — named graves, demography, photographs, intelligence — converge on the same...