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Three years of wartime growth—built almost entirely on government spending
Three years of wartime growth—but the engine is government spending, not a recovering economy.
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20 March 2026
- “Big deal” with Washington: Belarus says talks are advancing as ties with Trump’s America warm
- “100th attack on our team” – Russia kills two elderly women in strike on marked evacuation vehicle
- “Time to resume them”: Ukraine sends senior delegation to US after pause in peace talks
- Money MattersRussia couldn’t fix its oil revenues. The US Air Force did it.
- UkraineUkraine charges ruling-party MP with treason — and the case has two separate tracks
- Ukrainian FPV drone downed Russian Ka-52 helicopter – then Magyar’s Birds came back to finish the crew
- Russian Su-30 violated Estonian airspace for about a minute — Italy’s NATO fighters scrambled
- French Navy stops Russian shadow fleet ship in the Mediterranean: “Profiteers of war”
- Money MattersUkraine pauses rate cuts as Middle East oil shock rewrites inflation forecast
- Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026Russia’s tanks are back after a year in hiding. Thursday was a massacre.
- Russia orders shell casings from a steel plant in occupied Alchevsk. Ukraine’s drones struck it again overnight
- Russia hit two grain-loaded ships under Palau and Barbados flags in Odesa port overnight — grain bunker and administrative buildings also damaged
- Money MattersThree years of wartime growth—built almost entirely on government spending
- ISW: Ukraine’s drones pressure Russian command at every level — tactical, operational, strategic — likely disrupting spring offensive
- Three years. That is how long most NATO military leaders think Alliance has before Russia tests Article 5
- 250 Belarusians freed after Washington lifts sanctions on banks and potash – regime calls it “humanitarian”
- Russian spies try to sneak into Europe. One arrived with Estonian residence permit and cover story about healthcare
- EU summit backs Ukraine’s €90 billion loan and opens all accession clusters — but Orbán and Fico still block the money
- Russia used year of peace talks to set records in drone strikes. Now it has suspended talks, as Ukraine refuses to surrender
- Russia gears up for bigger war—plans to recruit 409,000 more troops for Ukraine front
- Russian drones hit Ukrainian city 15 km from Poland. Next day, Belarus moved heavy equipment toward Poland’s border
- Middle East or Ukraine: April is when allies must decide which matters more, as both wars lead back to Moscow
- Russia faked Ukrainian phone numbers to threaten Hungarians in Ukraine — to help Orbán win Hungary’s election, Kyiv says
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1484: Sanctions squeezed Russia’s oil revenues — then Iran bailed Moscow out
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1483: The drone war is going global as Ukraine’s spring defense holds and its AI edge deepens
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1482: Ukraine dismantles Russia’s spring staging ground — and strikes depot 500 km behind lines
She showed up. In memoriam: Christine Eliashevsky-Chraibi
She wrote the truth, and the truth traveled.
Russia hit Ukraine’s hydropower plant eight days ago — and poisoned a river that flows into Moldova
Moldova's Environment Minister said the oil volume in the Dniester already "significantly exceeds" the initially reported 1.5 tonnes.
Two weeks of someone else’s war earned Russia more than a month of someone else’s sanctions cost it
Zelenskyy says the windfall—compounded by US sanctions relief—gives Putin more room to keep fighting.
Zelenskyy calls European pipeline pressure “blackmail”—and a sanctions rollback in disguise
The president says some European leaders are conditioning weapons supplies on Ukraine restoring Russian oil revenues.
Mined in, starved out, hunted from above—life in the towns Russia demands at the peace table
In occupied Oleshky, mined roads trap civilians while Russian drone trainees use food queues as practice targets. Residents call it "safari."
Russia’s last “Ukraine peace deal” led to Europe’s biggest war since WWII. Here’s why this one could be worse.
Moscow isn’t just negotiating—it’s setting the stage. Behind closed doors, familiar tactics are at play, and the consequences could reshape Europe’s future once again.
Frontline report: Ukraine gutted Russia’s spring offensive staging ground—400 sq km gone in weeks
Russia planned to launch its spring offensive from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Ukraine got there first—and Starlink's collapse helped.
43% of Russian POWs rated Ukrainians as less than fully human — and Kremlin propaganda explains why
The more a captured Russian soldier believed Kremlin narratives, the more likely he was to dehumanize Ukrainians on a validated scientific scale — a finding researchers say helps build the legal case against Russia's propagandists as abettors of aggression.
Countries turn to Ukraine for help as Iran shows up their outdated air defenses
Ukraine gets window of opportunity to educate the world how to defend against the modern air war
We scored every way the Iran war hits Ukraine. Two gains, eight losses.
We scored every military, economic, and geopolitical factor. The result isn't close.
Iran threatened to close Hormuz. That was enough.
When a strait closes on paper, prices move as if it has closed for real.
Why is Ukraine losing ground? Mobilization crisis and command failures exposed
Ukraine's military problems can no longer be ignored as mobilization failures and systemic issues lead to mounting territorial losses
Evergreens
Yes, Ukraine can win the war – ex-minister decodes victory plan
Zelenskyy's plan and Ukraine's victory are completely realistic, says Andriy Zagorodnyuk. But there is a crucial caveat -- the current paradigm must be changed.
![A woman looks up at a Fidesz "Nemzeti Petíció" billboard in Hungary featuring a black-and-white image of Volodymyr Zelenskyy laughing, with the Hungarian text: "Ne hagyjuk, hogy Zelenszkij nevessen a vi[lágon]"—"Don't let Zelenskyy laugh at the [world]."](https://euromaidanpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Anti-Zelensky-Poster-Hungary-1.jpg)
The fabricated crises in Transcarpathia that help win Hungarian elections—and block Ukraine’s path to Europe.
From a 2018 firebombing to 2026 troops, Budapest has run the same playbook against Ukraine's west—with Russian fingerprints at every turn.
A realistic victory strategy for Ukraine
In a war where offensive operations are equally difficult on both sides, not losing is already winning in the next year and a half
Analysis
Georgia was fast-tracking EU membership. Now it’s fast-tracking dictatorship.
In several weeks, the regime went after universities, pharmacies, car imports, and a sidewalk. The speed isn't strength—it's desperation.
