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The War in Ukraine Is Shifting Against Putin but He Isn’t Giving In

Ukraine holds more ‘cards’ this year and is playing them well to exploit Russian vulnerabilities/ By Marcus Walker, Thomas Grove and Alexander Ward/ The Wall Street Journal, July 10, 2026 9:00 pm ET/ Quick Summary/ -- Ukraine is exploiting Russian vulnerabilities as its drone campaign inflicts growing damage on Russia’s army and oil industry./ --Russian battlefield casualties have outstripped new recruitment since last winter, slowing the pace of its military advance./ --Ukraine’s escalating drone strikes are disrupting fuel supplies and forcing Russia to decide which parts of its sprawling territory to protect./ For four years, Russia has bet on outlasting Ukraine in a war of attrition. Now, as Kyiv’s drones inflict gr owing damage on both Russia’s army and oil industry, Moscow is finding out that time isn’t necessarily on its side./ Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion force is making ever-smaller gains at the front line, its losses exceed recruitment, and it is strugg...
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In shift, Trump praises Zelensky, will let Ukraine build Patriot missiles

It was a dramatic departure from Trump’s more acerbic tone toward Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he once derided as ungrateful. July 8, 2026 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with President Donald Trump in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) By Michael Birnbaum and Cleve R. Wootson Jr. The Washington Post , July 8, 2026 ANKARA, Turkey — President Donald Trump heaped praise on Ukraine’s president and war effort Wednesday, speaking in unusually positive terms about Kyiv’s deep strikes inside Russia and appearing to grant one of Ukraine’s long-held requests: the ability to produce U.S.-designed Patriot air-defense missiles on Ukrainian soil. Trump's words on Ukraine  were a dramatic departure from his tone during his first year in office, when he called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ungrateful for U.S. help and accused him of “gambling with World War III.” Wednesday he spoke in admiring terms of Ukraine’s war effort and offere...
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Ukraine’s Six-Part Strategy to Survive the Global Run on Patriot Missiles

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Kyiv is trying to mitigate the shortage of missile interceptors that has left its cities exposed to Russia’s ballistic missiles [.] By  Alistair MacDonald, Anastasiia Malenko and Marcus Walker The Wall Street Journal July 8, 2026 10:00 pm ET [Original article contains links] KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine is running out of U.S.-made Patriot interceptor missiles, leaving its cities nearly defenseless against Russia’s escalating barrages of ballistic missiles. What can Ukraine do about it? It is pressing Western nations to donate more Patriot missiles faster from their stockpiles, but everyone is running low. The U.S.-Iran war has worsened the global shortage of interceptors. Production of new ones is painfully slow.  Moscow is exploiting the weakness in Kyiv’s air defenses as the Russian army struggles on the front lines. This week, Ukraine wasn’t able to shoot down any of the 28 ballistic missiles that Russia fired at the Kyiv area. The attacks are killing dozens of civilians. “This is...
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Ordinary Ukrainians are adapting to the missile threat by fleeing underground.

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Ordinary Ukrainians are adapting to the missile threat by fleeing underground. Serhii Korovayny for WSJ https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraines-six-part-strategy-to-survive-the-global-run-on-patriot-missiles-463cb8c2
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Russia’s slow murder of a Ukrainian town

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What Germany and Japan Can Teach Ukraine About Patriot Missiles

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