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ANALYSIS: Diehl is Producing the Flamingo in Germany — The First Ukrainian Missile on NATO Soil
Just a few years ago, the idea would have seemed like military science fiction: a missile designed in Ukraine, mass-produced on the
DECODED: FP-7 and FP-9 — the Ukrainian ballistic missiles that will put Moscow in range
In 2022, just as Vladimir Putin’s missiles were ravaging Ukrainian cities, a handful of engineers founded Fire Point in a context of
ANALYSIS: Flamingo, the Pink Octopus — How a $500,000 Missile Defies the Tomahawk
In Paris, June 2026, amid the Eurosatory booths where global defense giants like Lockheed Martin, MBDA, and Rheinmetall converge, a bubblegum-pink, six-ton
FACT-CHECK: The Belarusian School Bus — Moscow Accuses, Kyiv Denies, What Does the Evidence Say?
On June 17, 2026, on the A-240 highway in the Potioptchi district of the Bryansk region of Russia, a double-decker bus was
ANALYSIS: Middle strike — the Ukrainian doctrine transforming Russia's logistics war
There is a moment in every conflict when a military innovation stops being just another tool and becomes the pivot of the
ANALYSIS: Kapotnya, the Heart of Moscow — 40% of the Capital's Fuel Targeted
On June 16, 2026, long-range Ukrainian drones pierced several rings of air defense and struck the ELOU-AVT-6 primary distillation unit of the
ANALYSIS: One-Third of Russian Refining Offline — The Arithmetic of Collapsing Fuel
Less than 4 million barrels per day. This is the threshold that Russian refining crossed downward for the first time in 21
ANALYSIS: Hlibivske — How Crimea's Only Gas Storage Facility Caught Fire
On the night of June 19 to 20, 2026, something extraordinary happened on the Tarkhankut Peninsula, on the far western edge of
BREAKDOWN: China at Scarborough Shoal — Platform Installed and Removed in 3 Weeks, Victory or Test?
On May 25, 2026, commercial satellite imagery captured a reflective square object inside the Scarborough Shoal lagoon. Three weeks later, it was gone —…