Maxime Marquette
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DECODING: Russia's largest oil refinery halted after a drone strike
On the night of July 6, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Omsk refinery, Russia's largest oil-refining facility, operated by Gazprom Neft.
ANALYSIS: 59 dead in one week in Kyiv, the human price of a Patriot promise
Over the week leading up to July 9, 2026, Russian strikes killed at least 59 people in the Kyiv region, according to information reported…
DECODING: 68 missiles, 351 drones — Russia's arsenal unleashed on Ukraine in one night
On the night of July 5 to 6, 2026, Russia launched a combined arsenal of 68 missiles — including 23 ballistic missiles — and…
DECODING: Kyiv under the rubble, 22 dead after the deadliest night of bombing
On the night of July 5 to 6, 2026, Russia launched one of the deadliest attacks of this phase of the war on Kyiv.…
FACT-CHECK: Trump grants Kyiv a Patriot production license, but nothing arrives for months
On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey, Donald Trump announced he would grant Ukraine a license to…
DECODING: Facing shortages, Moscow shuts off the world's diesel tap
On Wednesday, Russia announced it was temporarily banning its diesel exports, a measure effective until July 31, officially justified by the need to "protect…
ACCOUNT: 21 ships in 72 hours, Ukraine torches Putin's ghost fleet
Within 72 hours, Ukraine struck 21 vessels tied to Russia, in what Fox News describes as one of the most sweeping drone offensives Kyiv…
COMMENTARY: The Iran-U.S. ceasefire was never really holding
The ceasefire reached in early spring 2026 between Iran and the United States, with Israel's involvement, was never a genuine peace.
ESSAY: Hormuz under blackmail — Iran invents itself a planetary veto right
There is something dizzying in how Iran has turned a simple diplomatic courtesy clause into a sovereignty claim over one of the most strategic…