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OPINION: Penza Burns — Ukraine Just Struck the Brain of Putin's Missile Arsenal
I won't hide my initial reaction: this strike felt different. Not because it's spectacular — the war in Ukraine is full of spectacular strikes.…
OPINION: Kstovo burns again — Ukraine strikes NORSI for the fourth time
There is something deeply symbolic about Ukraine striking a refinery 800 kilometers from its border, in the night, while Ukrainian soldiers hold trenches in…
OPINION: Kostiantynivka, the fortress that holds — but for how much longer?
There is something vertiginous about looking at a map and understanding that the survival of a city of 70,000 — reduced to 2,000 souls…
OPINION: Berlin, the Five, and Europe's Silent Test of Will Ahead of Ankara
On June 24, 2026, in Berlin, five European heads of government sat down at the same table. Friedrich Merz (Germany), Emmanuel Macron
OPINION: Ukraine and its Constitution — EU membership requires rewriting the fundamental law
On June 29, 2026, Ukraine confirmed its trajectory toward a major revision of its Constitution. This revision is not a choice —
OPINION: The CRINK axis — China, Russia, Iran, North Korea converge in war
There is an acronym that has been circulating for several months in the corridors of Washington think tanks, in Atlantic Council reports,
OPINION: Operation Polyphemus — Ukraine blinds Russia and opens the sky toward Moscow
In Greek mythology, Polyphemus was the Cyclops that Odysseus blinded to escape his cave. On July 1, 2026, the Ukrainian Special Operations
OPINION: Kaine and Cornyn Want to Bypass Bureaucracy to Deliver Shells to Ukraine
On June 29, 2026, two U.S. senators — Democrat Tim Kaine of Virginia and Republican John Cornyn of Texas — introduced a
OPINION: Zelensky Mocks Russia's 15 Missed Deadlines — Moscow Obsessed with the Donbas, Ukraine Holds the Wall
Fifteen. That is the numberVolodymyr Zelensky cited on June 29, 2026, when he mocked Russia's repeated Donbas deadlines — each one announced