Maxime Marquette
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INVESTIGATION: The night of July 2, one of the deadliest strikes on Kyiv in months
On the night of July 1 to 2, 2026, Russia launched against Ukraine one of the most massive combined attacks of recent months: 74…
COLUMN: In Ankara, Zelensky says thanks, but never stops asking for more
At the close of the NATO summit in Ankara, on July 7 and 8, 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a message on X…
DECODING: Greenland "not for sale," Copenhagen holds firm against Trump
The NATO summit in Ankara, in early July 2026, was supposed to focus on the Alliance's defense spending and continued support for Ukraine against…
TESTIMONY: Ust-Luga in flames, the second blow to the heart of Russian oil
On the night of July 5 to 6, 2026, Ukrainian forces carried out one of their widest energy strikes since the start of the…
DECODING: Vysotsk, the Russian oil terminal struck on the Baltic shore
On July 6, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Vysotsk oil terminal, located in the Leningrad region on the shores of the Baltic Sea, according…
DECODING: New fire at Kstovo, the Russian refinery that never heals
On the night of July 2, 2026, an explosion hit the Kstovo refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod region, according to information confirmed by the…
REPORT: Moscow strikes back on Ukrainian energy after its refineries burned
The Russian Ministry of Defense has claimed new missile and drone strikes targeting what Moscow calls "energy and fuel facilities used by Ukrainian armed…
OPEN LETTER: To those standing in gas lines across Russia
I am writing to you from outside a country I have never visited, about a reality I can only observe through reports, statistics, and…
ESSAY: Ukraine's Flamingo missile is rewriting the war's industrial rules
There is something almost ironic in choosing the word Flamingo to name a cruise missile capable of striking industrial sites deep inside Russia.