Real-time updates, firsthand accounts, and on-the-ground reports from Ukraine, offering insights into the ongoing conflict and its impact on the region.
Ukraine has successfully struck a Russian petrochemical plant and a rubber factor supplying the Russian military. More details have been released about Ukraine's strikes on Taman and Russia's naval port of Novorossiysk. JD Vance has declared France and the UK's nuclear weapons as a security threat to the United States.
Russia’s economy is heading into 2026 with three pressure points that are hard to ignore: cheaper oil, tax collection gaps, and record borrowing. In this Wednesday Russian Economy Review, I break down the latest indicators from the past week and explain what they could mean for the federal budget, inflation, the ruble, interest rates, wages, consumer demand, and everyday life inside Russia.
Ukraine has successfully eliminated another top Russian general in the capital city of Moscow. Russia continues to panic sell off its central bank gold reserves to China in order to keep their economy going. It has now been revealed the Putin himself picked Steve Witkoff to be his representative for Russia, not Donald Trump.
