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OPINION: DART, Ukraine's Cloud-Launched Missile That Shorts Out Russian Power Grids
The image is almost surreal: a stratospheric balloon drifting silently at 11 to 18 kilometres altitude above Russia, carrying a missile that, at the…

OPEN LETTER: Merz, Macron, Starmer, Meloni, Tusk — Europe Finally Speaking With One Voice for Ukraine
Ladies and gentlemen, leaders of Europe, allow me to address this open letter to you following your meeting in Berlin on June 24, 2026.…

TESTIMONY: Kerch in Flames — Russian Spy Ships Volga and Vyatka Destroyed Before They Could Strike
In the night of June 25 to 26, 2026, drones operated by the Ukrainian Security Service — the SBU — struck the Zatoka shipyard…

NARRATIVE: 6,000 Strikes on Ukraine's Energy Grid — €91 Billion in Scars, and Winter Is Coming
Since February 24, 2022, Russia has not only waged war against Ukrainian soldiers and civilians. It has conducted a methodical, systematic war against light,…

REPORT: Sweetheart, Ukraine's 150-km Reconnaissance Drone Flying Under the Radar
Since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022, the war in Ukraine has produced a quiet but radical technological revolution. Great powers pour billions…

REPORT: Ukraine Strikes Crimea's Military Spine — Saky, Hvardiiske, and the S-400 Neutralised
On the night of June 24, 2026, units of the Security Service of Ukraine's Alpha group conducted coordinated strikes on two major Russian military…

DECODING: €251 Million for Ukrainian Housing — How Europe Is Rebuilding While the War Continues
On June 26, 2026, the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) and the Italian government signed a €251 million housing reconstruction agreement for Ukraine.…

ANALYSIS: General Cherry Struck — Why Russia Cannot Stop Ukraine's Drone Factory
On June 22, 2026, Russian forces struck the production facility of General Cherry, one of Ukraine's most prominent domestic drone manufacturers. The attack was…

ESSAY: Putin's "Negotiations" — A Manual of Deliberate Contradiction
On June 23, 2026, Vladimir Putin declared to the world that Russia was "ready to negotiate" — citing the Istanbul 2022 framework, the Anchorage…