Wheat futures posted their biggest weekly gain since March 2022, reaching a three-year high as Russia-Ukraine fighting cut Black Sea export flows and a USDA supply cut drove corn up 15% in August.
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Ukraine Has Run Out of Patriot Interceptors Before Russia’s Winter Strikes
Ukraine intercepted just 29 of 195 Russian ballistic missiles in July as ally deliveries fell to a third of last year’s pace, leaving Kyiv with 1% of US Patriot stockpile ahead of winter.
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Ukraine Intelligence Says Russia Plans 600,000-Strong Draft Across 2026 and 2027
Ukraine’s intelligence agencies say Russia is preparing a 600,000-troop draft across 2026 and 2027, to be announced after September’s Duma elections.
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Russia’s Banks Lose $15 Billion in Deposits This Summer as Bond Auctions Halt
Deposit withdrawals from Russian banks reached $3.4 billion in the first fortnight of August alone, putting annual outflows on pace to nearly double 2022 levels and forcing Moscow to suspend government bond auctions indefinitely.
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UK’s Burnham Visits Kyiv and Unlocks Classified SCALP Missile Data for Ukraine
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham made his first foreign trip to Kyiv on Ukraine’s 35th Independence Day, co-chairing the Coalition of the Willing and clearing defence firm MBDA to share classified SCALP missile components with France and Ukraine.
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Ukraine Drones Strike Ozon Warehouse in Russia for the First Time
Ukrainian FPV drones set fire to an Ozon logistics hub in Chapayevsk, Samara Oblast on August 22, forcing over 500 workers to evacuate in the first confirmed attack on Russia’s second-largest e-retailer.
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Russia Kills 17 in Kyiv With Overnight Missile and Drone Barrage
Russia launched 168 drones and dozens of missiles at Kyiv overnight on August 19–20, killing 17 people and destroying a residential block, as President Zelensky warned of a critical Patriot interceptor shortage.
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Russia Tops 198 Ballistic Missiles a Month as Strikes on Kyiv Escalate
Russia produced 198 ballistic missiles in July—its highest monthly total of the war—and launched 56 in the first week of August, intensifying attacks on Kyiv.
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Washington Clears $280 Million Turkish Arsenal for Ukraine as Moscow Demands Explanation
The US State Department has notified Congress of a plan to transfer 70 ATACMS missiles and 12 M270 rocket launchers from Turkish stockpiles to Ukraine, drawing a sharp rebuke from Russia.
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Ukraine Pushes Russia from Dnipropetrovsk, Reclaiming 745 Square Kilometres
A Ukrainian summer offensive has recaptured 26 settlements and at least 745 square kilometres in the Dnipropetrovsk region, pushing Russian forces back across the Donetsk and Zaporizhia borders.