Maxime Marquette
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ESSAY: UK-Ukraine strategic dialogue — when justice becomes a weapon of war
On June 23, 2026, the leaders of Ukraine and the United Kingdom published a Joint Declaration on Strategic Dialogue that deserves careful reading —…
PROFILE: Crimea besieged — portrait of a peninsula collapsing under drones
There are moments when an administrative act tells a war better than any military report. On June 26, 2026, the pro-Russian authorities installed in…
COLUMN: Resisting in Kherson under occupation — and spending twenty years in prison for it
On June 18, 2026, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don heard the indictment in the case of three men from Kherson: Oleksandr Kruchynenko,…
EDITORIAL: Freya, the Ukrainian interceptor at $700,000 that challenges the Patriot monopoly
On June 18, 2026, the 35th meeting of the Ramstein Contact Group convened not at Ramstein but in Brussels. Fifty-seven countries present. Four billion…
INVESTIGATION: Anchorage phantom summit — Rubio vs. the Russian lie
For several weeks in June 2026, a strange diplomatic dance has been playing out between Washington and Moscow. Russia claims that "agreements" were reached…
REPORT: Chonhar, Crimea's chokepoint that Ukraine destroys one drone at a time
Since early June 2026, the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has published multiple video sequences showing Russian military trucks on fire near Chonhar, at…
COMMENTARY: The STCA in its "skeleton phase" — real justice or institutional illusion?
The Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine — the STCA — is entering what JusticeInfo.net calls its "skeleton phase." This international…
OPEN LETTER: Macron, Merz, Starmer — Europe must say no to American disengagement on Ukraine
On June 24, 2026, the leaders of Europe's five largest powers gathered in Berlin in what is called the E5 format: German Chancellor Friedrich…
TESTIMONY: Ukraine glide-bombs Russia — in pairs, exactly as Russia did for three years
For three years, Russia pounded Ukraine with glide bombs — KABs of various calibers dropped by Su-34s and Su-30s flying in paired formations, with…