Maxime Marquette
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Baltic states top 5 to 7% of GDP on defense ahead of Ankara
Three days before the opening of the NATO summit in Ankara, the leaders of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania met German Chancellor Friedrich
EU Unveils Five Joint Defense Projects, Ukraine Invited
The European Commission proposed, on Friday, July 3, 2026, five major cross-border defense projects, paving the way for their funding through European
144 Russian Drone Incursions Near NATO Nuclear Bases
Since the publication of a report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies on July 2, 2026, a claim has spread widely:
Forty Billion for Drones, After Years of Silence
Dear NATO leaders gathered in Ankara, allow a columnist to write what many have been thinking quietly for months. You have just
Zelensky Calls Out Putin's Cold Calculation Ahead of Ankara
It was in his nightly video address that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky chose to call things exactly as they are. Ukrainian intelligence,
The Night Russia Shattered Every Drone Record Over Ukraine
On the night between Sunday and Monday, Ukraine's sky turned into a corridor of fire. According to the Ukrainian air force, Russia
Ukraine's FP-1 drone hits Omsk at 3,000 km, a world record
On July 6, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Omsk oil refinery in western Siberia, roughly 2,700 kilometers from Ukrainian-controlled territory, according to
255 clashes in one day, Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka in hell
On July 7, 2026, the general staff of Ukraine's armed forces recorded 255 combat clashes across the entire front over the previous
Zelensky calls it "absurd" that Patriot production can't keep up
On July 6, 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a line that sums up, in a single breath, four and a half