As the 2026 Financing for Development Conference increasingly focuses on scale, leverage, and private capital mobilisation, Ukraine offers a practical lesson: the real challenge is not just raising more money, but making finance work in crisis contexts where recovery and development must advance together.

Relying on open sources for research and interviewing experts on the matter, Ivan Lozowy dissects the entanglement of Hungarian and Russian political elites, hydrocarbon industries, and foreign policy priorities.

Ukrainian Navy and Unmanned Systems Forces executed unique and awe-inspiring air and naval operation against the Russian-controlled Sivash drilling rig using an unprecedented mix of floating machine-gun turrets, drones, and mysterious missiles.

There are moments when an entire system reveals itself in a single phrase. In late 2025, a senior manager at AvtoVAZ, Oleg Grunenkov, was asked whether the company could build something better — something closer to a modern, competitive car. His answer was disarmingly simple: “We could. But why?” In a functioning market economy, that line would trigger resignations, investor panic, and a collapse in consumer trust. In Russia, it became a meme — and like many Russian memes, it carried more truth than anyone intended.

More than 6 million Ukrainian refugees are currently living outside the country, according to UNHCR data as of early 2026. Among them are over 1.5 million children and adolescents of preschool and school age. Most host countries are struggling to provide enough Ukrainian-speaking psychologists or culturally sensitive support programs.

"Only the dead will see the end of war"This inscription is placed on the wall of the Imperial War Museum in London by no coincidence. It is the leading institution of its kind in the world, created to familiarize visitors with the history of the world wars and their impact on society.