Thursday, July 16, 2026
Every side of the story
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Putin used a smaller Victory Day event to frame NATO as a threat and to justify ongoing military policy, a speech that reads differently at home and abroad.
Read the storyFrontline residents in Oleshky report shortages, mined evacuation routes and reliance on volunteers as roughly 1,500–2,000 civilians remain cut off.
Read the storyStrikes across Ukraine on May 5 left dozens dead amid competing ceasefire claims from Moscow and Kyiv; here’s what different outlets are emphasizing.
Read the storyAs Moscow announces a pause for Victory Day and Kyiv offers its own open-ended truce, civilian deaths from overnight strikes expose how unilateral pauses are as much about optics as they are about stopping the bloodshed.
Read the storyA drone struck a Moscow high-rise days before Victory Day, exposing a widening strike range and clashing official narratives about intent, damage and casualties.
Read the storyA surge of drone strikes hit Russian oil infrastructure and so-called "shadow fleet" tankers, forcing questions about whether Kyiv’s campaign is an effective chokehold or a risky escalation.
Read the storyConflicting claims followed strikes on Russia's Primorsk port and nearby oil tankers. This piece separates frontline narratives from the technical, financial, and environmental realities.
Read the storyZelensky’s diplomatic outreach to Gulf states is turning battlefield drone know‑how into leverage as Western stockpiles are stretched by the Iran conflict.
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