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DECODING: Putin Rejects Peace — and Explains Why He Cannot Accept It
When a head of state calls his adversary's government a "regime," he is not just playing with semantics. He is signaling that he does…
ANALYSIS: 259 Engagements in 24 Hours — the Ukrainian Front on the Edge of Endurance
I keep looking for words that match what 259 engagements in a day actually means. I can't find them. It's one of those numbers…
FACT-CHECK: Did the DIU Ghosts Unit Really Disrupt Russian Logistics in Crimea?
It is difficult to fact-check a military strike in occupied territory. Sources are by nature limited, partial, or subject to security imperatives. What I…
OPEN LETTER: To the Talion Drone — Welcome to the War for Ukrainian Skies
There is something strange and poignant about writing an open letter to a drone. But what Talion represents goes beyond the machine: it is…
TESTIMONY: In Doha, Diplomats Seek Peace — and Iran Seeks Its Ransom
There is an almost tragic irony in this scene: two countries that exchanged military strikes barely two weeks ago, that cannot even share a…
NARRATIVE: China Declares Economic War on Japan — 20 Entities Blacklisted
There is something almost clinical about the way Beijing wields these blacklists — like a surgeon who cuts precisely, never slashing. It is a…
INVESTIGATION: AI Defense Center A1 — Ukraine Places Artificial Intelligence Inside the Kill Chain
What the A1 Center does is the military equivalent of a Silicon Valley startup: short cycles, rapid iteration, obsession with the real problem of…
DECODING: Izhevsk at 1,300 km — Ukrainian Drones Strike the Kupol Plant in the Heart of Russia
On the morning of July 1, 2026, long-range drones developed by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) struck the Kupol plant, located
ANALYSIS: Russia's Zircon Is Not Hypersonic — It Is Quasi-Ballistic, and That Changes Everything
For several years, Vladimir Putin's regime has made the Zircon missile one of its preferred deterrence arguments. A hypersonic missile, it claimed