Daily Updates on Russian Invasion of Ukraine

I examine Ukraine’s reported overnight strikes on Russian defense-industrial and energy targets, including the Proton-Electrolux plant in Oryol, which Ukraine says produces components for S-71 cruise missiles, 9M723...

Why does Donald Trump continue to view Ukraine through the lens of corruption? And how much of that perception may trace back to one man—Paul Manafort? In this interview, I speak with Mark Musser, who has lived and...

JUST WOW. Oil refineries haven't been hit, but the Ukrainians have been aggressively targeting other devastating sites, including attacks on data centers and other military objects. Here is the direct link to the...

Ukraine reported the highest Russian casualties of the entire war, and they lost ground. There was an attack on Moscow, and more. Today, Here is the direct link to the Ukraine Support Bridge...

Okay, I've gone over this again and again, but now it looks like Musk was the trigger man for the shutdown of Starlink. The Wall Street Journal is just reporting differently than what Reuters reported recently. Here are...

I examine Steve Whitkoff’s meeting with Vladimir Putin at the Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg after Whitkoff met Volodymyr Zelensky in Oslo alongside the leaders of Norway and Finland. Whitkoff urged renewed...

I examine Ukraine’s reported strikes on the occupation-run Lukakom telecommunications facility in Luhansk, a data-center-linked target in Donetsk, Russian command posts near both cities, and logistics depots in occupied...

Trump is pressuring Zelensky to accept a peace agreement, while Steve Witkoff prepares to carry the proposal to Vladimir Putin in Moscow. But why is Washington demanding concessions from Ukraine rather than Russia...

On day 1700 of Russia’s full-scale war, I examine Ukraine’s reported strike on the Nikolskoye LPDS oil-pumping facility in Tambov Oblast—a Transneft-Druzhba network hub that regulates crude flows on the Kuibyshev-Unecha...

I examine the reported proposal for a Putin-Trump-Xi meeting on the sidelines of the November 18–19 APEC summit in Shenzhen—and why Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, argues that elevating Putin before a...

I examine Ukraine’s report that it received no advance U.S. warning before the first wave of a Russian barrage involving 16 ballistic missiles against Kyiv and the surrounding region. The attack reportedly damaged more...

I examine the October 19 attack on Kyiv, where Ukraine reported intercepting 243 of 269 Shahed-type and other drones, yet said ballistic missiles reached the city during the first wave without a warning from partners...

SO MUCH HAPPENING LAST NIGHT. I examine Ukrainian drone raid on St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, where targets included the St. Petersburg oil terminal, the Richey fuel depot, the Ship Fairway Bridge, an Ozon...

I examine the strategic contradiction behind the proposed Russian diesel arrangement and the waiver of Graham Act sanctions. Russia’s promised 300,000 tons of diesel amounts to roughly 14–15 hours of U.S. consumption...

I examine a night in which Ukrainian drone operations reportedly disrupted Moscow and St. Petersburg air traffic, with temporary restrictions affecting at least 22 Russian airports, while Ukraine struck targets tied to...