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INVESTIGATION: the 1,200 km front, the questions few outlets ask
The front stretches roughly 1,200 kilometers across Ukraine as of May 2026, according to data reported by Ukraine War Analytics on May 28, 2026.
REPORT: what Pokrovsk reveals about the current balance of power
In May 2026, Russian forces were 3 to 5 kilometers from the center of Pokrovsk, on the southeastern corridor, according to data reported by…
DECODING: Fire Point, one week later, the picture taking shape
Fire Point produces roughly 200 long-range strike drones per day, across its FP-1 and FP-2 families, according to data reported by DroneXL on March…
ANALYSIS: Omsk, what the numbers confirm one month after the strike
On July 6, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Omsk refinery for the first time, some 2,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, according to reporting…
OP-ED/NOTE: Yaroslavl and Saratov, the map of refineries under fire
Two Russian refineries, separated by several hundred kilometers, hit within days of each other. At Yaroslavl, a direct hit sparked a fire in late…
PORTRAIT: Denys Shtilerman's Fire Point, engineer of war
"We're calmly producing about 200 units a day," Denys Shtilerman told DroneXL on March 9, 2026, with the composure of a man discussing production…
COMMENTARY: toward a Ukrainian missile shield, the Fire Point-Hensoldt alliance
A German defense group and a Ukrainian drone company are teaming up to build what could become the first building block of a joint…
COLUMN: Ukraine's battle of numbers, 697 targets in Russia
Six hundred ninety-seven. That is the number of successful strikes on Russian targets claimed by General Oleksandr Syrsky over a six-month period, according to…
EDITORIAL: the human cost of Ukraine's energy winter
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians spent parts of this winter without heat, according to a Reuters report dated March 5, 2026, a stark reminder…