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FACT-CHECK: Belgium Confirms 7 F-16s for Ukraine in 2026 — Including 3 Operational
Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken publicly confirmed that Belgium will deliver 7 F-16 fighters to Ukraine before the end of 2026. The principle behind…
COMMENTARY: The IMF Unlocks $690 Million for Ukraine — What the EFF Review Really Means
On June 12, 2026, the teams of the International Monetary Fund and the Ukrainian government concluded a staff-level agreement on the first review of…
OPINION: EU Extends Ukrainian Refugee Protection — But Excludes Men of Military Age
The 26th of June 2026 will stand as a notable date in the history of European policy toward Ukraine. That day, two pieces of…
OPEN LETTER: First Open Tender for Strike Drones — Ukraine Reinvents Its Procurement
To those who govern democracies in wartime, to those who manage defence budgets under the pressure of urgency, to those tempted to believe that…
TESTIMONY: Ukrainian Elections Await the End of Martial Law — the 2027–2029 Budget Confirms It
Budgets are political documents before they are financial ones. What a government chooses to include — or to omit — the allocations it forecasts…
NARRATIVE: Russia Listed Alongside ISIS and Al-Qaeda for Crimes Against Ukrainian Children
There are words that, repeated long enough, eventually lose their weight. We must not let that happen to this one: for the fourth consecutive…
REPORT: UK Sends £752 Million — 150,000 Drones and 350 Missiles for Ukraine
On June 23, 2026, British Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis announced the largest British military aid package to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale…
ANALYSIS: Budapest Blocks Ukraine's EU Accession — The Path Grows Dangerously Long
In June 2022, when the European Union granted Ukraine official candidate status, the emotion was overwhelming. It was a historic recognition — a signal…
DECODING: Russia's war economy — exhausted but not yet broken, says Kiel Institute
The report by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy published in June 2026 sums up the state of Russia's economy in a phrase…