Longreads

  • Europe’s drone-bomb threat has outgrown the russian combatant ban debate – InformNapalm

    07.09.2026

    Europe’s drone-bomb threat has outgrown the russian combatant ban debate – InformNapalm
    Germany’s attribution of the Leipzig/Halle explosive-drone incident to russia has sharpened a wider EU policy question: whether Brussels should pursue a broad entry ban on russian combatants or build a more defensible targeted entry-ban list around identified russian UAV operators, InformNapalm, a volunteer intelligence community, reported.Germany’s accusation that russia orchestrated an explosive drone operation at Leipzig/Halle Airport has shifted Europe’s drone problem from ...
  • Poland gained its independence at the expense of Ukrainian independence – Zinchenko

    01.07.2026

    Poland gained its independence at the expense of Ukrainian independence – Zinchenko
    Source: oldmapsonline.orgThe current Polish political leadership is more comfortable with the pattern of victimhood: “Poland has never occupied Ukraine.” But this way of thinking breaks all links between causes and consequences of events of the interwar twenty years. Poland won its independence at the expense of Ukraine’s independence. The time has come to say this out loud, emphasizes historian and ...
  • How Ukrainian emigrants shaped American science, culture, and technology

    25.06.2026

    How Ukrainian emigrants shaped American science, culture, and technology
    For centuries, the United States has been a land of opportunity for millions of immigrants from around the world, including many from Ukraine. Some fled war, pogroms, political repression, and poverty; others sought freedom and the chance to fulfill their ambitions. Scientists, artists, workers, and farmers—people from different generations and social backgrounds—crossed the Atlantic in search of a new life. ...
  • russians persist in efforts to erase Ukrainian cultural heritage

    15.06.2026

    russians persist in efforts to erase Ukrainian cultural heritage
    Due to a large-scale russian attack, cultural heritage sites, infrastructure, and arts education institutions in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipro were damaged. UNESCO World Heritage sites, nationally significant monuments, museums, cultural institutions, and arts education facilities were affected, mincult.gov.ua reported.The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra sustained significant damage  –  a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of Ukraine’s most important spiritual and cultural landmarks. ...
  • russia scaling up Starlink use on attack drones despite sanctions – InformNapalm

    31.01.2026

    russia scaling up Starlink use on attack drones despite sanctions - InformNapalm
    As early as 2024, russia began experimentally installing Starlink terminals on its reconnaissance and attack drones to evade Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) systems. By late 2025 – early 2026, this had already developed into a systemic practice directly impacting the effectiveness of russian terrorist strikes on civilian infrastructure, InformNapalm, a volunteer intelligence community, reported.Starlink satellite channel provides drones with:stable control ...
  • It is hard not to notice that anti-Ukrainian rhetoric in Hungary is full of narratives that are in line with russian propaganda – Texty

    30.09.2025

    It is hard not to notice that anti-Ukrainian rhetoric in Hungary is full of narratives that are in line with russian propaganda - Texty
    Kyiv is funding Hungarian opposition journalists to criticize Orban. Ukrainian Intelligence has taken control of the opposition party Tisza and is now, together with Brussels, trying to replace the Hungarian government with a puppet government that will obediently work in the interests of Brussels and Zelensky. Hungarian pro-government media published these and many other absurd reports during the consultative referendum ...
  • 33 employees at penal colony No. 10 in Mordovia, russia, responsible for recurring violence against Ukrainian POWs

    11.09.2025

    33 employees at penal colony No. 10 in Mordovia, russia, responsible for recurring violence against Ukrainian POWs
    A recently published report identifies 33 employees at Penal Colony No. 10 in Mordovia as responsible for abuses against Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs). On July 17, 2025, the investigative program Skhemy, produced by the Ukrainian editorial team of Radio Svoboda, aired a report featuring testimonies from Ukrainian POWs held in russian penal colonies. These testimonies expose conditions that are often ...
  • russia stole up to USD 64bn from Ukraine after USSR collapse

    30.08.2025

    russia stole up to USD 64bn from Ukraine after USSR collapse
    Decades before russian missiles rained on Ukraine, moscow had already pulled off a quieter heist: seizing tens of billions in Soviet assets that rightfully belonged to Kyiv, writes Yurii Marchenko for united24media.The total damage to Ukraine’s infrastructure from russia’s full-scale invasion has already surpassed $170 billion . Frozen russian assets in Europe and ...
  • Budapest is a hub for the russian defense industry – InformNapalm 

    05.08.2025

    Budapest is a hub for the russian defense industry - InformNapalm 
    InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community, in cooperation with the specialists of Militant Intelligence (INTMIL), continues to release materials obtained as part of the multi-level cyber operation OpsHackrussia’sDay (#OHRD). During this operation, hacktivists infiltrated an entire network of russian companies connected to the russian military-industrial complex, and obtained access to their corporate communications. Some of this correspondence features foreign contractors and reveals gray ...
  • Despite being a NATO and EU member, Hungary — through companies like Milspace Kft — is enabling russia to sidestep sanctions

    31.07.2025

    Despite being a NATO and EU member, Hungary — through companies like Milspace Kft — is enabling russia to sidestep sanctions
    InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community, together with specialists from the Militant Intelligence group (INTMILIT), continue to release materials obtained through the multi-level cyber operation OpsHackrussia’sDay (#OHRD). During this operation, hacktivists infiltrated an entire network of russian companies associated with the russian military-industrial complex and gained access to their corporate correspondence. Some of these documents expose shady collaboration with foreign contractors and reveal how companies from NATO countries are ...