War in Ukraine

2025 marks the first year since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine that Russia’s oil and gas revenue will fall short of covering military expenditures. Russia urgently needs to develop new methods to circumvent sanctions or reduce spending, including on the war effort.

Every year, around 200 incidents of damage to submarine cables occur globally. However, what is happening right now in the Baltic Sea does not seem coincidental, according to European officials.

Ukraine’s 37th Marine Brigade has been holding the line against the Russians for a while now. They recently received a new batch of French AMX-10 armored vehicles—the occasion for our team to assess the grim situation on the ground. 

Russian media spread fake news of their Kinzhal hypersonic missile being fired at Ukraine from their Su-34 fighter jet for the second time. We debunk these illogical claims, highlighting how a wave of arbitrary arrests perpetuates Putin’s hypersonic ego and plays into Russia’s propaganda war machine.

Russia’s tank arsenal is disintegrating faster than it can be rebuilt. Ukraine has managed to cripple Moscow’s armored forces with industry that, just three years ago, barely existed.

Ukraine's partners have bolstered the defensive capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with their tanks, supplementing Soviet-era models. So what tanks does Ukraine have now?