Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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ANALYSIS: Two Norwegian deminers killed in Kherson — a documented war crime
On June 24, 2026, in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine, a Russian strike killed two deminers and wounded four others working for Norwegian…
DECODING: American MAAWLR Systems — Ukraine's Secret Weapon for Air Defense
Ukraine has received and deployed on the battlefield the MAAWLR (Medium Advanced Air and Missile Launch Rail) systems from American company Sierra Nevada Corporation,…
FACT-CHECK: Russia's Central Bank Attacks the EU in Luxembourg — Real Case or Delaying Tactic?
On February 27, 2026, the Central Bank of Russia filed a formal complaint before the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg. The…
DECODING: Krasnodar and Yaroslavl refineries in flames — Putin admits the energy disaster
In the night of June 27–28, 2026, Ukrainian drones simultaneously struck two Russian refineries on two geographically distinct fronts. The first strike targeted the…
ANALYSIS: The ICC, Russia's central bank, and the reclassification of financial war crimes
On June 27, 2026, Euromaidan Press published an interview revealing the full scope of a complaint filed before the International Criminal Court in July…
PROFILE: The SABER Act, the law that forces Putin to fund his own defeat
On June 23, 2026, six American senators — three Democrats and three Republicans — introduced a bill that could fundamentally transform the nature of…
COLUMN: 660 drones in the night — Ukraine transforms Russian skies into an industrial hell
On the night of June 25 to 26, 2026, Ukraine launched what the Russian Defense Ministry itself described as the largest drone wave ever…
EDITORIAL: 68,900 war crimes, 97 convictions — international justice is falling behind
On June 22, 2026, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Andriy Kravchenko presented his one-year activity report — and the numbers it contained should have stopped every…
INVESTIGATION: The Patriot license — how Ukraine convinced Trump with its own drones
On June 16, 2026, in Évian, on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky met with American president Donald…