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FACT-CHECK: Victoria Amelina — three years after Kramatorsk, the facts against forgetting
The facts are established. On June 27, 2023, a Russian missile struck the Ria Lounge restaurant in Kramatorsk, in Donetsk Oblast. 13 people were…

DECODING: The GYURZA-02, onboard AI, and the silent revolution of Ukrainian armor
In the Ukrainian military arsenal of 2026, one machine is attracting increasing attention from defense experts: the UAT.GYURZA-02, a modernized armored personnel carrier that…

ANALYSIS: The EU votes unanimously for the first time since March 2025 — and sends a message to Moscow
On June 18 and 19, 2026, European Union heads of state and government convened in Brussels for a European Council that had all the…

ANALYSIS: Putin Admits Fuel Shortages — Russia's Economic Fracture Accelerates
On June 28, 2026, at the United Russia party congress, President Vladimir Putin officially acknowledged that Ukrainian strikes on Russian refinery infrastructure were causing…

DECODING: Asgard, the Ukrainian AI that cuts the planning cycle from 72 hours to 60 minutes
In conventional military doctrine, a corps-level operational planning cycle — the process by which a large formation identifies objectives, assigns assets, calculates timing, coordinates…

FACT-CHECK: Putin admits fuel shortages — verifying the facts of June 28, 2026
On June 28, 2026, at the congress of the United Russia party, President Vladimir Putin publicly addressed Ukrainian strikes on Russian refining infrastructure and…

ANALYSIS: Ukraine and NATO Launch a Competition to Block Russian Airfields
On June 28, 2026, Ukraine and NATO partners launched an open innovation competition with a single objective: find the technologies capable of durably disabling…

DECODING: 5% of GDP on Defense by 2035 — NATO Faces Its Historic Bill
In 2025, at the Hague summit, NATO leaders adopted an objective that had seemed unthinkable to many of them: dedicating 5% of GDP to…

DECODING: How Russia Poisons AI Systems to Rewrite Reality Before the War Even Ends
We thought we had understood Russia's disinformation methods. Fake Twitter accounts. Troll farms in St. Petersburg. Mirror sites imitating legitimate media. Poor-quality but viral…