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OPINION: Kaine and Cornyn Want to Bypass Bureaucracy to Deliver Shells to Ukraine
On June 29, 2026, two U.S. senators — Democrat Tim Kaine of Virginia and Republican John Cornyn of Texas — introduced a
PROFILE: How Ukraine Rewrote the United Kingdom's Military Doctrine
On June 30, 2026, just days before leaving Downing Street, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed what may prove his most enduring
DECODING: 194 Russian air defense systems destroyed — and Ukraine has no intention of slowing down
On June 29 and 30, 2026, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces published a tally that deserves to be read slowly: 194 elements of
ANALYSIS: Kim Jong Un and Russia — a military alliance threatening the West from within
According to the annual 2026 U.S. intelligence report, North Korea finds itself in its "strongest strategic position in decades." This phrase is
TESTIMONY: Julie Davis Leaves Kyiv — and Ukraine Is Left Without an American Ambassador
On June 28, 2026, U.S. chargé d'affaires in Ukraine Julie Davis officially concluded her diplomatic mission in Kyiv. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii
NARRATIVE: The night Ukraine struck the brain of Russian missiles in Penza
On the night of June 30 to July 1, 2026, Ukraine carried out a surgically precise strike against a target that most
ESSAY: Kim Jong-un, the June 25 Missiles, and the "Lethal and Destructive" Posture That Changes Everything
Dates matter to dictators. June 25, 1950, was the day North Korea launched its invasion of South Korea, beginning a conflict that
OPINION: Zelensky Mocks Russia's 15 Missed Deadlines — Moscow Obsessed with the Donbas, Ukraine Holds the Wall
Fifteen. That is the numberVolodymyr Zelensky cited on June 29, 2026, when he mocked Russia's repeated Donbas deadlines — each one announced
ANALYSIS: Ukrainian air defense neutralizes 130 drones and a Kh-59 in a single night
During the night of June 30 to July 1, 2026, Russia launched one of its most complex aerial offensives of the month