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REPORT: In Ankara, Zelensky wrestles out a weapons promise still wrapped in fog
On July 8, 2026, in Ankara, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky secured from Donald Trump a long-awaited announcement: a license letting Ukraine build its own…
ANALYSIS: Ukraine's Patriot license won't build a single missile before 2028
On July 8, 2026, at the NATO summit in Ankara, Donald Trump told President Volodymyr Zelensky that the United States would grant Ukraine a…
FACT-CHECK: The Refinery War, How Ukraine Is Hitting Russia's Economic Nerve
For several months, Ukraine has run a systematic campaign of drone strikes against Russian oil refineries, a strategy that directly targets the economic nerve…
ANALYSIS: Trump Lifts Turkish Sanctions and Reopens the Door to Erdogan's F-35s
Donald Trump announced, at the NATO summit in Ankara in early July 2026, that the United States would lift the sanctions imposed on Turkey…
ANALYSIS: The Ankara Summit, Between Spectacular Promises and Real Timelines
The 36th NATO summit, held in Ankara on July 7 and 8, 2026, will be remembered for a striking contrast: between the scale of…
INVESTIGATION: Kostiantynivka, the City Putin Claims to Hold Without Ever Holding It
There are military claims that even the most obedient allies of Russian power eventually can't repeat without wincing. Kostiantynivka has become the clearest example…
ANALYSIS: Pokrovsk, the City Moscow Never Finishes Taking
There are city names that, over months of war, turn into barometers. Pokrovsk is one of them. Since the summer of 2025, this crossroads…
COLUMN: Syzran Burns a Third Time, and Moscow Still Says Nothing
On the night of July 11 to 12, 2026, Ukrainian drones once again struck the Syzran refinery in the Samara region, more than eight…
ANALYSIS: NATO's $1.8 Trillion, the Real Price of Deterring Putin
Combined defense spending across the thirty-two NATO member states surpassed, in 2026, the 1.8 trillion dollar mark, according to projections confirmed in early July…