Maxime Marquette
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ESSAY: Konstantynivka Burns — and Russia Advances, Block by Block
Some figures do not lie. Fifty-six combat engagements recorded in a single day on the Ukrainian front — nine simultaneously active sectors
NARRATIVE: The Belarus repeaters — Minsk, a platform for guiding Russian drones
On June 21, 2026, President Zelensky revealed the existence of four Russian repeater stations installed in the oblasts of Gomel and Brest
PROFILE: Putin facing the mirror — he admits Ukraine's impact and denies his own economy
On June 23, 2026, Vladimir Putin spoke words that no one in his circle would have imagined hearing eighteen months earlier. He
COMMENTARY: SBU and FBI against Russian hackers — the digital threat facing the West
On June 25, 2026, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) jointly published an exposé of a
OPINION: 800,000 targets struck — the first half of 2026 proves Ukraine is droning this war
Some numbers, when you read them for the first time, force you to stop. More than 800,000 Russian military targets struck by
COLUMN: Ramstein 35 — $4 billion, the Freya interceptor, and the promise of a Ukrainian sky finally defended
June 18, 2026, Brussels. The 35th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group — the so-called "Ramstein" format — produced military commitments
INVESTIGATION: 60,000 tons of ammunition destroyed at the heart of Russia's Baltic Fleet logistics
On June 24, 2026, President Zelensky confirmed one of the most audacious strikes of the entire war: deep operations on Russian territory
REPORT: Crimea besieged — total energy and port blockade at the heart of the occupied peninsula
Between June 19 and 25, 2026, Ukraine conducted against occupied Crimea a strike campaign of unprecedented intensity since the illegal annexation of
DECODING: 200 drones over Moscow — the night that erased the idea of an untouchable Russia
Some nights shift the coordinates of history. The night of June 17 to 18, 2026 is one of them. Ukraine launched nearly