Ukraine Decoded
A former Ukrainian journalist and veteran explains what really happens in Ukraine and beyond—beyond the headlines.
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Russia’s War on Connectivity: Aerial Strikes Cripple Kyiv Web Data Centers and Silence Broadcasters (opens the original)
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On September 26, the Ukrainian television news stations Army TV and Novyny Live temporarily halted their live news broadcasts. The interruption was not a technical glitch or a programming decision. It was the direct result of continuing Russian missile and drone strikes on internet data centers in Kyiv. The Novyny Live station’s website, Telegram channel, and YouTube remained available, but the television signal itself went dark while technicians worked to restore the network.<div clas
Steel Disappears in Kryvyi Rih: ArcelorMittal Halts Ukraine’s Largest Mill (opens the original)
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On Friday, September 25, ArcelorMittal told the Government of Ukraine that it can no longer restart ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih “in a safe and sustainable manner.” The announcement followed four missile strikes in five weeks. Five employees were killed. Seventeen were injured. One remains in critical condition. The most recent attack was on September 21.Ukraine Decoded is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my writing, consider becoming a free or paid su
Graham’s Last Lever: Washington Signs a Sanctions Law Built to Squeeze Putin’s War Machine (opens the original)
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U.S. President signed the Sen. Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 on Friday, September 18, two days after the House approved it 262–159 and a month after the Senate passed it 8… Read more
Zelensky Suspends Ukraine’s Prosecutor General After He Accuses the NABU Chief (opens the original)
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On Monday, President Volodymyr Zelensky suspended Ruslan Kravchenko as prosecutor general and asked the Parliament to dismiss him without delay. The move followed a week of escalating conflict between the Prosecutor General’s Office and Ukraine’s independent anti-corruption agencies—and a last-minute counterstrike by Kravchenko himself.Ukraine Decoded is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p
After Failed Diplomacy, Russia Intensifies the War on Ukraine’s Railways (opens the original)
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On Sunday morning, September 13, a Russian drone struck the locomotive of a Kyiv–Warsaw passenger train in Volyn Oblast, about two kilometers from the Polish border. The crew had been warned in time; no one was injured among the more than 200 passengers. The same wave of attacks hit near the Yahodyn–Dorohusk crossing, damaging a gas station and a truck roughly 800 meters from Polish territory. A day earlier, drones struck railway facilities in Lutsk and Fastiv, a major hub southwest of Kyiv. Tra
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