Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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INVESTIGATION: May 2026, deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since April 2022
On June 23, 2026, the UN released a report that should have made front pages around the world. In May 2026, at least 274…
REPORT: Fire Point and Hensoldt launch Freyja, Ukraine's low-cost ballistic interceptor
Fire Point did not exist before the Russian invasion of 2022. Founded by Denys Shtilerman and Iryna Terekh — who previously ran a casting…
ANALYSIS: Kostyantynivka on the verge of falling — eight months of siege, a city in agony
Since autumn 2025, Kostyantynivka — a former industrial city of 67,000 inhabitants in Donetsk oblast — has been resisting Russia's stranglehold. Eight months. Eight…
DECODING: Sanctions extended one year: the EU finally changes tempo against Moscow
On June 19, 2026, the European Union made a decision that received little media coverage but is strategically considerable. It extended its entire regime…
OPINION: Russia's deficit explodes: Putin is financing his war on credit
Some numbers tell the truth better than any speech. Russia's budget deficit has exceeded $80 billion in 2026. Not according to hostile Western analysts.…
COMMENTARY: The sanctions wall holds through 2027: patience against chaos
On June 19, 2026, the European Union did something simple but deeply symbolic: it extended its economic sanctions against Russia for one year, instead…
OPINION: The refinery war: Russian oil's Achilles' heel
A few days ago, I read a line in a dispatch and stopped cold: Ukrainian drones had traveled more than 1,300 kilometers to strike…
DECODING: Two years of the Moscow-Pyongyang treaty: the axis of authoritarians
On June 22, 2024, Vladimir Putin landed in Pyongyang and set his signature alongside Kim Jong-un's on a mutual defense treaty. Two years later,…
REPORT: North Korean prisoners: Seoul opens the door Kim wants shut
Somewhere in the Ukrainian detention system are North Korean soldiers. They were captured during fighting in eastern Ukraine, primarily in the Kursk region where…