Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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OPEN LETTER: Huliaipole and Orikhiv — This Too-Often Forgotten Front Cannot Fall
Some city names come back every week in war briefings. Pokrovsk. Toretsk. Bakhmut, once. And then there is Huliaipole — a name that rarely…
TESTIMONY: Belgium Delivers 7 F-16s to Ukraine — The Decision That Changes the Air Game
On June 18, 2026, at the NATO Defence Ministers' meeting in Brussels, Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken announced a commitment that landed like a…
NARRATIVE: The Day Putin Admitted — Ukrainian Strikes "Are Damaging the Russian Economy"
Vladimir Putin's words during the Kremlin videoconference on Tuesday, June 24, 2026 made their way around the world's military and political newsrooms within hours.…
ESSAY: 1,397,060 Russian Soldiers — When the Ledger of Death Becomes a Weapon of War
On June 25, 2026, the Ukrainian General Staff published its latest update on estimated Russian casualties since the start of the full-scale invasion: 1,397,060…
COLUMN: +12.7% per Month — the Ukrainian Drone Revolution Putin Can No Longer Ignore
In May 2026, Ukrainian drones confirmed 180,000 enemy targets struck. One hundred and eighty thousand. In a single month. This represents a 12.7% increase…
OPINION: The FPV Fiber Optic Drone — How 100 Kilometers of Wire Change All the Rules of War
Imagine a combat drone that cannot be jammed. Not because it is equipped with revolutionary countermeasure technology. Not because it transmits on unreachable frequencies.…
PROFILE: "The Ninth" — the Ukrainian Ghost Who Hunts Putin's Ghost Fleet
His name is "The Ninth." That is all the world knows about him. No first name. No official rank. No photograph. Just a call…
INVESTIGATION: The Ukrainian Drone That Exploded in a NATO Port — Russian Electronic Warfare Strikes Constanta
On June 5, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. local time, an explosion rang out in the civilian port of Constanta, Romania. Not a Russian missile.…
COMMENTARY: Russian Drones Kill a Civilian Sailor in the Black Sea — the Maritime Terrorism the World Ignores
On June 19, 2026, two civilian merchant ships were leaving Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea with their cargo holds full. One flew the…