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DECODING: How Ukraine Turned Russian Refineries Into Daily Targets
Some military campaigns strike the imagination through visible brutality, and others grind down an adversary without ever producing the same media vertigo.
REPORT: Six Takeaways From the NATO Ankara Summit That Change the Game
On the eve of the NATO summit held in Ankara in early July 2026, uncertainty hung over several fronts: the real commitment of the…
REPORT: The Patriot License Promised to Ukraine, an Industrial Revolution on Delay
On July 8, 2026, at the NATO summit held in Ankara, Donald Trump said something the Ukrainian defense industry had been waiting years to…
EDITORIAL: Ukraine is winning the interceptor war, but losing the race against time
It must be said plainly from the first line of this editorial: Ukrainian air defense has held for more than four years against one…
INVESTIGATION: Don-Azov, the Russian canal Ukrainian drones made impossible to hold
The Don-Azov canal, the maritime artery linking the Don river to the Sea of Azov, used to be nothing more than a technical name…
FACT-CHECK: NATO's 11% European defense spending jump is real but not enough
On July 8, 2026, on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, the Alliance confirmed a number that quickly spread across social media…
REPORT: 70 billion for Kyiv, what NATO's pledge actually funds
The NATO summit held in Ankara on July 8, 2026 produced a major financial announcement: Western allies committed to providing at least 70 billion…
REPORT: Syzran, the Russian refinery Ukrainian drones refuse to spare
On the night of July 11 to 12, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the refinery at Syzran, in Samara oblast, more than 900 kilometers from…
DECODING: ISW dissects Russia's July 8 offensive, and finds no real breakthrough
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, the Institute for the Study of War, based in Washington, has published a detailed assessment…