Ukraine will need to find €4bn post-war bill to fix destroyed telecoms

euronews.com It will take 10 years and billions of euros to repair vital infrastructure telecommunications network in Ukraine, officials say. Ukraine estimates that it will need $4.67…

EU Leaders Trying To Convince Greece & Spain To 'Sacrifice' Their Own Anti-Air Defenses For Ukraine

zerohedge.com EU Leaders Trying To Convince Greece & Spain To 'Sacrifice' Their Own Anti-Air Defenses For Ukraine NATO and European Union leaders are literally pressuring member states to…

Ukraine says it hit one of Russia's oldest and proudest ships, continuing its rampage against the Black Sea Fleet

businessinsider.com An image of the Russian salvage ship the Kommuna in crosshairs, as shared by the Defense of Ukraine X account on April 21, 2024. Defense of Ukraine/X Ukraine says it hit…

Video shows apparent aftermath of strike on Russian Black Sea Fleet ship

newsweek.com Footage circulating on social media on Monday appears to show the aftermath of a Ukrainian strike on Russia's oldest Black Sea Fleet vessel over the weekend. A brief video,…

Military spending in Western and Central Europe higher than end of Cold War, data shows

euronews.com Defence and security outlay across Europe increased by 16% from 2022 to 2023, with Poland more than doubling its arms budget since 2014. Military spending in Central and…

Ukrainian army damage ship in port-city of Sevastopol by the Black Sea

euronews.com The Ukrainian army announced on Sunday that it hit and damaged the Russian ship ‘Kommunua’ in the city of Sevastopol by the Black Sea. The Moscow-appointed governor of the…

Lindsey Graham rebukes J.D. Vance's "garbage" views

newsweek.com Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, took aim at fellow Senator J.D. Vance's skepticism on providing aid to Ukraine during an interview appearance on Fox…

Russian Black Sea fleet targeted in missile attack

newsweek.com Ukraine fired an anti-ship missile at Russia's main Black Sea fleet base in Crimea on Sunday, according to local Russian-backed authorities. Mikhail Razvozhayev, the…

Germany's fear of Donald Trump is hurting Ukraine: Ret. US General

newsweek.com Retired U.S. Lieutenant General Ben Hodges suggested that Germany may be withholding support for Ukraine amid fears that former President Donald Trump will win reelection.…

Russia's Zircon ballistic missile could hit Kyiv in minutes

newsweek.com Ukraine has said that Russia has stockpiled Zircon cruise missiles in Crimea which it could use to target Kyiv within a matter of minutes. Part of a generation of "super…

Ukraine says it took out prized Russian S-400 launchers with a strike on a base in Crimea

businessinsider.com Russian S-400 Triumph/SA-21 Growler medium-range and long-range surface-to-air missile systems drive during the Victory Day parade at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9,…

Satellite photo shows Russian Black Sea Fleet upgrades

newsweek.com Russia has upgraded its main eastern Black Sea Fleet port following Ukrainian attacks on Crimea, where Moscow had largely based its naval assets in the region, new satellite…

Crimea strike smashed S-400 systems, radar stations and control center

newsweek.com Ukraine said Thursday it had damaged a number of Russia's prized S-400 Triumph air defense systems, radar stations and a control center during an attack on a large air base…

How Russia targeted France and radicalised Emmanuel Macron

economist.com ON JANUARY 16th the French president, Emmanuel Macron, announced that he would send another 40 long-range Scalp cruise missiles to Ukraine. Later that day Russia bombed…

Russian TV decries Crimea attack: "Target practice" for Kerch bridge strike

newsweek.com A guest on Russian state TV has decried Ukraine's attack on a large Russian airfield in annexed Crimea that is reported to have killed up to 30 Russian personnel and wounded…

'No-hydrocarbon world is dreamland:' AIMCo CEO Evan Siddall on investment opportunities in 2024

financialpost.com Evan Siddall: I’m worried about things going wrong in the world. Geopolitics. I’m worried about the Middle East and Iran being drawn into a proxy war. And how does Israel…

Ukraine drone strike hits Kremlin bomber factory in Russia

newsweek.com Ukrainian forces struck a factory in eastern Russia charged with producing bomber aircraft for Moscow's military, according to Kyiv officials. The Main Intelligence…

Fact Check: Did Kyiv's Crimea strike destroy Russian Zircon missile cache?

newsweek.com An overnight strike on a major Russian military base in northern Crimea is said to have killed 30 Russian personnel, the attack captured in fiery video footage posted online…

Russian missiles strike Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, kill 17 people as the war approaches a critical stage

pbs.org Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least…

Crimea air base strike leaves 30 Russians dead, 80 wounded: Report

newsweek.com Up to 30 Russian personnel may have been killed and another 80 injured, according to a new report, after dramatic footage appeared to show explosions at a Russian military…

Crimea videos show huge explosions as Russian air base attacked

newsweek.com New videos appear to show a fire raging in northern Crimea, after reports of explosions around a military airfield overnight. Footage widely circulated on social media early…

Europe's defence dilemma: The difficulties of weighing up the costs and benefits

euronews.com What are the economic implications of heightened security expenditure in Europe? Euronews looks at both the advantages and drawbacks of bolstering defence budgets in the…

France uncovers a vast Russian disinformation campaign in Europe

economist.com RUSSIA HAS been at the forefront of internet disinformation techniques at least since 2014, when it pioneered the use of bot farms to spread fake news about its invasion of…

Binance, CommEX and Others in Sanctioned Russia

observers.com At the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, most Russian citizens lost easy access to the global financial system. Within a few months, Russians, especially those who left…

Kyiv's Neptune missile upgrades put Russia's Black Sea Fleet in crosshairs

newsweek.com Ukraine will increase the production of its Neptune missile "tenfold" this year while upping the range of the homegrown missile, as Kyiv contends with maintaining stockpiles…

10 Sunday Reads

ritholtz.com Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • The Rise Of The Bee Bandits: Where once there was cattle and horse rustling, the…

How 17-year-old Ukrainian Valeriia escaped a Russian re-education camp

euronews.com 17-year-old Ukrainian Valeriia was abducted to a Russian re-education camp in Crimea. She tells Euronews how she made it back to Ukraine on her own. Before the full-scale…

Moscow Calls Switzerland's Ukraine Conference A 'Road To Nowhere'

zerohedge.com Moscow Calls Switzerland's Ukraine Conference A 'Road To Nowhere' The Kremlin has issued a comprehensive response to the planned Switzerland-hosted international Ukraine…

Russian troops "disappearing en masse" in Kherson: Resistance group

newsweek.com A Ukrainian partisan movement operating in the occupied south of the country has reported mass desertions by Russian forces there, with Moscow's troops refusing to carry out…

The problem with Donald Trump's Ukraine plan

newsweek.com Former President Donald Trump has made no secret of his intention to end Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine as quickly as possible if he wins a second term in the White…

Russia accuses UK of overseeing "vast majority" of Kyiv's Black Sea attacks

newsweek.com Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) blamed the United Kingdom for facilitating the "vast majority" of Ukraine's attacks on Crimea. In a video statement distributed by…

Putin's Kremlin responds to Donald Trump's Ukraine peace plan

newsweek.com Former President Donald Trump's reported plan to end Russia's war on Ukraine is "impossible" to evaluate without more detail and confirmation, the Kremlin has told Newsweek.…

Swiss-Hosted Ukraine Peace Summit To Include 100 Countries, But Not Russia

zerohedge.com Swiss-Hosted Ukraine Peace Summit To Include 100 Countries, But Not Russia The much anticipated Switzerland-hosted international Ukraine peace conference is finally coming…

America's drones are too expensive for Ukraine

newsweek.com Ukraine has relied heavily on drones throughout its war against invading Russian forces, but many of those unmanned aircraft are no longer coming from the United States…

Judges just unsanctioned 2 Russian oligarchs worth almost $20 billion

aol.com None A top EU court struck down sanctions against two billionaire Russian oligarchs on Wednesday. • None Judges found there was insufficient evidence that they had backed…

Eurovision explains Israel entry amid boycott calls

newsweek.com The organizers of the annual Eurovision Song Contest have come under fire as calls to ban Israel or to boycott the competition increase. People slammed Eurovision for…

Crimea satellite images show most of Russian Black Sea Fleet left peninsula

newsweek.com Russia's beleaguered Black Sea Fleet appears to have largely abandoned its major Crimean naval bases under the pressure of regular Ukrainian drone, missile, and commando…

Where NATO Has An 'Enhanced Forward Presence'

zerohedge.com Where NATO Has An 'Enhanced Forward Presence' On Monday, Germany sent an advance team of 20 soldiers to Lithuania, laying the groundwork for the recently discussed…

Crimea mystery as Ukraine denies role in Russian helicopter crash

newsweek.com Ukraine did not shoot down a Russian helicopter in western Crimea early on Wednesday, its navy has said, amid contradictory reports from Moscow and Kyiv. Lieutenant…

Ukraine just shot down Russian Ka-27 'Helix' helicopter over Crimea

newsweek.com Ukraine has shot down one of Russia's Ka-27 military helicopters over the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula, Kyiv said on Wednesday. "Minus Russian Ka-27 in Crimea," Captain…

Zelenskyy bashes the idea Ukraine would cede land to Russia

aol.com None According to The Washington Post, Trump favors Ukraine ceding territory to Russia to end the war. • None Zelenskyy said such a suggestion is "a very primitive idea."…

Russia 'knew where we were going to attack,' Zelenskyy says in reflection on why Ukraine's big counteroffensive stumbled

businessinsider.com Ukraine's counteroffensive is still in its early stages, and morale is high despite limited territorial gains. Wojciech Grzedzinski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Russia…

Trump’s possible plan for Ukraine is almost too delusional to entertain. Almost

msnbc.com Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, hasn’t said a lot about Russia’s war in Ukraine, the biggest international news story before…

Tuesday links: ironclad proof

abnormalreturns.com Markets Investors are coming to terms with higher short-term interest rates. (nytimes.com) All the narrative rolling around the markets including 'Sticky inflation.'…

Vladimir Putin celebrates his fake election win

economist.com Vladimir Putin looked smirkingly triumphant as he strode onto a Red Square that had been filled with thousands of flag-waving extras, herded in to demonstrate unity and…

Moving weapons around Europe fast is crucial for deterring Russia

economist.com The biggest exercise NATO has held since the end of the cold war, Steadfast Defender 24, began on January 24th and will run to the end of May. Involving some 90,000…

The damage done by Russia’s hack of Germany’s defence ministry

economist.com The German defence ministry is not known for being funny. But it did draw chuckles on March 3rd, emailing journalists an official statement by Boris Pistorius, the defence…

Belarus prepares for another fraudulent election

economist.com THE LAST time that Belarus held an election, in August 2020, Alexander Lukashenko was embarrassed. After decades of successful vote rigging, Belarusians seemed determined to…

Vladimir Putin extends his crackdown in Russia

economist.com On January 25th a Russian court sentenced Igor Girkin, a former officer of the FSB, Russia’s main security service, to four years in a penal colony for the crime of “public…

Where NATO Has An Enhanced Forward Presence

statista.com On Monday, Germany sent an advance team of 20 soldiers to Lithuania, laying the groundwork for the recently discussed establishment of a permanent brigade in the NATO…

There's a thriving Russian black market for Elon Musk's Starlink terminals, with the tech being sent far beyond Ukraine

businessinsider.com The Starlink logo on a mobile device with the colors of the Ukrainian flag in the background. Getty Images Starlink terminals are being widely used by Russian forces in…