War in Ukraine

Russian strikes on Ukraine's food production and logistics are increasingly reaching supermarket shelves, where shortages have begun to surface. What began as attacks on distant warehouses is now registering at the checkout, in thinner produce aisles and in new limits on how much shoppers can buy.

Russia is deploying its own satellite network, RASSVET—an analog of Starlink that the Kremlin portrays as a system for civilian use but that could give its military a powerful new tool for controlling drones across Ukraine. The same technology could also pose a direct security threat to Europe, facilitating Russia’s hybrid war.

Ukraine’s FP-7 ballistic missile is now in military trials and could enter operational use within weeks, while its longer-range FP-9 may ultimately have to prove itself the hard way—against real Russian targets.

Satellite imagery and new visual evidence are revealing the aftermath of Ukraine’s September 9 strike on Novorossiysk, with at least three Russian Black Sea Fleet vessels now confirmed hit and additional missile-carrying warships appearing to have sustained damage.