Maxime Marquette
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TESTIMONY: In Doha, Diplomats Seek Peace — and Iran Seeks Its Ransom
There is an almost tragic irony in this scene: two countries that exchanged military strikes barely two weeks ago, that cannot even share a…
NARRATIVE: China Declares Economic War on Japan — 20 Entities Blacklisted
There is something almost clinical about the way Beijing wields these blacklists — like a surgeon who cuts precisely, never slashing. It is a…
INVESTIGATION: AI Defense Center A1 — Ukraine Places Artificial Intelligence Inside the Kill Chain
What the A1 Center does is the military equivalent of a Silicon Valley startup: short cycles, rapid iteration, obsession with the real problem of…
DECODING: Izhevsk at 1,300 km — Ukrainian Drones Strike the Kupol Plant in the Heart of Russia
On the morning of July 1, 2026, long-range drones developed by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) struck the Kupol plant, located
ANALYSIS: Russia's Zircon Is Not Hypersonic — It Is Quasi-Ballistic, and That Changes Everything
For several years, Vladimir Putin's regime has made the Zircon missile one of its preferred deterrence arguments. A hypersonic missile, it claimed
FACT-CHECK: Serhii Kolobov Arrested in Kyiv — What We Know, What We Verify, What Remains Uncertain
On June 30, 2026, in Kyiv, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) arrested Serhii Kolobov, age 65. The charge: high treason. The
OPEN LETTER: Thomas Nilsson Is Right — the Russian Threat Will Outlast Putin, and Europe Must Hear It
On June 30, 2026, Thomas Nilsson, head of the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service (MUST), gave an interview to Bloomberg in
TESTIMONY: Snihurivka, Night of June 30 — A 5,000 m² Store Consumed by Shaheds
On the night of June 30 to July 1, 2026, a Shahed-136 kamikaze drone hit a building materials and DIY store in
NARRATIVE: Nights of Fire Over Occupied Donetsk — Drones, Blackouts, and the Sky as Counteroffensive
In the night of June 28-29, 2026, darkness spread across parts of the territories Moscow illegally occupies. Widespread power outages were reported