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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 9h

NEW POLL: More than 2/3 of Americans are in favor of arming Ukraine. This includes 73% of Republican voters, 1% ahead of Democrats. Supporting Ukraine is one of the few issues that most Americans seem to agree on right now

LINK: harvardharrispoll.com/wp-content/u...

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 12h

“Putin views foreign recruits as cheap and politically convenient cannon fodder for his invasion.”

Business Ukraine publisher Peter Dickinson joined India’s Republic to discuss the problem of Indian nationals being duped into fighting for Russia.

LINK: youtu.be/Tbuo_-zEVDc?...

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 17h

“Russia has become a military that is capable of both evolving during this war and readying itself for future, high-tech conflicts.”

www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/how-r...

How Russia Recovered

What the Kremlin is learning from the war in Ukraine.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 21h

Trump offered Putin extremely generous peace terms and received empty promises and deadly escalations in return. It is now time for America to speak to the Russian dictator in the language of strength, the only language he truly understands

www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...

Putin rejected Trump’s generous deal. Time to try peace through strength.

President Trump's efforts to end the war in Ukraine by offering Putin Kremlin-friendly peace terms have failed to convince the Russian dictator. It is now time to speak to Putin in the language of str...

www.atlanticcouncil.org

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 1d

Belarusian gasoline exports to Russia quadrupled in September as Moscow sought to tackle fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian attacks on its energy infrastructure, Reuters reports

www.reuters.com/business/ene...

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 2d

Ukraine has reportedly set a new world record for the longest ever drone strike with a successful attack on a Russian oil refinery located in Tyumen approximately 2100 km from the Ukrainian border. There are also some suggestions that the drones may have been launched locally, Spider’s Web-style

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 2d

"Zelenskyy has warned Moscow that if they turn the lights off in Ukraine, Ukraine will turn the lights off in Russia."

Business Ukraine publisher Peter Dickinson joined BBC News as Russia begins a fourth consecutive winter bombing campaign against Ukraine's civilian energy infrastructure

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 2d

“In the 21st century you don’t need tanks to put technologically advanced countries on their knees.”

Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergiy Kyslytsya on Putin’s escalating aggression against Europe

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Europe needs to ‘get serious’ about threat posed to it by Russia, Ukraine minister says

Sergiy Kyslytsya says Kremlin already at war with Europe and predicts that Vladimir Putin will ‘escalate escalating’

www.theguardian.com

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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 4d

Putin’s Moldova election failure highlights Russia’s declining influence #Ukraine

Putin’s Moldova election failure highlights Russia's declining influence

Russia's failed bid to sway recent elections in Moldova underscores the challenges Putin faces as he seeks to reassert Russian dominance over countries once ruled from the Kremlin at a time when Moscow’s ability to project power is increasingly in question, writes Kateryna Odarchenko.

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 4d

Ukraine and the US plan to conclude a multi-billion dollar drone deal under which Kyiv will share its combat-tested drone technology with Washington in exchange for royalties or other forms of compensation

www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

WSJ revealed details of Ukraine and US plans for major drone deal

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 4d

Ukraine’s rise to drone superpower status since 2022 confirms the old adage that necessity is the mother of invention. Faced with Russia’s overwhelming advantages in manpower and conventional firepower, Ukraine has turned to innovative drone technologies

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Drone superpower Ukraine is teaching NATO how to defend against Russia

Ukraine's unrivaled experience of drone warfare makes it a key partner for NATO and an indispensable ally in the defense of Europe as the continent faces up to the mounting threat posed by an expansio...

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 4d

The Ukrainian army has reportedly liberated the villages of Sosnivka, Novoselivka and Khoroshe in Dnipropetrovsk province. Slava Ukraini!

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 4d

In early September, after a month of Ukrainian attacks, traders analysts were estimating the Russian Federation’s capacity to process crude oil into product had already fallen by 17-25%. A month later, the most common estimate is 38-40%

www.kyivpost.com/analysis/61411

Analysis: Ukraine’s Drones vs. Russia’s Energy Industry

Ukraine’s drone campaign has knocked offline up to 40% of Russia’s oil refining capacity, spiking fuel prices and shortages nationwide – hitting motorists and possibly Kremlin stability alike.

www.kyivpost.com

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 4d

Ukraine carried out a successful long-range drone strike overnight on the Kirishi oil refinery in the Leningrad region, the second-largest in Russia

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 5d

Putin yesterday blamed Poland for the outbreak of WWII and claimed the Poles were guilty of refusing to negotiate with Hitler. He clearly sees this is a parallel for his own war and believes Ukraine is equally guilty for refusing to hand over territory

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 5d

Пітер Дікінсон: Ще зовсім недавно Україну сприймали як військового аутсайдера, який насилу намагався відповідати стандартам НАТО. Дивно, але тепер уже НАТО прагне перейняти українські стандарти

nv.ua/ukr/opinion/...

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 5d

The difference in mood between exchanged Ukrainian and Russian POWs is painfully apparent. This is not surprising. Ukrainians are coming home to loved ones and a grateful nation. Russians know they will likely be interrogated then thrown straight back into Putin’s meat grinder

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 6d

By escalating against Europe, Putin is betting on Western weakness. He believes European leaders are easily intimidated and thinks they are particularly vulnerable now as they fear being abandoned by Trump. Putin’s goal is to scare Europe into limiting its support for Ukraine

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 6d

In 2022, Putin said he was invading Ukraine to “demilitarize” the country. Instead, his war has transformed Ukraine into a major military power. Today, the Ukrainian army is by far the largest in Europe and is recognised as a world leader in drone warfare

www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...

Putin’s dream of demilitarizing Ukraine has turned into his worst nightmare

Putin had hoped to demilitarize and decapitate the Ukrainian state, but his self-defeating invasion has inadvertently created the militarily powerful and fiercely independent Ukraine he feared most of...

www.atlanticcouncil.org

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 7d

Energy superpower Russia is reportedly preparing to import gasoline from China, South Korea, and Singapore after Ukrainian airstrikes knocked out more than 1/3 of the country’s oil refining capacity and sparked a nationwide fuel crisis

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 7d

“Trump called Russia a paper tiger again yesterday because he saw how the insult struck a nerve in Moscow.”

Business Ukraine publisher Peter Dickinson joined Телеканал "Прямий" in Kyiv as Trump continues to taunt Putin over the Russian army’s failures in Ukraine

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 7d

The Kremlin is planning large-scale gasoline imports as Ukraine’s bombing campaign leads to unprecedented fuel shortages across Russia

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 7d

Actually Russia’s hybrid war against the West began at least as long ago as 2014 - and probably even earlier

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 7d

Putin’s stated war aim was the “demilitarisation” of Ukraine, but his invasion has backfired disastrously and turned Ukraine into a major military power with Europe’s largest army

www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...

Putin’s dream of demilitarizing Ukraine has turned into his worst nightmare

Putin had hoped to demilitarize and decapitate the Ukrainian state, but his self-defeating invasion has inadvertently created the militarily powerful and fiercely independent Ukraine he feared most of...

www.atlanticcouncil.org

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 7d

Britain’s Princess Anne, sister of King Charles, has arrived in Kyiv today for an unannounced visit. The British royal family are strong supporters of Ukraine

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