Maxime Marquette
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OP-ED/NOTE: Fire Point and Luch, the context we often forget
Behind the headlines devoted to strikes and casualty tallies, the Ukrainian defense industry is carrying out work that is less spectacular but just as…
FACT CHECK: Decoding whether Fire Point is aiming at Moscow, in three stages
The Ukrainian company Fire Point is developing a family of strike systems that, according to several specialized sources, would progressively target increasingly deep points…
PORTRAIT: 21 ships in 72 hours, between rhetoric and reality
Ukrainian forces claim strikes on 21 ships linked to Russia in just 72 hours, in early July 2026, according to Fox News on July…
COMMENTARY: Striking Russian oil from afar, the strategy strangling Moscow
Since March 2026, the Associated Press has counted more than 50 Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities, according to the LA Times on July…
COLUMN: F-16 and Patriot, the night Russia's top fighter went down
Three Ukrainian F-16s and a Patriot battery coordinated, in early July 2026, an interception that downed a top-tier Russian fighter, according to Euromaidan Press…
INVESTIGATION: The 1,200 km front, a stocktaking without hype
A 1,200-kilometer front cuts across Ukraine as of May 2026, from the Kharkiv region in the north to the edges of the Black Sea…
REPORT: Pokrovsk, a cold read, one month on
A month after the first alarms over the partial encirclement of Pokrovsk, the available figures allow for a calmer reading than the one offered…
DECODING: Why Fire Point matters more than it seems
Behind every deep Ukrainian strike that makes headlines sits a production chain rarely mentioned. That chain has a name: Fire Point.
ANALYSIS: The Omsk strike in five numbers
On July 6, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Omsk refinery for the first time, nearly 2,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, according to Reuters.