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PROFILE: Storm Shadow Strikes Voronezh — Ukraine Destroys Iskander and Kh-101 Missile Factories
On the night of June 22, 2026, something shifted in the mental geography of this war. Ukraine struck with high-precision cruise missiles
TESTIMONY: The Day the EU Said "One More Year" — Russian Sanctions Seen from the Inside
On June 25, 2026, the European Union renewed its economic sanctions against Russia for another year. No ceremony. No historic leader's speech.
ESSAY: Four Russian Satellites at 13 km from ICEYE-X36 — the Space War Is Already Here
On June 24, 2026, the world learned that four Russian satellites — Kosmos-2610, Kosmos-2611, Kosmos-2612, and Kosmos-2613 — had closed to within
PROFILE: Counter-offensive at Lyman — the Ukrainian soldiers who encircle the impossible
Shandroholove. Sixteen kilometers from Lyman. A village that appears on few news maps, mentioned in few prime-time broadcasts, defended by soldiers whose
TESTIMONY: Golden Dome, $350 Billion — the Shield That Divides America
On June 24, 2026, the Pentagon disclosed to a Congress already saturated by budget debates its spending plan for the first tranche
OPEN LETTER: Anthropic Cut Off, China Advances — AI Is Now a Cold War Weapon
I am writing to you from June 2026, the month when it became impossible to talk about artificial intelligence without talking about
ESSAY: Alpha SBU, 32 Years of Secret War — 649 Russian Air Defence Systems Destroyed
On 23 June 2026, the Alpha Special Operations Centre of the SBU — Ukraine's Security Service — celebrated its 32nd anniversary. In
PROFILE: The Oil Market of June 2026, Buffeted by Iran, Putin and Ukrainian Drones
June 2026 will be remembered as the month in which the global oil market simultaneously absorbed three shocks of rare magnitude. First:
TESTIMONY: Hegseth conditions America — NATO allies must pay or lose
On June 18, 2026, in the offices of NATO headquarters in Brussels, the defense ministers of member states gathered to prepare for