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'Clearing up the mess' — Ukraine's oil and gas giant gets new supervisory board
The new board comes amid a renewed push to reform Ukraine’s state-owned enterprises, which dominate the energy, banking, and infrastructure sectors.
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Kyiv slams Hungary taking 'hostage' Ukrainian bank staff carrying gold bars, millions in cash
Hungarian government spokesperson Zoltan Kovacs confirmed that "all seven individuals will be expelled from Hungary."
Delays in US missile interceptor deliveries, tensions with Hungary — key events for Ukraine next week
Editor's note: This article is a shortened on-site version of KI Insights' public newsletter, The Week Ahead, covering events from March 9-15. Sign up here to start your week with an agenda of Ukraine-related events delivered directly to your inbox every week. Audio version of The Week Ahead is now available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. The crisis in the Middle East is likely to intensify next week, with serious implications for Ukraine due to critical shortages of missile intercep
Ukrainian drones successfully hit Russian aircraft repair plant in occupied Crimea, SBU says
The long-range drones hit the production workshops of the Yevpatoria Aircraft Repair Plant, located in western Crimea, as well as two Pantsir-S2 systems near a Russian military airfield in Dzhankoi, which sits in the peninsula's northeast, according to the SBU source.
Ukrainian exceptionalism
Americans like to believe they are exceptional — a pioneer nation born in revolution, animated by liberty, individual freedom, and committed to the democratic separation of powers. In the spring of 2022, at a refugee camp on the Polish-Ukrainian border, I began to suspect that this belief, while powerful, may no longer describe us as accurately as we assume. I was at the Medyka crossing for only two weeks, but the experience changed me forever. Decades earlier, I had been a Soviet Studies majo
'Not acceptable' — EU rebukes Zelensky over Orban 'threat'
Peter Magyar, the leader of the Tisza Party, urged EU leadership to "sever all ties with Ukraine until President Zelensky clarifies his words and apologizes to all Hungarian citizens for his statements."
Russia helping Iran target US forces in Middle East, reports suggest
One unnamed U.S. official described the support as "comprehensive," the Washington Post reported.
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The Trump administration's move to launch a large-scale strike operation in Iran has seen state-on-state war return to the Middle East with a vengeance. Hours after the first U.S. and Israeli strikes began hitting the country on Feb. 28, Tehran — despite its leadership being decapitated on the first day of the fighting — retaliated with large-scale missile and drone attacks across the region, with a focus on U.S. military bases and embassies. On top of its arsenal of ballistic missiles, Iran's
