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Russia’s strikes stopped Ukraine’s grain ships. Its farmers are the ones paying
World wheat price is climbing on the supply scare—yet the grain stuck in Ukraine's ports fetches less by the week.
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29 July 2026
- Ukraine’s Defense Forces sent FP-1 drones to Ryazan—a refinery and a warehouse burned
- The Belarusian tunnel to the EU was almost done. Then Lithuania drilled a hole in exactly the wrong place—for the diggers
- US Senate took first step toward Graham sanctions bill on Russia. It gives Trump power to impose 500% tariffs on Russian oil
- Ukraine’s interceptors shot down Russian spy drone at 6,400 meters. It’s thousand meters above Everest’s base camp
- Ukraine hits 201 Russian shadow fleet ships in three weeks. Commander says Crimea’s supply route is now blocked indefinitely
- OpinionRussia and Ukraine justify their strikes the same way. Only one justification holds up
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1616: Zelenskyy pushes Patriot production in Washington
- Russia increases ballistic missile strikes: Zelenskyy meets second Patriot interceptor maker within week in Washington to push back
- Military techUkraine’s newest mine-clearing vehicle is a 1960s-design APC with nobody inside
- New ground launcher means Russia no longer needs rare drone to fire its Banderol missile
- West of Ukraine is still out of reach of Russia’s guided drones for reason. What is one thing that would close this gap?
- Ukraine and NATO are funding joint teams to turn battlefield prototypes into weapons — each pairing Ukrainian firm with allied one
- Plant can’t mine because it can’t ship: Russia’s attacks on merchant vessels idle 4,480 workers at Ukrainian iron ore giant
- After Ukraine’s Caspian strike, Iran warns of retaliation. Ukraine faces that threat without defenses its allies gave Israel
- InternationalA couple beaten for being Ukrainian—the latest case in Poland’s rising anti-Ukrainian violence
- Money MattersHow tight is Russia’s fuel crisis? Altai now caps each car at one fill a day
- Behind a blue check, someone spoke for Ukraine’s commander—then X shut the whole operation out
- Money MattersRussia’s strikes stopped Ukraine’s grain ships. Its farmers are the ones paying
- A Siberian fuel plant 2,000 km from the war zone goes offline—drones struck it days ago
- Ukraine went for Russia’s “AliExpress” again—its next-door warehouse was ablaze
- Kyiv police detain journalist investigating corruption over draft violation, which his newsroom says doesn’t exist
- Lithuania proposes to implement special test for Russian and Belarusian artists and academics who enter state. Those who don’t pass will be banned
- Romania hits cost trap Ukraine spent years escaping: $400,000 missiles against $20,000 drones
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1616: Zelenskyy pushes Patriot production in Washington
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1615: Russia’s ship strikes choke Ukraine’s grain corridor
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1615: Ukraine’s top commanders drew up a new target list for long-range drones and vowed to keep striking, after more than 1,000 strikes into Russia this year
Ukraine’s army chief broke his silence—an apology, a warning on soldiers’ pay, and one small number
The army chief apologized to Fedorov—and revealed only 2,000 soldiers signed the new contracts.
Ukraine’s protesters set a 24 July deadline as Zelenskyy weighs replacing his army chief
Organizers gave the government four days before nightly rallies begin.
Why Russia is importing gasoline made from its own oil
To keep its pumps supplied, Moscow has written India’s gasoline price into its own tax code.
Ukraine is trying to wreck Russia’s oil fleet without spilling its oil—the Black Sea can’t take another slick
Ukraine's countershipping campaign risks polluting the fragile Black Sea. Drone operators are trying to spill less oil.
Russian troops inch toward Lyman. Drones keep delaying the plan.
Fedorov's middle-strike drones are throttling the supply lines behind the Russian push. Whether they keep doing it without him is the question hanging over Sloviansk.
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.
“They removed the auditor, not the thieves”: why Ukrainians are protesting Zelenskyy’s reshuffle
The entire government has been swapped, yet protests hit Kyiv and 16 more cities only in support of ex-Defense Minister Fedorov
Ukraine’s government reshuffle followed the letter of the Constitution. But did it follow its spirit?
The official paper trail shows who decided first.
Russia’s port strikes leave Ukraine’s grain with almost nowhere else to go
Russia’s strikes have halted Ukraine’s deepwater grain exports—and there’s no way around the damage: one rail line carries almost all of it.
Ukraine is turning Crimea into an island. It just fired the minister who armed the effort
The same pattern that cost Zaluzhnyi his job in 2024—success, popularity, a Syrskyi clash, a possible rival.
The Syrskyi feud was not it: why Ukraine really dropped its drone-war minister
As crowds fill the streets in cities across Ukraine to support the forced-out minister, a deputy air force commander says he joined in 2022 to win the war, not to watch reforms stall.
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.
The US Army’s former commander in Europe is “withholding applause” for Trump’s Patriot pledge—and expects no interceptors before winter.
Ben Hodges is pretty certain Ukraine will build no Patriot interceptors for three to six months. Until then, Ukraine will remain dependent on allied supplies—amid a global interceptor shortage.
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
Washington said Ukraine’s Patriot shortage was solved. Lockheed and RTX hadn’t been told.
Ukraine's NATO ambassador cheered the summit. The analysts watching it didn’t.
