War in Ukraine

One of Russia’s most destructive weapons—the Iskander-M ballistic missile—relies not just on imported parts but also on foreign raw materials used in its fuel. Targeted sanctions on sodium perchlorate (a component of ammonium perchlorate) could cripple the production of the Russian missile that kills civilians and threatens Europe’s security.

At a Ukrainian military training ground, foreign fighters are learning what it takes to survive trench warfare. Many are American and British volunteers—some with prior military service, others with none—now training under Ukraine’s 25th Airborne Brigade “Sicheslav”.

Every Ukrainian frontline drone is piloted by someone whose expertise has evolved with the rise of FPVs and, by 2025, fiber-optic drones. Their battlefield insights are now shaping the behemoth that is the US defense industry. Can the Pentagon keep up with Ukrainian drone operators?

Ukraine was among the first to face Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union. The war claimed 20% of its population and devastated its infrastructure and industry. Both the German occupation and Moscow bled the country dry.

What would a tribunal for Vladimir Putin look like? It wouldn’t be just about him. It would be about hundreds of Russian commanders, soldiers, propagandists, and officials who enabled and committed atrocities across Ukraine.

Russia turned the skies over Kyiv into a killing field overnight on May 7, 2025, launching a wave of missiles and suicide drones that killed at least two people—a mother and her son—and injured eight others, including four children, reducing civilian homes to smoking wreckage.