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OPEN LETTER: Do Not Let Peace Become Ukraine's Capitulation
Ladies and gentlemen, leaders of the free world, I am writing to you from this precise moment where history begins to stutter

FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT: The Night of June 21 — 105 Drones and 4 Missiles Over Ukraine, the Sky No Longer Sleeps
On June 21, 2026, the shortest night of the year should have been light, airy, almost festive. It is the summer solstice,

PORTRAIT: Scott Bessent, the Silent Architect of the Economic War Against Beijing
On May 19, 2026, in Paris, on the sidelines of a G7 finance ministers' meeting, Scott Bessent granted an exclusive interview to

FACT CHECK: Beijing Claims Its Trade With Moscow Is "Legitimate" — The Evidence Says Otherwise
On June 17, 2026, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission — the USCC — updated its tracker of Beijing's position on

OPEN LETTER: To a Europe That Still Hesitates — the 21st Package Must Bite, Not Brush
To you, European leaders, presidents, ministers, commissioners, ambassadors at COREPER who are still debating commas while Kyiv burns. I am writing to

EYEWITNESS: In Sumy, three horses killed by a Russian drone in a children's riding school
On the night of June 16-17, 2026, shortly after midnight, a Geran-2 drone — the Russian version of the Iranian Shahed —

TESTIMONY: Kharkiv, double-tap — when the rescuer becomes the target
On the night of June 14 to 15, 2026, Russia did not commit a firing error. It did not miss a military

ESSAY: 200 Russian Kids of 18 in Coffins — The Youth Putin Sacrificed
Alisher Svirin died on May 1, 2026. He was 18. According to a joint BBC Russian and Mediazona investigation, he could not have served…

PORTRAIT: JD Vance, the Solitary Architect of the Iran Deal That Is Fracturing the Trump Camp
On June 18, 2026, JD Vance stood alone at the White House podium — no Secretary of State, no national security advisor. The 50th…