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Russia is fielding copies of Ukraine's Vampire bomber drone near Sloviansk.

Ukraine's 81st Brigade downed five already — and warns Moscow will scale up.

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Hungary releases Ukrainian bank couriers after Kyiv calls detention “hostage-taking” and threatens sanctions Budapest held seven Oschadbank employees and two armored vehicles for over a day – Kyiv said it’s tied to Orbán's election campaign.

Hungary detained seven Ukrainian bank employees and seized their armored vehicles – Kyiv accused authorities of taking hostages and stealing money, linking it to Orbán's election campaign.

All have now been released, but Ukraine has opened criminal investigations.

Russia could field a 50% larger army and be ready to attack NATO within six years if sanctions are lifted, Lithuania warns Russia is using the war in Ukraine to train the force it plans to use against NATO next, Lithuanian intelligence assesses.

Russia is using Ukraine as a training ground for the army it plans to use against NATO next, Lithuanian intelligence warns.

If sanctions are lifted, Moscow could field a force 50% larger than before the war – fully re-armed and ready to strike within six years.

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Ukraine's drone forces hit four Russian air defense systems overnight on 6 March — a Buk, S-300V, Pantsir-S1, and Tor — across occupied Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts.

Drone commander Madyar: "air defense zoo."

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“The era of Russian armored assaults is over”: Ukraine’s drones stopped a Russian column near Lyman – then chased it into retreat to finish the job The Third Army Corps says coordinated drone-artillery strikes have made Russia's armored assault tactics obsolete near Lyman.

Ukraine's drones and artillery destroyed a Russian armored column near Lyman, then intercepted the retreat to finish off what remained.

The Third Army Corps says coordinated strikes have made Russia's mechanized assault tactics near the city effectively obsolete.

"The era of Russian armored assaults is over"

Ukraine's drones and artillery stopped a rare Russian mechanized column near Lyman, then chased it into retreat to finish the job.

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Putin sends election fixers to Budapest to keep Orbán’s Kremlin veto alive A GRU-linked cell embedded in the Russian Embassy is running Moscow's Moldova playbook on Hungarian soil—and the stakes for Ukraine could not be higher

Russia sent fixers to Budapest to rig Hungary's April 12 election, VSquare reported.
Kiriyenko—Putin's deputy—is running Russia's Moldova playbook: vote-buying, troll farms, influence ops.

Magyar leads by 20 points. Orbán's defeat costs Russia its EU veto.

Lights on, economy limping: Ukraine’s real energy reckoning in March 2026 Russia failed to freeze Ukraine this winter. All 15 thermal plants are still destroyed. And Russia has already moved on to trains.

Four winters of strikes cut Ukraine's power capacity from 38 GW to 12.

Repairs got it back to just above survival level—no buffer. GDP is still 21% below pre-war. Russia has now moved to railways: six strikes a day since early March.

Russia is preparing a spring offensive in Donetsk, Zelenskyy warns after frontline visit Ukraine's president toured frontline brigades, awarded soldiers, and promised to address operational shortfalls.

Zelenskyy visited Donetsk frontline brigades Friday and came back with a warning: Russia is preparing a spring offensive in the oblast.

Ukrainian forces are holding - but he said strong positions and adequate supplies will determine whether they keep doing so.

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Two more Pantsirs gone: Ukraine hits Crimea airbase and aircraft repair plant in overnight raid The overnight strike also hit a Mohajer-6 drone, fuel tankers, and a Forpost ground control station near Dzhankoi.

Ukrainian drones hit Crimea overnight - taking out two Pantsir-S2 systems, an Iranian Mohajer-6 drone, fuel tankers, and a Forpost control station near Dzhankoi.

The SBU also struck the Yevpatoria aircraft repair plant, which has maintained Russian aviation systems on the peninsula since 2014.

Ukraine’s “Ghosts” hit Russian patrol ship, S-400 radar, helicopter in Crimea in February raids Ukraine's military intelligence released video of the precision strikes, which hit naval and air defense targets throughout February.

Ukraine's "Ghosts" intelligence unit hit a Russian patrol ship, S-400 radar, helicopter, and multiple naval vessels in occupied Crimea throughout February.

HUR released video of the strikes against the peninsula Russia uses as its key southern military hub.

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The drone pipeline reverses: Russia now guides Iranian strikes against American troops – Washington Post A partnership built in Ukraine's skies is now being used against American positions in the Middle East.

Russia is feeding Iran targeting data on US warships in the Middle East - the same surveillance playbook refined against Ukraine.

The drone partnership that battered Ukrainian cities is now being turned against American positions, with strike precision analysts say Iran can't achieve alone.

Ukraine freed 300 more soldiers and two civilians from Russian captivity today

Together with the 200 freed the day before, 500 Ukrainians came home in two days. Some held since 2022. Youngest freed at 26, captured at 22.

Total since Feb 2022: 6,922.

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Ukraine's new CD-T10 radar spots everything from FPV drones to guided aerial bombs inside a 15 km dome — and AI filters out the birds in real time.

Mass production is set for end of 2026.

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US and Qatar want Ukraine’s Shahed killers. Zelenskyy wants Patriot missiles in return Reuters reveals the three-way US-Qatar-UK pursuit of Ukraine's interceptor drone technology, with government-to-government talks underway and a British-Ukrainian joint factory potentially in line to…

The US and Qatar are in talks to buy Ukrainian interceptor drones to counter Iranian Shaheds in the Gulf, Reuters sources said

Britain is also involved via a joint UK-Ukraine drone venture. Zelenskyy agreed to help but wants Patriot missiles in return.

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US gives India 30 days to offload 140 million barrels of Russian crude—oil its own sanctions stranded at sea Washington’s waiver covers crude that accumulated offshore after its own pressure campaign cut India’s Russian imports by more than a third.

US pressure worked—maybe too well. India cut Russian crude imports by 36%. Now 140 million barrels sit stranded at sea, worth ~$3 billion.

Washington's response: a 30-day waiver to allow the oil it helped strand to be moved. In exchange, New Delhi is expected to ramp up its purchases of US crude.

The man who exposed Cambridge Analytica is speaking at a media conference in wartime Ukraine.

@LvivMediaForum 2026, May 14–16.

Theme: "Reality Under Attack: Flight, Freeze, or Fight?"

Registration open, deadline May 1.

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Ukraine's recent south gains weren't a counteroffensive, but a tactical operation timed to fog that grounded Russian drones, says regiment commander Dmytro Filatov.

Now the sun is out. No Ukrainian commander will order active moves until the weather turns.

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Russian soldier proudly shows off his tank’s drone defense: tubes of decorative plant clay Not all Russian anti-drone improvisations actually work. For instance, tubes full of clay. They're 'useless,' one expert claimed.

Not every Russian improvisation works. This one's a reminder that desperation and engineering aren't the same thing.
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FPVs carry shaped-charge warheads focusing blast into narrow jet punching through metal. Clay doesn't disrupt that.

Russia's improvised armor race produced real results—turtle tanks absorbing dozens of drone strikes, porcupine quills triggering warheads early, dandelion branches deflecting them

A Russian soldier recently gave a proud video tour of his turtle tank—metal shell, rubber lining, radio jammers. Then he pointed to tubes of hydroponic clay bolted to the armor and called it "a good degree of protection."

It isn't. "Certainly useless," Canadian drone expert Grandpa Roy said.

Ukrainian drones now hammer Russia’s last Black Sea Fleet refuge from the sky—and this time, there’s no escape Hundreds of Ukrainian drones keep Russia's Black Sea Fleet bottled up in its last safe port, Novorossiysk in southern Russia.

Türkiye closed the Bosphorus to Russian warships in 2022. No replacements are coming. There's no repair yard.

The fleet started this war with 80+ vessels. It clings to one port now—and every hit is permanent.
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Russia adapted every time. Barriers, air patrols, layered defenses. It worked—no ships lost in 2025.

The 1-2 March raid got through anyway. Satellite images confirm the frigate Admiral Essen's radar and weapons systems are wrecked.

Russia's Black Sea Fleet fled Crimea to Novorossiysk after losing ship after ship to Ukrainian strikes.

Then Ukraine started hitting Novorossiysk too—sea drones, an underwater robot sub, and now massed aerial drone swarms.

Russia sentences 69-year-old Ukrainian pensioner to 11 years for sending money to Ukraine These sentences, passed by fake 'courts', often with minimal or no hearings, seem aimed at terrorizing the population and convincing them that they are under total surveillance

Russia sentences 69-year-old Ukrainian pensioner to 11 years for sending money to Ukraine
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For years, Russian warship Admiral Essen fired Kalibr missiles at Ukrainian cities. Ukraine just struck it in Novorossiysk — an SBU source says it can't fire them anymore.

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EU may pay Ukraine to fix pipeline Russia keeps bombing—as Fico refuses to meet Zelenskyy first Fico says he “wouldn’t believe Zelenskyy if he told him the sky was blue”—so he’s asking Brussels to check first.

Russia bombed the Druzhba pipeline. Hungary blamed Ukraine. Slovakia's PM won't meet Zelenskyy until the EU backs his pressure campaign.

Now Brussels may pay for the repairs—on infrastructure it plans to phase out by 2027.

200 Ukrainian families got the message they had been waiting for today: their loved ones are coming home.

Zelenskyy announced the exchange and thanked the US for its role — calling the return "the result of the strength of Ukraine's defenders."

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Russia was hitting Ukraine's power grid this winter. Ukraine's F-16s had almost no missiles for weeks.

Pilots flew in daylight, used their cannons, and reloaded missiles that had already misfired.

Germany and Canada delivered fresh stocks in December.

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Slovakia formally terminates emergency electricity contract with Ukraine — Kyiv had already been refused when it asked Slovakia's state grid operator confirmed Ukraine last received emergency power in January and was turned away when it requested more.

Pro-Russian Slovakia formally terminated its emergency electricity contract with Ukraine — after already refusing Kyiv's requests for help following the ban.

PM Fico pushed the cancellation through cabinet on 4 March, cutting the last legal safety net for Ukraine's battered energy grid.