Zelenskyy: Russia is preparing another big attack with drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles.
People must be very careful and use shelters. The last massive strike had more than 600 Iranian Shaheds and around 90 missiles. 1/
Zelenskyy: Russia uses drone incidents toward Romania, Poland,
Moldova and the Baltics as political and military pressure on NATO. Putin is watching the reaction and testing the air defense of countries bordering Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. 2/
Zelenskyy: Anti-ballistic missiles are Ukraine’s biggest deficit.
Russia is increasing ballistic missile production, while U.S. production is not enough. Producing 60–65 missiles per month is nothing for today’s challenges and Russia knows it. 3/
Zelenskyy: I asked the previous U.S. administration and I am asking this one: give Ukraine licenses.
We will increase production of Patriot missiles. That would help Ukraine, the Middle East and everyone the United States decides to help. 4X
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Ukraine's military intelligence says its strike drones now fly 3,500 km, far enough to reach every target in Russia up to the Urals and nearly to Krasnoyarsk in Siberia.
The previous record was 1,750 km, set in Feb 2026. The reach has doubled — 24 Channel. 1/
That record came in Feb 2026, when Ukraine's SBU drones hit the Lukoil refinery in Komi, then the deepest strike of the war.
The new reach opens Siberian industry to the same drones already hitting Russia's western refineries. 2/
The Liutyi drone started this campaign. It was the first to fly past 1,000 km consistently, and it now reaches 1,500 to 1,700 km with a 50 to 70 kg warhead.
The newer Peklo flies like a missile, up to 1,000 km per hour. Moscow sits 800 km away, well inside its range. 3/
Ukraine and Iran expose the same illusion: technology delivers a quick victory
The Economist: bridges and power plants are now standard targets in war planning. In 2022 US put 50-50 odds on Russia going nuclear if Ukraine broke through to Crimea. The red lines exist,but where?1/
The Uppsala Conflict Data Programme counted 65 active state-based conflicts in 2025—the highest number since records began in 1946.
The Peace Research Institute Oslo calls the past four years the most violent period since the Cold War. 2/
Every day, Ukraine and Russia build thousands of FPV drones designed to hunt a single soldier, vehicle, or position.
The Economist estimates the war has killed or wounded 1.1–1.4 million Russian troops—about one in 25 Russian men under 50. 3/
Gordon Brown: a special tribunal, modelled on Nuremberg, will prosecute Putin's inner circle for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.
The Council of Europe and EU agreed on the mechanism this month. — The Guardian.
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Why not the ICC: the ICC cannot prosecute Russia's leaders for the crime of aggression because Russia is not party to the Rome Statute, and Russia's UN Security Council veto blocks any referral.
The special tribunal fills that gap.
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The ICC has already issued arrest warrants for Putin, former defence minister Shoigu, and General Gerasimov — who masterminded the bombardment of Ukraine's infrastructure.
The new tribunal adds the crime of aggression itself to the charges.
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The richest person in Ukraine Renat Akhmetov: Russia is 2% of global GDP, invests zero in technology. They are less prepared for tomorrow’s battle than were for today’s.
Putin’s troops are stuck. “Putin has no reason to end the war.” I think he has no reason to continue it.
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Akhmetov: When Russians arrived in Mariupol, nobody greeted them with flowers — children grabbed stones and rocks.
After the city fell, Azovstal defenders held out against 73,000 Russian troops. Mariupol was always Ukraine.
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Akhmetov: Commander Redis called me daily from Azovstal — never panic in his voice. 15 minutes before surrender I asked what I could do.
He said: “Don’t worry about me, take care of my men.” He knew what captivity meant. That’s why I built the Heart of Azovstal project.
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The coming funeral of the Russian Empire, which I believe is not far away, is the result of the heroism of the Ukrainian people and, yes, of Zelenskyy’s political leadership. 1/
Kasparov: This is not just Putin’s war. It is an imperial war, the logical continuation of Russian imperial history.
Without Ukraine there is no Russian Empire, and Putin understands that with his imperial sixth sense. 2/
Kasparov: Wars end only when the causes that created them are eliminated.
The cause here is Russia’s imperial structure. Until that structure is broken, the war will not truly end, because the empire will keep trying to return. 3/