Crimea will become the conflict’s “center of gravity,” the Ukrainian leader told The Economist Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has blamed information leaks for the failure of Kiev’s much-hyped summer counteroffensive against Russia, but nevertheless shared new insights into the military’s top priorities for 2024, saying in an interview with The Economist that isolating Crimea is…

The UK’s cost-of-living crisis is fueling a record surge in shoplifting as people increasingly turn to the black market for food, The Guardian has reported, citing official data. Estimates by the British Retail Consortium show that retail thefts cost the industry £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in 2023, the newspaper said. Meanwhile, Home Office data shows…

The checks at Bulgaria’s Neftohim coincided with the entry into force of a ban on Russian oil on January 1 Bulgarian officials on Monday raided the Neftohim oil refinery and 50 crude warehouses, according to an announcement on the country’s customs service website.