Maxime Marquette
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COLUMN: Fico at Ankara without a mandate — NATO solidarity tested by one man
On June 27, 2026, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico publicly announced that Slovakia would attend the NATO summit in Ankara, on July 7–8, 2026,…
FACT-CHECK: SSU Strikes Cable Ships Volga and Vyatka in Kerch — What We Actually Know
On the night of June 26, 2026, drones from the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) struck the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch, in occupied Crimea.…
COMMENTARY: Poland-Ukraine — When a Historical Quarrel Plays Into Putin's Hands
The Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 was held in Gdańsk — a symbolic city above all others, the cradle of Solidarity, the place where resistance…
OPEN LETTER: Mr. Putin, Your 15 Regions Without Fuel Are Writing to You From Siberia
Mr. Putin, allow me to begin with the facts. On June 23, 2026, at least 15 Russian regions introduced restrictions on gasoline sales. Not…
TESTIMONY: Ukrainian Magura drones tested by US special forces in the Philippines
In late June 2026, Bloomberg reported something that would have sounded like science fiction two years earlier: United States special forces had used Ukrainian…
NARRATIVE: Zelensky gives Lukashenko an ultimatum — the drone relay stations go dark
On June 19, 2026, Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with the cold precision of a man who does not bluff. He gave Alexander Lukashenko — president…
DECODING: NOAH X Unveils the Harpoon, a Ship-Killing USV That Is Changing the Rules
At the Ukrainian-Nordic DIH Naval Forge 2026 conference held in Kyiv in late June, another Ukrainian naval innovation was presented to international observers: the…
ANALYSIS: The Smyrtos and Its Russian Oil — a Financial Weapon for Ukraine Waiting at Weymouth
On June 14, 2026, Royal Marines and law enforcement officers boarded the Smyrtos — a tanker flying a Cameroonian flag — in the English…
PROFILE: Mohamed Abdel — The Egyptian Cook Killed by a Russian Drone on a Civilian Cargo Ship in the Black Sea
The Victress was a cargo vessel. It was owned by a Turkish businessman named Cengiz Akpınar. It sailed under a Panamanian flag — a…