When you get absolutely demolished in a national election and lose power after 16 years, the logical next step is... getting re-elected as party boss with 99% of the votes. Absolute classic.
While the world argues about red lines and escalations, actual people here are living through the worst waves of airstrikes since the very start of the invasion. The numbers are out, and they are grim.
It was a busy night for the Ukrainian military, with targets ranging from the Black Sea to the deep Russian interior.
Journalists just crunched the data on Russia’s war dead, and the numbers are as staggering as the regional inequality.
The gears of the European Union are actually turning, and it seems Ukraine is next in line for some serious paperwork.
It turns out you can't run a modern war with Soviet-era bureaucracy, so Fedorov is finally trying to fix the actual system.
The government finally realized that motivation works better when it is backed by a solid pile of cash.
Our drones just flew over a thousand kilometers to hit Tatarstan's oil crown jewels and a key rocket-fuel ingredient factory in Samara. Because if you can't make rubber for missiles, you can't shoot them.
The Ministry of Defence is apparently cooking up a reform that addresses the two biggest questions every soldier has: "when do I get paid more?" and "when do I get to go home?"
Another sleepless night, another massive drone hunt. While everyone was trying to get some sleep, the air defense crews were busy setting new records in local pest control.
The State Statistics Service dropped a massive wartime demographic report with UNICEF, and the vibe is basically: fewer kids, less domestic violence, and a surprising amount of tap water bacteria.
Just when we think things can't get any more bizarrely tragic, we find out a man died in Kyiv after mobilization actions, and nobody even bothered to do an autopsy before handing the body to his family.