Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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OPEN LETTER: $500 million for Ukraine — US Senate, finish the job you started
Senators, you have voted. The Senate Armed Services Committee passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in committee by a vote of 26 to…
TESTIMONY: Zelensky at the European Council — when Ukraine forces Europe to choose sides
On June 18, 2026, the European Council convened in Brussels under particularly tense circumstances. President Volodymyr Zelensky attended in person, accompanied by his diplomatic…
ANALYSIS: Ukraine strikes the Orenburg helium complex — the resource war at 1,200 km from the front
In the night of June 24, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Orenburg gas complex, located more than 1,200 kilometers from the front line. This…
ESSAY: The Lebanon-Israel accord assassinates the ICC — when diplomacy becomes the weapon of denial
On June 27, 2026, American, Israeli, and Lebanese negotiators finalized in Washington a 14-point framework accord intended to end hostilities between Israel and Lebanon.…
PROFILE: Finland opens Europe's first M270 MLRS service center — Tampere, the artillery capital
On June 26, 2026, Finland became the first country in Europe to host a CFCS (Contractor Field Customer Support) center specialized in maintaining the…
COLUMN: Ramstein, four billion dollars — the free world puts its armor back on
On June 18, 2026, the Ukraine Defense Contact Group — the Ramstein format — convened at NATO headquarters in Brussels. This was no ordinary…
EDITORIAL: Russia targets Ukrainian locomotives — killing the rails to kill the nation
On June 25, 2026, Russian forces launched three precise strikes against locomotives belonging to Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine's state railway operator, in the oblasts of Zaporizhzhia…
INVESTIGATION: One million wounded Ukrainian veterans, forty deminers — the gap between reality and means
Ukraine today counts one million wounded veterans. It has funding to train forty of them as deminers. These two figures, placed side by side…
DECODING: Andy Burnham at 10 Downing Street — Ukraine breathes easier, but stays watchful
On June 22, 2026, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation as leader of the Labour Party. This man who had made support…