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NARRATIVE: Pokrovsk, Huliaipillia, Kostiantynivka — three names that sum up the hell of the Donbas
On June 25, 2026, Ukraine's General Staff recorded 257 combat engagements in a single day across the entire front. Two hundred and fifty-seven. That…
ANALYSIS: The Iran-USA Deal and the Strait of Hormuz — Victory or a Sixty-Day Gamble?
On June 17, 2026, Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian remotely signed a fourteen-point memorandum of understanding (MOU), officially concluding the nearly four…
INVESTIGATION: Apple and the "RAMageddon" — When AI Devours Memory and Drives Up Your Prices
In late June 2026, Apple hit its ecosystem with news nobody wanted to hear: the prices of MacBooks and certain iPad models were going…
PROFILE: Friedrich Merz — The Man Who Wants to Save Germany by Making It Tougher
Friedrich Merz waited. A long time. After being pushed aside from the leadership of the CDU by Angela Merkel at the turn of the…
DECODING: Crossed Blacklists — The US-China Decoupling Becomes Institutional
On June 22, 2026, Beijing drew. In a single day, two Chinese ministries announced coordinated measures directly targeting the American military-industrial ecosystem. The Ministry…
REPORT: Europe on Fire — The June 2026 Heatwave Redefines the Extreme
June 23, 2026 will be etched in collective memory. That day, France recorded the hottest single day in its history since measurements began in…
COMMENTARY: The ECB raises rates — the price of war is being paid in Frankfurt
On June 11, 2026, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) raised all three key interest rates by 25 basis points. The…
ANALYSIS: China encircles Taiwan from the east — the fait accompli strategy
Since June 1, 2026, the waters east of Taiwan — the Pacific Ocean, the island's "forgotten side" — are no longer what they were.…
INVESTIGATION: Musk-Trump, the explosive break that shook American power
November 2024. Elon Musk invests $277 million in Donald Trump's campaign — a record contribution, the largest ever made by a private donor in…