#russia is expanding its own #drone production, even exporting them to #Iran, and it remains a formidable foe.
But #Ukrainians have a not-so-secret weapon the #russians cannot match: the determination of a democratic nation to stay free.
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Dynamics of russian crude oil sea exports 2025-2026
#exports #infographics #oil #russia #sea
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#Budanov said #Ukraine has received requests from foreign #allies to halt its regular airstrikes on #russian #oil refineries amid a surge in global oil and fuel prices driven by the #US war on #Iran
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#russia’s #oil tax #revenue in March dropped by nearly half compared to a year earlier, highlighting the #kremlin’s financial strain just before the #US #war on #Iran delivered a boost to #moscow’s earnings.
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putin is already losing. And he will lose definitively precisely because his strategy is flawed – Viatrovych
#history #putin #russia #russianempire #Stalin #Tribune #Ukraine #Viatrovych #war
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Land #robots now account for 90% of #Ukrainian #army #logistics. In January, #Ukraine’s armed forces carried out a record 7,000 operations using ground vehicles, or #UGVS.
#russia #war
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A court in #moscow has sentenced #German sculptor and carnivalist Jacques #Tilly in absentia to eight years and six months in prison for "offending religious sensibilities."
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#russia will not tolerate #Armenia’s closer ties with the #EU, #putin warned Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol #Pashinyan during a rare and tense meeting at the #Kremlin
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An #investigation by the Kyiv Independent reveals that #russia’s shadow fleet uses #Starlink and #cryptocurrency
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Two #German companies from the Rhine-Main region are alleged to have illegally exported machine parts and chemicals to #russia despite #sanctions.
Following a large-scale raid, customs officials have seized assets worth millions.
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#Bulgaria has asked the #EU for help to fight off interference from #russia ahead of its #election later this month
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#Britain to host 35 countries for strait of #Hormuz talks.
#US understood not to be invited directly to talks that will explore ways of reopening critical waterway
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#Kenya warned it will prosecute citizens who enlist in foreign conflicts, after repatriating 47 people recruited to fight for #russia in its #w3ar on #Ukraine.
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#France hit back at threats by President Donald #Trump to pull the #US out of #NATO, saying the military #alliance was designed to ensure #security in the Euro-Atlantic area and not to launch offensive operations in the Strait of #Hormuz.
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#US #Trump threatened to stop supplying #weapons for #Ukraine in order to pressure #European #allies to join a “coalition of the willing” to reopen the Strait of #Hormuz
#Iran #war
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#russia's largest #oil producer, #Rosneft, said that its 2025 net income declined by 73% to 293 billion roubles ($3.60 billion) due to high interest rates, a high profit tax as well as one-off factors.
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russia has recruited over 27,000 foreigners from 135 countries to fight against Ukraine
#Algeria #Egypt #Iraq #Jordan #Morocco #russia #Somalia #Syria #Ukraine #war #Yemen
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Over 218,000 war crimes have been documented in Ukraine since the start of russia's full-scale invasion – Prosecutor General
#Bucha #occupation #ProsecutorGeneral #ruscism #russia #Ukraine #war #warcrimes
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For international audiences tempted by #war fatigue, #Bucha, 4 years after liberation, should still serve as a reminder that #Ukraine is being asked to trust its future to a power whose #occupation has already shown what that future would look like.
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The #US has suggested that one of #Poland's #Patriot #missile batteries be deployed to the Middle East.
#Washington also wants to see missiles available in Poland deployed to areas affected by the conflict with #Iran.
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#Hungary colluded with #ussia to delist #sanctioned oligarchs, companies and banks
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#Ukrainian #drones on Tuesday struck #russia's #Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga for the fifth time in 10 days, and industry sources told Reuters an #oil loading #terminal was hit.
#war
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More than two dozen ships #sanctioned for being part of #russia's so-called #shadow #fleet have passed through #UK waters since Prime Minister Keir #Starmer last week authorised the #military to detain vessels used by #moscow to #export #oil.
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A #French court Monday issued an #arrest warrant and a one-year #jail sentence against the #Chinese captain of a suspected #russian "#shadow #fleet" tanker over failing to comply with orders to stop his ship.
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#russia—whose #army, among its other #crimes, loots and destroys #Ukrainian libraries, theatres and museums—should not be welcome at the world’s top #art #show
No one invites a serial killer to their garden party.
#Venice #Biennale #war
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MEPs have urged #European Commission leaders to prevent #russia from participating in the Venice #Biennale.
"Trust in the European Union will be undermined"
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#Chechen native and member of the #German far-right party #AfD Murad Dadaev, more commonly known as Noah #Krieger, has visited #Chechnya and gifted a senior Chechen official German daggers from World War II adorned with #swastikas, OC Media reported.
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The #Finnish #defense minister said his country will check that #weapons paid for by #Europe for the #Ukrainian #army will reach their intended destination.
#European #allies are concerned about depleting #US military resources due to the #Iran #war.
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A newly formed non-governmental organisation has published a documentary accusing the #Orbán #government of repeated, organized #vote-buying via #intimidation in rural parts of #Hungary.
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