Maxime Marquette
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REPORT: KOSTIANTYNIVKA — 53 RUSSIANS FALL EVERY DAY FOR A CITY THEY DO NOT HAVE
On June 23, 2026, from the Kostiantynivka front, Yuriy Madyar — deputy commander of the Ukrainian 19th Army Corps — made public a figure…
DECODING: KOSTIANTYNIVKA — PUTIN LIES, MADYAR RESPONDS WITH NUMBERS
On June 23, 2026, before the cameras, Vladimir Putin declared that Russian forces are advancing on all front lines and are "practically reaching" Kostiantynivka.…
ANALYSIS: THE 2022 ISTANBUL PROTOCOLS — THE SURRENDER ACT PUTIN IS PULLING BACK OUT
On June 23, 2026, Vladimir Putin publicly declared that Russia is ready for peace talks with Ukraine — but only on the basis of…
DECODING: UKRAINIAN DRONES REWRITE THE DOCTRINE OF MODERN WARFARE
May 2026 entered the history of the Russo-Ukrainian war as the first month since 2023 in which Russia recorded a net territorial loss. According…
COMMENTARY: SYCOPHANTIC AI ON THE BATTLEFIELD — THE PLA ISSUES A WARNING FOR ALL OF US
On June 10, 2026, the PLA Daily — the official newspaper of the People's Liberation Army, the highest institutional mouthpiece of the Chinese military…
REPORT: TAIWAN FIRES ITS HIMARS TOWARD THE MAINLAND — A FIRST SHOT THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING
On June 10, 2026, somewhere on the western shore of Taiwan, HIMARS launchers turned their tubes toward the Taiwan Strait — toward, for the…
DECODING: BEIJING CITES SPACEX TO SOUND THE ALARM — ORBITAL MILITARIZATION IS HERE
On June 15, 2026, the PLA Daily — the official newspaper of the Chinese military, propaganda organ of the People's Republic — published two…
ANALYSIS: SIPRI 2026 — THE ERA OF DISARMAMENT IS DEAD AND NOBODY ADMITS IT
On June 8, 2026, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute published its annual yearbook — the most respected independent assessment of the global nuclear…
INVESTIGATION: NORINCO IN PARIS, THE DRAGON SELLS ITS ASSEMBLY LINE TO THE MIDDLE EAST
This may be the most unsettling scene from the fortnight that the defense world staged in Paris in June 2026. At the heart of…