Because when normal diplomacy fails, you obviously call in a 2,000-year-old church brand. Donald Trump is apparently eyeing Patriarch Theophilos III to broker talks between Ukraine and Russia.
Remember that bridge connecting Crimea to the mainland? Well, Ukrainian drones just did a double-tap, and now it's basically a very expensive, very broken monument to failed logistics.
Just in case anyone wondered where the priority lies, a parliamentary committee just greenlit a staggering ₴1.56 trillion top-up for the security and defense budget.
The Ministry of Defense just handed out permits for corporate security teams to start shooting down threats. It is time to see if the free market can outperform the state in the sky.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces turned the lights out at key Russian military hubs in Crimea, proving once again that nowhere on the peninsula is truly out of reach.
The quiet streets of Konotop became the latest target in a seemingly endless game of aerial cat-and-mouse. A single night raid proved once again that proximity to the border is a dangerous game of chance.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy just hit the ground in London for a high-stakes group chat with the leaders of the UK, Germany, and France. It is time to see if these handshakes actually turn into tangible movement or just more expensive photo ops.
The intensity of the conflict has hit a new spike as Russian forces push hard against Ukrainian positions, proving that the concept of a quiet sector is currently a dangerous myth.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine has been playing a massive digital detective game to find those ripped from their homes by Russia. It turns out, identifying 13,000 souls is just the tip of this grim, bureaucratic iceberg.
While some still argue about red lines, Ukraine’s long-range drones quietly took another tour of southern Russia. This time, the itinerary included premium fuel stops and a radar system that forgot how to do its only job.
Playing with nuclear waste was apparently not enough. International diplomats are finally forced to discuss what happens when missiles target spent fuel pools in the middle of Europe.
While Western analysts daydream about "Korean scenarios" and quick diplomatic fixes, the people actually living under the missiles have a very different plan. The latest polling shows a massive reality check for foreign peace-planners.