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PROFILE: KAB glide bombs, Russia's guided munitions devastating Pokrovsk — portrait of a terror weapon
The KAB — from the Russian Korrektiruyemaya Aviabomba, meaning "correctable aerial bomb" — is the weapon that has come to define Russia's air campaign…
COLUMN: Seven Years for Two Tweets — Putin's Russia Devours Its Last Opponents
On June 24, 2026, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow delivered its verdict: Maxim Kruglov, 39 years old, vice-chairman of the liberal opposition party…
EDITORIAL: The Vyrivnyuvach Ukrainian Guided Bomb — A Precision Revolution Made in Ukraine
In June 2026, two Ukrainian-made guided bombs left the wings of a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 and struck Russian defensive trenches on the front…
REPORT: Kostyantynivka — 53 Russian dead for every 3 Ukrainians, the numbers Putin denies
On June 23, 2026, the deputy commander of the Ukrainian 19th Army Corps, Yuriy Madyar, delivered a figure no propaganda can erase: Russian forces…
DECODING: How Russia Poisons AI Systems to Rewrite Reality Before the War Even Ends
We thought we had understood Russia's disinformation methods. Fake Twitter accounts. Troll farms in St. Petersburg. Mirror sites imitating legitimate media. Poor-quality but viral…
ESSAY: Zelensky Tightens the Vise — the Ukrainian Sanctions Strangling Russia's War Machine
There is a war being waged without the sound of cannons. Without drone footage. Without columns of black smoke over refineries. It is the…
PROFILE: The New Reach of Ukrainian Strikes — When Kyiv Learns to Hit Far and Hard
Some changes in war are measured in kilometers. On June 23, 2026, Meduza — the independent Russian-language media outlet in exile — published a…
OPINION: OFAC Removes Russians from Sanctions — Trump Quietly Yields to Moscow
On June 24, 2026, OFAC — the Office of Foreign Assets Control within the U.S. Treasury Department — quietly removed from its SDN list…
TESTIMONY: Putin Sends His Veterans to the Duma — War as the Regime's Political Springboard
On June 28, 2026, Dmitry Medvedev announced that United Russia, the ruling party, would field nearly 500 veterans of the war against Ukraine as…