Maxime Marquette
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ESSAY: The United Kingdom reinvents its army around Ukraine's lessons — £300 billion at stake
On June 30, 2026, Keir Starmer traveled to a drone factory in Maidenhead, Berkshire, to present what he described as a "record
COLUMN: Ukrainian bodies come back booby-trapped — Russia crosses a line nothing can justify
On June 30, 2026, Euromaidan Press published information that surpasses in horror much of what this war has already produced: Ukrainian police
OPINION: The CRINK axis — China, Russia, Iran, North Korea converge in war
There is an acronym that has been circulating for several months in the corridors of Washington think tanks, in Atlantic Council reports,
PROFILE: The F-35 depends on China — Beijing's rare earths time bomb
Every F-35 Joint Strike Fighter contains more than 400 kilograms of rare earth elements. Dysprosium, terbium, neodymium — chemical elements whose names
INVESTIGATION: SCALP missiles manufactured in Ukraine — a Franco-Kyiv deal reshaping the war
On June 29, 2026, Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov used a word that had never been spoken in this context before: "progress."
COMMENTARY: Ukrainian drones strangle Russian logistics at 205 km — Luhansk trembles
On June 30, 2026, the unmanned systems battalion of the 3rd Ukrainian Assault Brigade struck Russian logistics targets in the occupied Luhansk
EDITORIAL: Kim Jong-un Rewrites History — Soldiers Dead in Russia, Heroes in the Textbooks
In June 2026, the Russian Military History Society — a state body — confirmed that Russian school history textbooks would be amended
REPORT: RIMPAC 2026 and the Liaoning — Two Armadas Face Off in the Pacific
On June 24, 2026, the RIMPAC exercise — Rim of the Pacific — officially began in Hawaii. Forty surface ships, five submarines,
DECODING: 16 Gripen E at $2.54 Billion — The Contract Rearming Ukraine From the Air
On June 30, 2026, Saab AB and the FMV — the Försvarets materielverk, Sweden's Defence Materiel Administration — officially signed a contract