Maxime Marquette
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TESTIMONY: €3.2 Billion from the EU for Ukraine in Gdańsk — a promise that must not be broken
On June 25, 2026, at the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdańsk, the European Commission disbursed the first installment of €3.2 billion under the…
NARRATIVE: Bars RS — Ukraine's 1,000 km missile that struck Moscow and changed the war
On June 22, 2026, specialized outlet Defence Express published a trajectory analysis that landed like a bombshell in defense circles: Ukraine's Bars RS cruise…
REPORT: The E5 Berlin Summit — Europe's Five Military Powers Unite for Ukraine
On June 24, 2026, the leaders of the five largest military powers in Europe gathered in Berlin under the informal format known as the…
ANALYSIS: France's Cyber Defense Regiment Goes to Learn Digital Warfare from the Ukrainians
On June 24, 2026, Intelligence Online revealed a piece of information that passed almost unnoticed beneath the noise of strikes and summits: the French…
INVESTIGATION: At the OSCE, the EU denounces Russia's hybrid threats — and Moscow's isolation
On June 24, 2026, in Vienna, at the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation (session N°1140), the European Union and its member states took the…
REPORT: Russian spies hack the messaging apps of Ukrainian officers and officials
On June 25, 2026, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), in collaboration with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, revealed a systematic campaign of Russian…
DECODING: Navalny's torturers under EU sanctions — FSB, judges and surveillance algorithms
On June 15, 2026, the Council of the European Union adopted a so-called "mini" sanctions package against Russia, hitting a total of 34 individuals…
ANALYSIS: Killing a deminer is an assault on humanity itself — NPA struck in Kherson
On June 24, 2026, in Novopetrivka, a village in the Vysokopillia community of Kherson Oblast, Russian artillery killed two humanitarian demining specialists from Norwegian…
ESSAY: 600 Patriot PAC-2 Missiles for Ukraine — Why the $3.7 Billion COMLOG Contract Changes Everything
When President Zelensky revealed that Ukraine would receive 600 Patriot PAC-2 GEM-T missiles, the announcement traveled through command centers and foreign ministries with the…