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INVESTIGATION: The 1,200 km front, a stocktaking without hype
A 1,200-kilometer front cuts across Ukraine as of May 2026, from the Kharkiv region in the north to the edges of the Black Sea…
REPORT: Pokrovsk, a cold read, one month on
A month after the first alarms over the partial encirclement of Pokrovsk, the available figures allow for a calmer reading than the one offered…
DECODING: Why Fire Point matters more than it seems
Behind every deep Ukrainian strike that makes headlines sits a production chain rarely mentioned. That chain has a name: Fire Point.
ANALYSIS: The Omsk strike in five numbers
On July 6, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Omsk refinery for the first time, nearly 2,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, according to Reuters.
OP-ED/NOTE: field notes on Yaroslavl and Saratov
The Yaroslavl refinery was struck directly in late March 2026, followed by a fire, according to CNN on March 28, 2026. The regional governor…
FACT CHECK: Ust-Luga and Primorsk, the questions few outlets are asking
The Ust-Luga oil terminal on the Baltic Sea was struck twice in one week by long-range Ukrainian drones, according to an established journalistic source,…
PORTRAIT: what Denys Shtilerman and Fire Point reveal about a shifting balance of power
Denys Shtilerman is the co-founder and chief designer of Fire Point, the Ukrainian company whose industrial rise has upended the balance of military production…
COMMENTARY: toward a Ukrainian missile shield, one week later
The German defense firm Hensoldt announced a joint project with the Ukrainian company Fire Point to develop an anti-ballistic system, according to The Atlantic…
COLUMN: Ukraine's battle of the numbers, what the figures actually confirm
General Oleksandr Syrsky claimed 697 successful strikes against Russian targets over six months, according to Euronews on July 10, 2026.