Maxime Marquette
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DECODING: Patriot Made in Ukraine, a Promise That Hits an Industrial Wall
On July 8, 2026, in Ankara, Donald Trump, seated beside Volodymyr Zelensky at the NATO summit, dropped a line that circled the globe within…
EDITORIAL: Turkey Gets Its F-35s Back, a Gift That Embarrasses NATO
The NATO summit in Ankara, on July 7 and 8, 2026, was supposed to focus mainly on Patriot systems, on billions promised to Kyiv,…
ANALYSIS: Pokrovsk-Kostiantynivka, the Axis Deciding the Fate of Donbas
Few people outside specialized military circles knew the names Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka before this war turned them into symbols of Ukrainian resistance in the…
REPORT: Eight Hundred Kilometers From the Front, Ukraine Torches Russian Refineries
On the night of July 11 into 12, 2026, Ukrainian long-range drones struck the Syzran refinery in Russia's Samara oblast, more than eight hundred…
ANALYSIS: Six Brutal Lessons From the NATO Ankara Summit for Kyiv
The NATO summit held in Ankara on July 8, 2026, was meant to project flawless Western unity against Vladimir Putin. On paper, the numbers…
FACT-CHECK: Does Trump's Promised Patriot License Really Change Everything
On July 8, 2026, on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, American President Donald Trump told Volodymyr Zelensky: "We're going to give…
INVESTIGATION: Ukraine's Losing Race Against Russian Missiles
On the night of July 5 into 6, 2026, Ukrainian air defense failed to intercept a single one of the twenty-nine ballistic missiles fired…
REPORT: Don-Azov, the new geography of Ukraine's naval strikes
Between July 6 and July 13, 2026, Ukrainian unmanned systems forces struck roughly 90 Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov, according to data…
ANALYSIS: The 11 percent defense-spending jump, Europe changes era
On July 7, 2026, on the eve of the NATO summit in Ankara, the Alliance confirmed that core defense spending by Europe and Canada…