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ANALYSIS: One-Third of Russian Refining Offline — The Arithmetic of Collapsing Fuel
Less than 4 million barrels per day. This is the threshold that Russian refining crossed downward for the first time in 21
ANALYSIS: Hlibivske — How Crimea's Only Gas Storage Facility Caught Fire
On the night of June 19 to 20, 2026, something extraordinary happened on the Tarkhankut Peninsula, on the far western edge of
REPORT: Tyumen, 2,000 km — The Ukrainian Drone That Struck the Deepest Reaches of Siberia
On June 20, 2026, somewhere in Russian Western Siberia, a column of black smoke rose above the Tyumen refinery—formerly known as the
COLUMN: Putin Rejects Peace — the West Must Hold or Lose Everything
On June 5, 2026, before cameras from around the world gathered at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Vladimir Putin pronounced the words many…
BREAKDOWN: China at Scarborough Shoal — Platform Installed and Removed in 3 Weeks, Victory or Test?
On May 25, 2026, commercial satellite imagery captured a reflective square object inside the Scarborough Shoal lagoon. Three weeks later, it was gone —…
OPEN LETTER: Trump Is Dismantling the Right to Vote, and No One Seems Willing to Stop Him
An open letter to American citizens, elected officials, federal institutions, and Western allies: what is happening in the United States is not a partisan…
COMMENTARY: Trump's $70 Billion Deportation Machine — Sovereignty or Authoritarian Drift?
On June 10, 2026, Trump signed the Secure America Act — nearly $70 billion for ICE and CBP, funded through 2029 with no meaningful…
COMMENTARY: Trump Is Holding National Security Hostage to Force Through His Election Law
For the first time since its creation in 2008, FISA Section 702 — the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — expired on June 12, 2026.…
FIELD REPORT: The Night Ukraine Hit Putin's Shadow Fleet in the Heart of the Black Sea
On the night of June 16–17, 2026, a sanctioned Russian oil tanker burst into flames in the Black Sea. Ukraine's drone forces didn't just…