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Ukraine Says It Just Destroyed Another Tu-95 Bomber Deep Inside Russia — an Aircraft Moscow Has No Way of Ever Building Again

Ukraine's SBU says long-range drones flew about 500 miles into Russia and destroyed a Tu-95 at Engels, tearing off its tail — a claim...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 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)

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

The Treaty

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

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Explosions Just Rocked the Air Base That Houses Russia’s Strategic Bomber Fleet — and Moscow Isn’t Saying What Happened There

Ukrainian drones reportedly struck Engels-2 air base in Saratov Oblast, home to the Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers that launch cruise missiles at Ukrainian cities...

Caleb LarsonJuly 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

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Ukraine War

Ukraine Says It Just Destroyed Another Tu-95 Bomber Deep Inside Russia — an Aircraft Moscow Has No Way of Ever Building Again

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

The Treaty

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

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Explosions Just Rocked the Air Base That Houses Russia’s Strategic Bomber Fleet — and Moscow Isn’t Saying What Happened There

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

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