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At 16, Yurii launched a start-up to design anti-drone ammunition. Now 18, he balances school, prototypes, and a call to defend Ukraine’s skies.

Ukraine’s latest drone strike targeted the Rosneft refinery in Ryazan, one of Russia’s five largest. The strike halted half of its refining capacity and ignited fires that lit the night sky. The strikes mark a continuation of Kyiv’s intensified campaign against Russian oil infrastructure, which is now deepening fuel shortages across the country and expanding the number of regions facing queues at the pump.

Fall is here, and with it comes a wave of blockbuster game releases on consoles and PCs. But behind the hype, some of these titles are tied to companies that help bankroll the Kremlin. The question is simple: shouldn’t players know what their money might be funding?

Russia is quietly stocking its defense factories with banned Japanese technology, slipping past trade restrictions by disguising product names in contracts.

Some experts would liken it to the next Costa Mesa. Either way, Ukraine is just getting started.

By threatening India and China’s oil ties with Russia, Trump’s promised tariffs are hitting the financial core of Putin’s war machine.