Illia Kabachynskyi

Following the leaders of Syria and Venezuela, another despotic regime has been left without its head — Iran. Ali Khamenei was killed in missile strikes, a fact confirmed by the remaining leadership in the country. The trio of nations had been “good” friends of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, but his circle of allies is shrinking before his eyes.

From disabling Russian Starlink access to building anti-ballistic capabilities, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry is betting on speed, technology, and tighter partner coordination to regain the initiative in the war.

Moscow’s myth of Ukraine’s “inevitable defeat” collapses under basic arithmetic. To capture the rest of the Donetsk region could cost Russia years more war and hundreds of thousands of additional lives. The resources already lost were enough to build a world-class AI sector.

Ukraine’s defense industry has grown dozens of times over since the start of the full-scale invasion. Crucially, this growth is not about reviving production lines established decades ago, but about building entirely new, high-tech weapons systems that are already in demand worldwide.

The Kremlin claims it targets military sites in Ukraine, yet homes, power infrastructure—and American businesses—keep getting hit. In one such case, while Moscow said it was destroying drone production, it struck an Oreo cookie factory instead.

Within two days, three coordinated explosions targeted Ukrainian police, killing at least one officer and injuring more than 30 in a new Russian terror campaign.