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COMMENTARY: Two years of the Russia-North Korea alliance — Pyongyang glorifies its dead in Ukraine
I find it impossible to read about North Korean soldiers dying in Ukraine without feeling something that analysis alone cannot contain. These are young…
COMMENTARY: The IRGC Fires on a Cargo Ship — Iran Tests How Far It Can Go
Signing an agreement with a regime like the Islamic Republic of Iran without robust verification mechanisms is signing an agreement on the hope that…
COMMENTARY: Kharkiv under drones June 30 to July 1 — eight wounded, four attacks, zero chance
Between June 30 at 11:45 PM and July 1 at 5:30 AM, Russia carried out four separate attacks in Kharkiv Oblast, wounding
COMMENTARY: Ukraine is burning Russia's refineries — Moscow imports its fuel and rations 25 regions
On June 30, 2026, Ukrainian energy analyst Mykhailo Honchar, president of the Centre for Global Studies "Strategy XXI," published in ZN.UA an
COMMENTARY: Ukrainian drones strangle Russian logistics at 205 km — Luhansk trembles
On June 30, 2026, the unmanned systems battalion of the 3rd Ukrainian Assault Brigade struck Russian logistics targets in the occupied Luhansk
COMMENTARY: Turkey arrests 225 people before the NATO summit — and its allies look away
In the night of June 22–23, 2026, Turkish authorities arrested at least 209 people in Ankara. Lawyers, activists, academics, journalists — including
COMMENTARY: The FCC bans Huawei, ZTE and Hikvision — America finally closes the door on Trojan horses
On June 26, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States voted to ban the importation of all equipment from
COMMENTARY: CUSMA in limbo — Trump leaves North America's greatest trade deal in a void
On July 1, 2026, the CUSMA — the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, known as USMCA on the American side and T-MEC in Mexico
COMMENTARY: 7,000 North Korean soldiers fallen for Putin — and two prisoners who want to go South
More than 7,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in the Kursk Oblast campaign between 2024 and 2025. This figure,