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COMMENTARY: North Korean Coal Thrives in the Shadows — When the UN Looks Away
50,000 to 80,000 people condemned to work in mines because they were born into the wrong family at the wrong moment in history —…
ANALYSIS: The Vyrivniuvach Bomb Enters Combat — Ukraine Rebalances the Air War
Watching a Ukrainian weapon go from exhibition to operational in a matter of weeks is to understand that industrial warfare has its own rules…
FACT-CHECK: 721,300 Russian Soldiers and 35,000 Losses Per Month — What These Numbers Really Mean
In this war, numbers are weapons. Russia minimizes its losses. Ukraine has an interest in showing that resistance works. NATO has an interest in…
OPEN LETTER: Ukraine, Lasers, and Interceptor Drones — The Silent Revolution in Air Defense
What Ukraine is doing with interceptor drones is not merely a tactical response to a tactical threat. It is proof that a nation fighting…
TESTIMONY: Russia–North Korea Bridge Delayed — Fractured Symbol of a Hollow Alliance
North Korea built its side of the bridge. Russia did not build its own. In a relationship supposedly between equal partners — or at…
NARRATIVE: Russian Soldiers Trained in China — The Secret Program Alarming Europe
Beijing says it is neutral in Russia's war against Ukraine. Beijing presents itself as a peace mediator. And simultaneously, Beijing welcomes Russian soldiers into…
ESSAY: NATO Ankara, July 2026 — The Alliance Survives Trump, Ukraine Awaits Its Guarantees
This conversion of Atlanticist discourse into economic argument is both clever and troubling. It may work with Trump. It also means the alliance's value…
OPINION: Penza Burns — Ukraine Just Struck the Brain of Putin's Missile Arsenal
I won't hide my initial reaction: this strike felt different. Not because it's spectacular — the war in Ukraine is full of spectacular strikes.…
PROFILE: Bohdan, Oleksandr, Serhii — Three Soldiers Ukraine's Military Reform Leaves Behind
Before discussing numbers and contractual structures, we need to name what these soldiers have been through. Four years at the front. Comrades killed beside…