War in Ukraine

More War in Ukraine

• April 24 2026
  EU defence

  Interview. Polish PM questions whether US is ‘loyal’ to Europe’s defence

  Donald Tusk says EU should bolster its own Article 42.7 mutual defence clause

  
• April 22 2026
  Mining

  Ukraine miner Ferrexpo warns it could run out of cash by August

  London-listed company’s shares plunge as it considers capital raise of at least $100mn

  
• April 22 2026
  Europe Express

  Zelenskyy to crash EU summit after calling Orbán’s bluff in €90bn loan row

  Also in this newsletter: EU mutual defence without ‘irritating’ US

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• April 21 2026
  Japanese politics & policy

  Japan lifts ban on lethal arms exports

  Major shift from pacifist stance will allow defence contractors to target international markets

  
• April 20 2026
  Russian economy

  Interview. Russian economy is faltering despite oil windfall, Sweden warns

  Stockholm’s military intelligence head says Moscow is manipulating data to make its economy look better

  
• April 15 2026
  Aerospace & Defence

  Rheinmetall wins €300mn drone order from German armed forces

  Deal comes after CEO belittles Ukraine drone industry by comparing it to playing with ‘Legos’

  
• April 10 2026
  Middle East war

  Ukrainian interceptors downed Iran’s drones in Middle East, says Zelenskyy

  Ukraine’s president says military teams dispatched across the Gulf had delivered ‘positive’ results

  
• April 9 2026
  US dollar

  Iran war has exposed the weakness of the dollar

  As Opec members have long understood, it is not a good idea to give users of your product an incentive to find alternatives

  Daniel Davies

  
• April 6 2026
  Russia

  Ukraine’s drones dent Russia’s war-fuelled oil windfall

  Moscow’s disrupted energy exports add pressure to markets already reeling from Iran conflict

  
• April 1 2026
  US foreign policy

  Trump threatened to stop weapons for Ukraine unless Europe joined Hormuz coalition

  Nato’s top official urged key alliance members to offer help to US to reopen key waterway

  
• April 1 2026
  Asia-Pacific economy

  ‘Desperate’ Asia turns to Russian oil

  Import-dependent countries take advantage of US sanctions waiver to replace disrupted Gulf supply

  
• March 31 2026
  Europe Express

  EU ministers commemorate Bucha massacre as Ukraine peace talks stall

  Also in this newsletter: the former Putin translator overseeing the Hungarian election observation mission

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• March 30 2026
  Political espionage

  Don’t speak to UK diplomats, Russians told

  Britain denounces ‘campaign of harassment’ after Moscow expels diplomat who met bankers and economists

  
• March 30 2026
  Apple Inc

  UK fines Apple subsidiary for breaching Russian sanctions

  European operation ordered to pay £390,000 for payments to video-streaming service Okko

  
• March 27 2026
  Russian politics

  Putin asks oligarchs to donate to budget as cost of Ukraine war soars

  Russian president’s demand shows intention to pursue campaign until all of Donbas region is captured

  
• March 26 2026
  US foreign policy

  US senators aim to sanction Hungary over obstructing Ukraine aid

  Bipartisan bill from Shaheen and Tillis comes as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán holds up €90bn loan to Kyiv

  
• March 25 2026
  Middle East war

  Russia sending drones to Iran, western intelligence says

  Moscow close to completing phased deliveries of lethal weapons, food and medicine to Tehran

  
• March 25 2026
  Euro

  ECB warns Hungary’s seizure of Ukraine cash risks euro credibility

  Christine Lagarde raises concerns as Budapest withholds part of cash and gold bound for Ukraine

  
• March 25 2026
  Russia

  Russia reaps fertiliser windfall from Iran war

  Global disruption fuels calls for western curbs on Russian exports to be eased

  
• March 24 2026
  Ukrainian politics

  Zelenskyy row with MPs jeopardises reforms linked to IMF and EU loans

  Ukrainian parliament at odds with president over tax and anti-corruption measures

  
• March 23 2026
  EU immigration

  ‘It’s always Putin’ behind every EU migration crisis, official says

  Russian president is ‘biggest driver’ of immigration due to his role in wars over past decade, says EU commissioner

  
• March 20 2026
  Middle East war

  Russia offered to curb its support for Iran if US halted aid to Ukraine

  US rejected deal on intelligence-sharing proposed by Vladimir Putin’s envoy last week

  
• March 18 2026
  Shipping

  Russia considers sending armed naval patrols to protect ‘shadow fleet’

  Putin ally Patrushev says Moscow could deploy ‘mobile firing groups’ after series of suspected Ukrainian attacks on ships

  
• March 18 2026
  Oil

  The FT View. America’s war on Iran is a gift to Vladimir Putin

  Ukraine’s other allies need to limit the windfall to Moscow

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• March 17 2026
  European companies

  Ukraine pivots on Russian oil pipeline after EU pressure

  Kyiv allows repair work to Druzhba pipeline that used to carry Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia