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Ukraine Business Roundup — On corruption in Ukraine

by Liliane BivingsMay 6, 2026

Editor's note: The following is the May 6, 2026 edition of our Ukraine Business Roundup weekly newsletter. To get the biggest news in business and tech from Ukraine directly in your inbox, subscribe here. You wouldn't know it from Western media outlets — but the corruption scandal that prompted Ukraine's first wartime protests last summer continues to unfold. Last week, Ukraine’s leading outlet Ukrainska Pravda (meaning "Ukrainian Truth") published two videos presenting leaked transcripts of w

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Estonia tells Kyiv to tighten drone control after Ukraine offers experts over aerial incidents

Ukraine has offered to send experts to the Baltic states to help strengthen air security following several drone-related incidents, Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported on May 9.

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Is Russia still a superpower? | Ukraine This Week

For the first time in nearly two decades, Russia’s Victory Day parade on Red Square was held without heavy military equipment, officially due to security concerns linked to Ukrainian drone attacks. In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, Kateryna Hodunova examines whether Russia can still be considered a military superpower, and what recent developments reveal about its true capabilities.

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Kremlin lashes out at Armenia over Zelensky's 'anti-Russian statements' in Yerevan

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Kremlin says it expects US envoys Witkoff, Kushner, 'quite soon'

Peace talks will not move forward until Ukraine pulls its forces from Donbas, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said.

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that "if the president of Ukraine is interested in a meeting, he should contact his Russian counterpart by phone."

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Ukrainian MMA fighter and war veteran, Yaroslav Amosov, wins at UFC 328

Ukrainian mixed martial arts fighter (MMA) Yaroslav Amosov secured a victory over Spaniard Joel Alvarez at UFC 328 on May 10 in the welterweight division.

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Ukraine Business Roundup — On corruption in Ukraine

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Kyiv to buy 8,000 Octopus interceptor drones for Ukrainian military

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