Maxime Marquette
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REPORT: Kharkiv — 300 Russian losses per day, the spring offensive turns into a disaster
Between June 20 and June 23, 2026, according to Ukrainian analysts and data relayed by RBC-Ukraine, Russia was recording approximately 300 losses
DECODING: Sumy — Russian FPV drones hunt civilians, three generations of one family killed
On June 22, 2026, in the Sumy region, a Russian strike killed three generations of one family. A grandparent, a parent, a
ANALYSIS: Zaporizhzhia loses power for the 20th time — the unbearable nuclear roulette
On June 20, 2026, the International Atomic Energy Agency recorded the twentieth interruption of the external power supply at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear
DECODING: NATO 3.0, the E5 in Berlin and Europe Learning to Walk Alone
On June 24, 2026, the leaders of the five largest military powers in the European Union — Germany, France, the United Kingdom,
ANALYSIS: Russia's Shadow Fleet Hunted — France Seizes a Tanker off Sicily
On June 24, 2026, Emmanuel Macron announced the interception of a Russian shadow fleet tanker off Sicily, according to RBC Ukraine. This
TESTIMONY: Golden Dome, $350 Billion — the Shield That Divides America
On June 24, 2026, the Pentagon disclosed to a Congress already saturated by budget debates its spending plan for the first tranche
OPEN LETTER: Anthropic Cut Off, China Advances — AI Is Now a Cold War Weapon
I am writing to you from June 2026, the month when it became impossible to talk about artificial intelligence without talking about
FACT-CHECK: Kyiv's Lavra Burned by Russia — 19 Heritage Sites Destroyed, the Evidence
In the night of 14 to 15 June 2026, a Russiandrone of the Geran-2 type struck the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk
ESSAY: Alpha SBU, 32 Years of Secret War — 649 Russian Air Defence Systems Destroyed
On 23 June 2026, the Alpha Special Operations Centre of the SBU — Ukraine's Security Service — celebrated its 32nd anniversary. In