Maxime Marquette
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REPORT: Iranian ballistic missiles hit a US base, CENTCOM says intercepted
At 5:45 p.m. ET on July 28, 2026 , forces of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched several ballistic missiles from Iranian territory at…
ANALYSIS: A third quiet night between Washington and Tehran, no one calls it peace
For a third consecutive night, US and Iranian forces held their fire, according to Euronews on July 27, 2026 , ending a run of…
DECODING: Ukraine holds 22 Belarusians, offers one spy in trade
Twenty-two Belarusian nationals who fought for Russia are now held in Ukrainian prisoner-of-war facilities, up from a previously reported 17, according to Ukraine 's…
ANALYSIS: The US asked for a ceasefire at the UN, Moscow stayed seated
On July 28, 2026 , at a session of the UN Security Council , American representative Dan Negrea declared: "Too much blood has been…
NARRATIVE: Four years after Olenivka, the families are still waiting for a courtroom
July 28, 2026 marks the fourth anniversary of the explosion that destroyed a barracks at the Volnovakha Penal Colony No. 120 in occupied Donetsk…
ANALYSIS: One night, 131 drones, and the arithmetic of Ukraine's air defense
Between 18:00 on July 27 and 08:00 on July 28, 2026 , Russia launched 131 Shahed-type attack drones against Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian…
INVESTIGATION: NABU targets a former top official, and Kyiv's credibility is on the line
On July 27, 2026 , Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) announced that an organized group had allegedly embezzled and laundered more than 37 million…
DECODING: Rostec swallows the Russian airlines sanctions already gutted
Rostec is merging four Russian air transport entities into a single holding company, according to an assessment from Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service dated July…
FACT CHECK: Russia's martial law rumor has one anonymous source, not one fact
No official Russian authority had announced national martial law as of July 28, 2026. What exists is an article from the Moscow Times published…