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PORTRAIT: 21 ships in 72 hours, Russia's shadow fleet in Ukraine's crosshairs
Ukraine struck 21 vessels linked to Russia within 72 hours, according to Fox News dated July 8, 2026, an operation commander Robert "Magyar" Brovdi…
PROFILE: Lavrov, the African tour that masks Moscow's failures
From July 7 to 10, 2026, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov completed an African tour that took him successively to Ethiopia, Niger, Mozambique, and…
PROFILE: the GSF against the gangs, an undersized mission
The Gang Suppression Force, authorized by the UN Security Council at the end of 2025, carries on its shoulders a burden few international missions…
PROFILE: Nauru, tiny Pacific state caught in the path of a Chinese missile
First, the geography needs setting, because scale changes everything in this story. Nauru is the smallest independent island state in the world, an island…
PROFILE: Russia's Oil Logistics, Struck at the Heart by Ukrainian Drones
This text draws the profile of a system, not a single location. Russian oil logistics, from wellhead to front line, became in 2026 a…
PROFILE: Hormuz emptied of ships, the strait Tehran managed to paralyze
Some places matter not because of how many people live there, but because of how many barrels pass through. The Strait of Hormuz is…
PROFILE: Trump, Target Number One of a Cornered Iranian Regime
On July 9, 2026, several sources familiar with the matter confirmed that Israel had passed intelligence to the United States indicating that Iran had…
PROFILE: Beijing and Moscow, the face of an axis that no longer hides
There are weeks when geopolitics stops hiding behind cautious communiqués. The week of July 6 to 13, 2026, is one of them.
PROFILE: The ISW sketches a portrait of a Russian offensive running out of steam
On July 8, 2026, the Institute for the Study of War published its latest assessment of the Russian offensive campaign, a technical document that…