Analysis
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ANALYSIS: The ICC, Russia's central bank, and the reclassification of financial war crimes
On June 27, 2026, Euromaidan Press published an interview revealing the full scope of a complaint filed before the International Criminal Court in July…
DECODING: Zelensky's 40-Day Operation — Striking Russia Until It Negotiates
Some military decisions redraw the map of a conflict. On June 25, 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made one of them. After a working…
ANALYSIS: The 21st Sanctions Package — oil at $44, cod, and Kirill at the heart of the friction
Since 2022, the European Union has adopted twenty sanctions packages against Russia. Each one has generated internal friction — Hungary blocking, Italy negotiating exemptions…
DECODING: Lyman Direction — why it's the most dangerous northern axis of the Ukrainian front
On June 27, 2026, Ukrainian forces repelled 16 Russian assault attempts in the Lyman direction alone — equal to all other northern axes of…
FACT-CHECK: 76th prisoner exchange — 160 Ukrainian defenders come home
On June 26, 2026, Ukraine and Russia conducted the 76th prisoner exchange since the start of the large-scale war in February 2022. 160 Ukrainian…
ANALYSIS: 241 clashes in a single day — the Ukrainian front of June 27 under the microscope
On June 27, 2026, the Ukrainian General Staff recorded 241 clashes in a single day across the entire front. That raw number — 241…
ANALYSIS: Kostyantynivka on the verge of falling — eight months of siege, a city in agony
Since autumn 2025, Kostyantynivka — a former industrial city of 67,000 inhabitants in Donetsk oblast — has been resisting Russia's stranglehold. Eight months. Eight…
DECODING: Sanctions extended one year: the EU finally changes tempo against Moscow
On June 19, 2026, the European Union made a decision that received little media coverage but is strategically considerable. It extended its entire regime…
DECODING: Two years of the Moscow-Pyongyang treaty: the axis of authoritarians
On June 22, 2024, Vladimir Putin landed in Pyongyang and set his signature alongside Kim Jong-un's on a mutual defense treaty. Two years later,…