Maxime Marquette
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FACT CHECK: Fire Point takes aim at Moscow, the rise of Ukraine's ballistic program
Ukrainian company Fire Point claims its FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile has a range of 3,000 kilometers, according to Euromaidan Press dated June 21, 2026,…
PORTRAIT: 21 ships in 72 hours, Russia's shadow fleet in Ukraine's crosshairs
Ukraine struck 21 vessels linked to Russia within 72 hours, according to Fox News dated July 8, 2026, an operation commander Robert "Magyar" Brovdi…
COMMENTARY: The long-range sanctions campaign against Russian oil
Since March 2026, Associated Press has tallied more than fifty Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities, according to the Los Angeles Times dated July…
COLUMN: The F-16 and Patriot duo that shot down Russia's top fighter
Three Ukrainian F-16s and a Patriot battery combined their capabilities to shoot down a top-tier Russian fighter, according to Euromaidan Press dated July 9,…
EDITORIAL: Three weeks without missiles, the supply breakdown that grounded Ukraine's F-16s
For more than three weeks, Ukrainian F-16 fighters found themselves unable to intercept Russian drones and missiles after Western-supplied munitions stocks ran dry, according…
INVESTIGATION: The 1,200 km front, anatomy of a war of attrition
The front line running through Ukraine stretched, as of May 2026, roughly 1,200 kilometers, according to data compiled by Ukraine War Analytics on May…
REPORT: Pokrovsk, the slow death of a Donbas symbol city
In May 2026, Russian forces were only 3 to 5 kilometers from the center of Pokrovsk, according to data compiled by Ukraine War Analytics…
DECODING: Fire Point, the company that changed the range of the war
A Ukrainian company now produces roughly 200 long-range strike drones a day, according to remarks attributed to its co-founder Denys Shtilerman and reported by…
ANALYSIS: The Omsk strike, the raid that redefines Ukraine's reach
On July 6, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Omsk refinery for the first time, a complex located roughly 2,500 kilometers from Ukraine's borders, according…