Category: 1. Ukraine

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  • Global conflicts drive demand for war risk insurance

    Global conflicts drive demand for war risk insurance

    Padraig BeltonBusiness reporter

    Alina Kalcheva Natalia Grishko's apartment, top right, badly damaged by the blast caused by the nearby impact of a Russian missileAlina Kalcheva

    Natalia Grishko’s balcony, top right, was badly damaged by the blast from a Russian missile

    With conflict continuing in Ukraine and the Middle East, a little-explored global industry has never been more…

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  • Ukrainian soldiers destroy rare Russian offensive bulldozer

    Ukrainian soldiers destroy rare Russian offensive bulldozer

    Operators of the 412th Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regiment Nemesis of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed an enemy offensive road clearer, the IMR-3M.

    This was reported by the regiment’s press service on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

    The…

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  • Russian army lacks enough contract soldiers to cover irrecoverable losses – CCD

    Russian army lacks enough contract soldiers to cover irrecoverable losses – CCD

    In Russia, the number of contract soldiers has decreased more than 2.5 times, insufficient to cover the army’s irrecoverable losses in the war against Ukraine.

    According to Ukrinform, Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) under…

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  • Russian says Ukrainian drones kills two, injures 15 in Crimea resort area

    Russian says Ukrainian drones kills two, injures 15 in Crimea resort area

    A Ukrainian drone attack in a resort area of the Crimea. File
    | Photo Credit: Reuters

    A Ukrainian drone attack killed two people and injured 15…

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  • Russian forces attack Poltava region with drones, fire breaks out at industrial facility

    Russian forces attack Poltava region with drones, fire breaks out at industrial facility

    Late on Sunday, September 21, Russian troops launched drone strikes on the Poltava region, causing a fire at an industrial facility.

    Volodymyr Kohut, acting head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration, reported this on Telegram, according to…

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  • Tens of thousands of Israeli pilgrims head to Ukraine to mark Jewish new year

    Tens of thousands of Israeli pilgrims head to Ukraine to mark Jewish new year

    Despite a sharp spike in arrests of draft dodgers at Ben Gurion Airport and the difficulty of traveling to a country in the midst of a massive ground war, nearly 30,000 Israeli pilgrims have made their way to the small central Ukrainian…

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  • Zelensky hears CinC Syrskyi’s reports on battlefield situation

    Zelensky hears CinC Syrskyi’s reports on battlefield situation

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky received reports from Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi on the situation at the front, including Ukraine’s counteroffensive near Dobropillia and Pokrovsk.

    Zelensky announced this in his nightlt

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  • Tax pressure in Russia is growing, banks will be first to be hit

    Tax pressure in Russia is growing, banks will be first to be hit

    Amid its protracted war against Ukraine and a rapidly widening budget deficit (4.19 trillion rubles in the first eight months of 2025 – nearly four times the planned figure), Russia’s only realistic scenario for maintaining financial stability remains another tax increase.

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