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OPINION: Ukraine Strikes Russian Refineries — 25% of Capacity Goes Up in Smoke
There is something deeply symbolic in this act of war: Ukraine, fighting for its survival for more than four years with often inadequate means,…
PROFILE: Putin's Russia — A War Economy Devouring Its Own Future in Q1 2026
In the first quarter of 2026, Russia devoted 5.9 trillion rubles — approximately $81.4 billion — to military spending. That figure represents 46% of…
INVESTIGATION: Russia's War Economy Reaches Its Limits — What the Kiel Report Says
Since 2022, one narrative has dominated discussions about Russia's economic resilience: Putin is holding, the sanctions are not working, the ruble is surviving, Russia's…
COMMENTARY: Ukraine-EU Cluster 1 opens — a historic breakthrough that must stay on track
On June 15, 2026, in Luxembourg, at the second EU-Ukraine accession conference, something happened that many had stopped hoping for over months: the European…
EDITORIAL: 1.5 million Ukrainians returned to war zones — the impossible homecoming the world ignores
They came back. Despite everything. Despite the shells falling a few kilometers away. Despite gutted houses, mined streets, windows boarded up with cardboard. 1.55…
REPORT: Ukraine's economy contracts for the first time since the wartime recovery began
The National Bank of Ukraine confirmed on June 18, 2026: Ukraine's real GDP declined by 0.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026 —…
DECODING: The Gdańsk Conference — €10 billion to rebuild Ukraine under the bombs
There is a deep irony — or perhaps a calculated intention — in the fact that the 5th International Conference on the Reconstruction of…
ANALYSIS: Russia engraves its North Korean soldiers into school textbooks — the propaganda of blood
In June 2026, Russia announced a revision of its single national history textbook — the book imposed in all Russian schools by personal decree…
FACT-CHECK: Kim Jong Un modernizes his arsenal — what the June 25, 2026 tests actually reveal
June 25, 2026 marked the 76th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, when North Korean forces invaded South Korea in 1950. Kim…