Maxime Marquette
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INVESTIGATION: Pokrovsk under pressure, inside one of the front's most contested hotspots
Pokrovsk, a city with a pre-war population of roughly 60,000 people in Donetsk region, has become one of the most fought-over pieces of ground…
COMMENTARY: 268 clashes in one day, the exact measure of a war that refuses to slow
On July 9, 2026, the Ukrainian General Staff recorded 268 combat engagements across the front line, according to its daily situation report cited by…
EDITORIAL: A tanker burns in the Don-Azov canal, and the shadow fleet cracks
On the night of July 11 to 12, 2026, a Ukrainian drone struck a tanker as it entered the Don-Azov canal, causing a fire…
REPORT: Syzran in flames, the third strike that finishes off a Russian refinery
On the night of July 11 to 12, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Syzran refinery in Samara region for the third time this year,…
ANALYSIS: Why NATO defense spending crosses 1.8 trillion dollars in 2026
In 2026, the combined defense spending of NATO members will exceed 1.8 trillion dollars, an increase of eleven percent over the 1.63 trillion recorded…
PROFILE: Mark Rutte, the man who wrung 70 billion euros out of NATO for Kyiv
On July 8, 2026, at the close of the NATO summit in Ankara, allies pledged Ukraine at least 70 billion euros in military assistance…
FACT-CHECK: No, Ukraine will not produce Patriots for several years
Since July 8, 2026, an idea has been circulating widely in some public commentary: that thanks to the license promised by Donald Trump in…
INVESTIGATION: The Patriot license promised to Ukraine, a secret kept from its own makers
A serious investigation often begins with a simple question: who knew what, and when. In the case of the Patriot license promised by Donald…
REPORT: In Ankara, Trump promises Ukraine a license to build its own Patriots
Some sentences sound like a victory before anyone has had time to verify them. On July 8, 2026, at the NATO summit in Ankara,…