Absolute record: Ukrainian pilot shot down Russian “Shaheds” at a distance of 500 km

On April 4, 2026, the Ukrainian team Wild Hornets reported an event they themselves call a world record: pilot Roman “Hulk” from the BULAVA unit destroyed two Russian Shahed-type drones in one sortie using STING interceptors and the HORNET VISION Ctrl remote control system. This information was then relayed by Ukrainian media and UNITED24, citing … Read more

Bnei Brak under rockets: how the city of faith explains the strike on its inviolability

Rocket hits on Bnei Brak have become not only military news for part of Israeli society but also a profound ideological shock. For the secular observer, this is another episode of a war in which no city in the country can consider itself fully protected anymore. For the ultra-Orthodox community, the question sounds different: how … Read more

Venice on the Front Line: Why Artists Demanded the Removal of Israel, Russia, and the USA from the Biennale

A new international scandal is brewing around the 61st Venice Biennale, and this time the dispute is not only about contemporary art. A group of exhibition participants demanded that the management of one of the world’s most famous cultural forums exclude Russia, Israel, and the United States from the list of official participants. The appeal … Read more

The path from Kyiv to Haifa: Mark Golenkov — a product of Kyiv’s youth football, hero of Maccabi Haifa U19’s victory over Barcelona in the UEFA Youth League

Almost 4 years ago, with the start of Putin’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine, a 13-year-old teenager Mark Golenkov arrived in Israel from Kyiv. A repatriate. A goalkeeper. A guy who had been training in the Ukrainian football environment and living a normal child’s life, where training was the main event of the day. And then … Read more

How Israeli RADA RPS-42 radars help protect the skies in Ukraine from 2023

Israel, from the very beginning of the full-scale war, took a cautious position regarding military assistance to Ukraine. Officially, Jerusalem refused to supply Kyiv with lethal weapons, fearing deterioration of relations with Moscow for a number of reasons — which are not the subject of this article. Nevertheless, under pressure from Western allies and against … Read more

“Russia did this in the Black Sea.” Ukraine is ready to help unblock the Strait of Hormuz — Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

On April 2, 2026, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sybiha stated that Kyiv is ready to join international efforts to unblock the Strait of Hormuz. According to him, Iran’s actions in this strategic hub increasingly resemble the tactics that Russia previously used in the Black Sea. The statement was made on April … Read more

When Anti-Semitism Becomes the Language of Politics Again: How Attacks on Israel Changed the Post-Soviet Space

After October 7, 2023, and then against the backdrop of subsequent Israeli military operations, anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli rhetoric sharply intensified in the post-Soviet space. What initially appeared as a set of marginal outbursts by minor propagandists over time turned into a noticeable element of public discourse — especially in Russia, Belarus, the Caucasus, and parts … Read more