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Ukraine War

Russia’s ‘Back Line’ Has Disappeared: Even Moscow’s War Bloggers Are Realizing There Is Nowhere Safe From Ukrainian Drones

More than 430 Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow in the capital's biggest raid since 2024 — and while the city's defenses held, Crimea, border regions,...

Isaac SeitzJuly 7, 2026

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2-11 Long Range Fires Battalion, 25th Infantry Division Artillery, fire a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a counter-landing live-fire exercise as part of Exercise Balikatan 2026 at La Paz Sand Dunes, Laoag City, Philippines, May 4, 2026. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military that represents the strength of our alliance, improves our capable combined force, and demonstrates our commitment to regional peace and prosperity. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Duke Edwards)

The Treaty

Ukraine Just Forced Russia’s Biggest Refinery to Shut Down — Two Units Making 75 Percent of Its Fuel Are Now Offline After One Strike

Ukrainian drones forced Russia's largest refinery in Omsk to halt processing, with two units accounting for roughly 75 percent of production knocked offline. Refinery...

Jack BuckbyJuly 7, 2026

U.S. Paratroopers, assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, fire a Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missile at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Dec. 13, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility.

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine’s Drones Now Cause up to 85 Percent of Russian Casualties — and Putin’s Air Defenses Can’t Shield His Cities and Oil at Once

Over 430 Ukrainian drones menaced Moscow in the biggest attack on the capital in two years — and Kyiv has no plans to stop....

Brent M. EastwoodJuly 7, 2026

Ukraine War

‘The Farther Putin Is From Moscow, the Closer the End of the War’: Zelenskyy Just Vowed a Thousand-Drone Future for Russia’s Capital

Zelenskyy vows a thousand drones over Moscow until Putin's advisers urge him to move beyond the Urals — the capital's biggest raid in two...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 7, 2026

Putin in May of 2021 Russian Federation Photo

Ukraine War

Nearly 450 Ukraine Drones Just Attacked Moscow in Biggest Raid Since 2024 — and All Four of the Capital’s Airports Shut Down

An enormous barrage of Ukrainian strike drones rocked the Russian capital city during the night, a bombardment made up of nearly 450 drones that...

Caleb LarsonJuly 7, 2026

Putin in June of 2026 Image Credit Russian Federation

Ukraine War

Putin Watched His Own Victory Day Parade From a Safe Location: Ukraine’s Drones Have Made Even Red Square Feel Dangerous

Putin watched his own Victory Day parade from a safe location — as Ukraine's strikes shake Russia and casualties pass two million.

Caleb LarsonJuly 7, 2026

Putin in June 2016 Image Credit Russian Federation Photo

Ukraine War

Putin’s War Just Became Deadlier Than Stalingrad: Russian Casualties Hit Two Million — Roughly One Percent of the Entire Population

Ukrainian drones struck port oil infrastructure near St. Petersburg and the Kronstadt naval base, more than 850 kilometers from the border, evading defenses around...

Caleb LarsonJuly 7, 2026

Dollars and Sense

A Leaked Intelligence Report Just Warned Russia’s Banks Face an ‘Explosive’ Crisis — and One More Sanctions Shock Could Trigger It

A classified European intelligence report seen by Reuters warns Russia risks an "explosive" banking crisis, with subsidized war loans and state support concealing deep...

Reuben JohnsonJuly 7, 2026

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Hit the ‘Holy Grail’ of Russian Oil Targets: Drones Torched Putin’s Biggest Refinery Deep in Siberia, 1,550 Miles Away

Ukrainian drones struck the Omsk refinery — Russia's highest-capacity fuel producer, nearly 2,500 kilometers from the border — in one of the deepest attacks...

Reuben JohnsonJuly 7, 2026

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Ukraine War

Russia’s ‘Back Line’ Has Disappeared: Even Moscow’s War Bloggers Are Realizing There Is Nowhere Safe From Ukrainian Drones

The Treaty

Ukraine Just Forced Russia’s Biggest Refinery to Shut Down — Two Units Making 75 Percent of Its Fuel Are Now Offline After One Strike

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine’s Drones Now Cause up to 85 Percent of Russian Casualties — and Putin’s Air Defenses Can’t Shield His Cities and Oil at Once

Ukraine War

‘The Farther Putin Is From Moscow, the Closer the End of the War’: Zelenskyy Just Vowed a Thousand-Drone Future for Russia’s Capital

Ukraine War

Nearly 450 Ukraine Drones Just Attacked Moscow in Biggest Raid Since 2024 — and All Four of the Capital’s Airports Shut Down

Ukraine War

Putin Watched His Own Victory Day Parade From a Safe Location: Ukraine’s Drones Have Made Even Red Square Feel Dangerous

Ukraine War

Putin’s War Just Became Deadlier Than Stalingrad: Russian Casualties Hit Two Million — Roughly One Percent of the Entire Population

Dollars and Sense

A Leaked Intelligence Report Just Warned Russia’s Banks Face an ‘Explosive’ Crisis — and One More Sanctions Shock Could Trigger It

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Hit the ‘Holy Grail’ of Russian Oil Targets: Drones Torched Putin’s Biggest Refinery Deep in Siberia, 1,550 Miles Away

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