Russia intensifies Donetsk attacks as Ukraine backs EU asset push

A view of a destroyed building of a research institute following an attack, which local Russian-installed officials called a Ukrainian strike, in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on August 26, 2026, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Stringer | Afp | Getty Images Russian forces have intensified attacks within Ukraine’s so-called “fortress belt” of industrial cities in the…

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Markets become accustomed to stalemate

Friday marks six months since the U.S. and Israel launched “major combat operations” in Iran, prompting retaliatory strikes on targets across the Gulf and sparking a new war in the Middle East. What was initially expected to be a weeks-long conflict has evolved into a standoff that geopolitical analysts say has no end in sight….

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