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INVESTIGATION: The Low-Cost Missile Gamble, the Questions Few Outlets Ask
A Ukrainian manufacturer claims to have gone from zero to one hundred long-range drones a day, and is now preparing a low-cost missile interceptor…

REPORT: On the Front, FPV Drones Have Redefined Every Meter Won
Ukraine reportedly produces between two and three million FPV drones per year as of late 2025, according to Ukraine War Analytics.

DECODING: Chasiv Yar, One Week Later, What the Assessment Really Says
Chasiv Yar has not changed hands, but it has lost none of its status as the most contested city on the eastern front. According…

ANALYSIS: The Occupied Crimea Blackout, What the Numbers Actually Confirm
Thirty-eight energy facilities knocked offline in just over a month: that is the figure circulating since July 6, 2026 regarding occupied Crimea and the…

OP-ED/NOTE: Fire Point and Luch, the context we often forget
Behind the headlines devoted to strikes and casualty tallies, the Ukrainian defense industry is carrying out work that is less spectacular but just as…

FACT CHECK: Decoding whether Fire Point is aiming at Moscow, in three stages
The Ukrainian company Fire Point is developing a family of strike systems that, according to several specialized sources, would progressively target increasingly deep points…

PORTRAIT: 21 ships in 72 hours, between rhetoric and reality
Ukrainian forces claim strikes on 21 ships linked to Russia in just 72 hours, in early July 2026, according to Fox News on July…

COMMENTARY: Striking Russian oil from afar, the strategy strangling Moscow
Since March 2026, the Associated Press has counted more than 50 Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities, according to the LA Times on July…

COLUMN: F-16 and Patriot, the night Russia's top fighter went down
Three Ukrainian F-16s and a Patriot battery coordinated, in early July 2026, an interception that downed a top-tier Russian fighter, according to Euromaidan Press…