Ex-CIA Director, Petraeus: Ukraine will be the most important military industrial complex in the free world.
It is producing cutting-edge unmanned systems in the air, on the ground and at sea. Software changes come in under a week, hardware changes every few weeks. 1/
Petraeus: Ukraine has extended the range and accuracy of its deep strikes into Russia. It is hitting refineries, fuel storage and export terminals that fuel the Russian war machine.
It now has a cruise missile with longer range and a bigger warhead than the US cruise missile. 2/
Petraeus: Ukraine is very much holding the front line.
There is very little movement now because of ubiquitous surveillance drones and the rapid fusion of information from detection to attack. We watched that happen in real time in an operations center. 3X
The US bets a “Trumpian revolution” is coming to Europe — one election cycle behind. Hungary is the test.
Polls show Orbán trailing. If he loses, it hits the far right beyond Hungary. —CNN. 1/
Orbán built an “informational autocracy.”
Elections exist. Violence is minimal. Control comes through narratives — smear campaigns, disinformation, and constant attacks shape what people believe. 2/
The system hardened over time.
First NGOs. Then philosophers. Then journalists and independent media. Each step narrowed space for opposition. 3/
Ukraine is building a security axis across the Middle East — from Syria to Saudi Arabia, writes United24.
Zelenskyy: Ukraine is the only country in the world with combat experience in a real 21st-century war. 1/
Since late March Zelenskyy visited Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Turkey and Syria. Ukraine signed 10-year defense and energy agreements with several of these countries.
More than 200 Ukrainian specialists were deployed to the Gulf to help defend against Iranian drones. 2/
Ukraine intercepts more than 89% of all drone targets. During winter 2025-2026 Russia launched 19,000 drones at Ukraine.
No other country has faced anything close to that scale. Ukraine invented interceptor drones specifically to counter Shaheds. 3/
Applebaum: Trump is listening to Putin. He is getting information about NATO only from his speeches.
He is not looking at American history — which he doesn't know — nor at what's actually happening on the ground.
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Applebaum: Trump talks about NATO as if the US didn't form it, and if it is not a member.
Since Trump was elected, the US gave almost no weapons and no money to Ukraine.
The war is now 100% supported by Europe. And Ukrainians now have the world's best drone industry.
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Lt. Gen. Hertling: NATO brings 32 countries together and compromises. Trump doesn't like to compromise with anybody.
NATO has held together for almost 80 years. Trump is now finding out what happens when you diss those allies, call them names, and threaten to invade them.
Broken nose bones, ear blows rupturing eardrums, electric shocks, drowning, burns, cutting.
“Sometimes after certain stories you just want to shut down. You can’t understand how people could survive this and stay sane,” says doctor Oleksiy Dzhirov — Slidstvo Info. 1/
Dmytro Sirenko returned on March 5, 2026. He goes through procedures every day. One is electromyostimulation — 8 milliamps of current, muscles contract rhythmically. 2/
Dmytro: “In captivity they used shockers at 10–15 thousand milliamps. Here it’s 8. Well, it feels different, of course.” 3/
Hodges: The best way to defend Europe is to make sure Ukraine wins. Ukraine is already helping Gulf states defend themselves against Iranian drones.
And the path to victory is destroying Russia's oil and gas infrastructure until Moscow can no longer pay for this war. 1/
Hodges: I do not think there is a ceasefire at this moment. As long as insurers are not willing to insure vessels moving through Hormuz, the strait is effectively still blocked.
I am glad Trump did not follow through last night. That would have been catastrophic for millions. 2X