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COLUMN: Kavkaz in Flames — Ukraine Isolates Crimea Through the Kerch Strait
On June 21, 2026, Ukrainian defense forces struck the port of Kavkaz in Russia's Krasnodar Krai — the primary transit point on the Russian…
OPINION: Putin Says Ukraine Is Retreating — The Front Lines Say Otherwise
On June 28, 2026, Vladimir Putin addressed the congress of his party, United Russia, in a speech that said everything — not through what…
PROFILE: Russia Builds Bases on the Finnish Border — 115,000 Potential Soldiers on NATO's Flank
In June 2026, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) published a pair of assessments that stopped European security analysts cold. Russia, its…
INVESTIGATION: NATO's Ankara Summit, a Two-Speed Stage for Zelensky and Ukraine
On July 7 and 8, 2026, the leaders of the 32 NATO member states gathered at the Beştepe Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey. Outside,…
COMMENTARY: Putin Calls Elections for September — United Russia Recruits War Veterans
On June 16, 2026, Vladimir Putin signed a decree convening elections to the State Duma for September 20, 2026. On June 28, at the…
EDITORIAL: Ukraine Destroys the Chonhar Bridges — Crimea Cut Off From Its Land Links With Russia
On June 23, 2026, Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said it plainly: "The bridge no longer exists." No euphemism, no diplomatic hedging — a…
REPORT: Crimea Under a State of Emergency — Fuel Shortages and Blackouts After 40 Days of Strikes
On June 26, 2026, the Russian occupation authorities in Crimea signed decrees declaring a regional state of emergency. The official justification: the need to…
DECODING: Kinburn Recaptured by Ukraine — Russians Expelled From a Stronghold Held Four Years on the Dnieper
On June 25, 2026, soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine raised the Ukrainian national flag on the Kinburn Spit, in Mykolaiv Oblast. It…
ANALYSIS: Ukraine Strikes the Voronezh Electronics Factory — Russian Missiles Robbed of Their Brain
On June 22, 2026, Ukraine struck the VZPP — Voronezh Semiconductor Device Plant, a factory in the western Russian city of Voronezh that produces…