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COLUMN: Resisting in Kherson under occupation — and spending twenty years in prison for it
On June 18, 2026, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don heard the indictment in the case of three men from Kherson: Oleksandr Kruchynenko,…
COLUMN: Ramstein, four billion dollars — the free world puts its armor back on
On June 18, 2026, the Ukraine Defense Contact Group — the Ramstein format — convened at NATO headquarters in Brussels. This was no ordinary…
COLUMN: The Fourth Law and Axon — when Silicon Valley funds Ukraine's drone war
In June 2026, a Ukrainian technology company founded in Kyiv in 2023 announced a strategic investment from an American firm that was still making…
COLUMN: Seven Years for Two Tweets — Putin's Russia Devours Its Last Opponents
On June 24, 2026, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow delivered its verdict: Maxim Kruglov, 39 years old, vice-chairman of the liberal opposition party…
COLUMN: Izium Under Drones — When Terror from the Sky Strikes a City Already Broken
On the morning of June 26, 2026, a Russian drone struck a residential building in downtown Izium, in the Kharkiv region. A woman was…
COLUMN: Kupyansk Under Pressure — Radkivka Falls, the Ukrainian Bridgehead Holds
On June 22, 2026, a Russian source linked to the West Forces Group announced the capture of Radkivka, a village located north of Kupyansk…
COLUMN: Fico at Ankara without a mandate — NATO solidarity tested by one man
On June 27, 2026, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico publicly announced that Slovakia would attend the NATO summit in Ankara, on July 7–8, 2026,…
COLUMN: €7 Billion for Ukraine's Reconstruction — Europe Bets on a Country Still at War
On June 26, 2026, at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk, the European Union formally launched the European Flagship Fund for Ukraine Reconstruction. The…
COLUMN: 660 drones in the night — Ukraine transforms Russian skies into an industrial hell
On the night of June 25 to 26, 2026, Ukraine launched what the Russian Defense Ministry itself described as the largest drone wave ever…