The reopening of McDonald's restaurants — the first American fast food chain to enter Ukraine in the 1990s — is always met with great fanfare after Russia’s full-scale invasion forced the company to pause operations throughout the country.
Russia will ban gasoline exports from April 1 in order to meet domestic demand, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak announced on March 27.
As the grandson of General George S. Patton, Jr. and the son of a 2-star general, I've been around soldiers for as long as I can remember. But while filming a documentary on the transcendent drone industry in Ukraine last week, I learned more about modern warfare than I ever imagined. Not far from the front, I met a drone pilot who now analyzes lessons learned from warfare and shares them on his X account with more than 100,000 subscribers. I interviewed a soldier who'd recently received the H
While Ukraine’s air defense shot down 252 Russian drones, 21 made their way through, Ukraine’s Air Force reported.
The Flamingo missile, built by controversial defense manufacturer Fire Point, has only been used by Kyiv on a handful of occasions since being first unveiled last summer, with its reported use increasing since November 2025.
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry on March 28 denied a report that an Iranian missile strike destroyed a facility containing Ukrainian weapons and military personnel in Dubai.
President Volodymyr Zelensky on March 28 clarified his understanding of Washington's position on security guarantees for Ukraine, in response to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling his previous statement on the issue "a lie."
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About 40% of Russia’s oil export capacity has been halted amid Ukrainian drone strikes, pipeline damage, and tanker seizures, Reuters reported on March 25.
