Illia Kabachynskyi

The Arctic is fast becoming a potential battleground—and Russia has spent years preparing for it. From icebreakers to underwater sensors and satellites, Moscow is building a military and surveillance network across its 24,000 kilometers (15,000 miles) of northern coastline, determined to dominate the top of the world.

The necessity of defending Ukrainian cities has become even more urgent: Russia has improved its guided aerial bombs, one of the cheapest means of air attack. They are hard to shoot down, and Russia has plenty of them.

A memorandum of cooperation between Ukraine and Sweden signals a serious intent to form a fleet of the latest versions of Swedish Saab aircraft. For both countries, this marks an important step in collaboration and the strengthening of the European partnership.

Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians live in parts of the Donetsk region that remain under Ukrainian control. Vladimir Putin’s demand that these lands be handed over to Russia is an unacceptable term of any negotiation. Here’s why.

Russia continues to attack Ukrainian cities with consistent intensity. This time, the missile attack targeted the nation’s capital—Kyiv. The Russian military launched Shahed drones and ballistic missiles at the city’s civilian and energy infrastructure.

Russia continues to lose its navy—including its newest ships—and now even far from the Black Sea. Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin has brought the war onto Russian soil, where there is no longer safety, even thousands of kilometers from the front line.