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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…
TESTIMONY: The US-Iran Accord — A Giant Bandage on a Wound That Has Not Healed
On June 15, 2026, a memorandum of understanding was announced between the United States and Iran, establishing a 60-day pause in hostilities following the…
NARRATIVE: The US-Iran Geneva Accord — 60 Days to Avoid Nuclear War
On June 17, 2026, in Geneva, representatives of the United States and Iran initial a 14-point memorandum of understanding. This document is not yet…
ESSAY: China Nibbles at Taiwan One Island at a Time — and the World Looks Away
In June 2026, Chinese coast guard vessels approached or breached the restricted waters of three different Taiwanese island chains in less than three weeks.…
COLUMN: A French NATO Jet Shoots Down a Ukrainian Drone Over Latvia — Russia Turns Our Allies into Targets
On June 8, 2026, a French NATO fighter jet deployed as part of the alliance's Baltic air policing mission in Latvia shot down a…