Maxime Marquette
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INVESTIGATION: Don-Azov, the Russian canal Ukrainian drones made impossible to hold
The Don-Azov canal, the maritime artery linking the Don river to the Sea of Azov, used to be nothing more than a technical name…
FACT-CHECK: NATO's 11% European defense spending jump is real but not enough
On July 8, 2026, on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, the Alliance confirmed a number that quickly spread across social media…
REPORT: 70 billion for Kyiv, what NATO's pledge actually funds
The NATO summit held in Ankara on July 8, 2026 produced a major financial announcement: Western allies committed to providing at least 70 billion…
REPORT: Syzran, the Russian refinery Ukrainian drones refuse to spare
On the night of July 11 to 12, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the refinery at Syzran, in Samara oblast, more than 900 kilometers from…
DECODING: ISW dissects Russia's July 8 offensive, and finds no real breakthrough
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, the Institute for the Study of War, based in Washington, has published a detailed assessment…
REPORT: In Ankara, Zelensky wrestles out a weapons promise still wrapped in fog
On July 8, 2026, in Ankara, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky secured from Donald Trump a long-awaited announcement: a license letting Ukraine build its own…
ANALYSIS: Ukraine's Patriot license won't build a single missile before 2028
On July 8, 2026, at the NATO summit in Ankara, Donald Trump told President Volodymyr Zelensky that the United States would grant Ukraine a…
FACT-CHECK: The Refinery War, How Ukraine Is Hitting Russia's Economic Nerve
For several months, Ukraine has run a systematic campaign of drone strikes against Russian oil refineries, a strategy that directly targets the economic nerve…
ANALYSIS: Trump Lifts Turkish Sanctions and Reopens the Door to Erdogan's F-35s
Donald Trump announced, at the NATO summit in Ankara in early July 2026, that the United States would lift the sanctions imposed on Turkey…