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REPORT: Pokrovsk, a cold read, one month on
A month after the first alarms over the partial encirclement of Pokrovsk, the available figures allow for a calmer reading than the one offered…
PORTRAIT: what Denys Shtilerman and Fire Point reveal about a shifting balance of power
Denys Shtilerman is the co-founder and chief designer of Fire Point, the Ukrainian company whose industrial rise has upended the balance of military production…
PORTRAIT: 21 ships in 72 hours, a cold read one month later
Ukrainian forces claimed strikes on 21 ships linked to Russia in 72 hours in early July 2026, according to Fox News on July 8,…
PORTRAIT: Denys Shtilerman's Fire Point, engineer of war
"We're calmly producing about 200 units a day," Denys Shtilerman told DroneXL on March 9, 2026, with the composure of a man discussing production…
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…