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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…
EDITORIAL: Scarborough Shoal — China Moves a Pawn, the World Still Hesitates
I am not an expert in international maritime law. But I know how to recognize a pattern when I see one. China at Scarborough…
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
EDITORIAL: The EU's July 1 steel quotas — a blow Ukraine did not deserve
On July 1, 2026, EU Regulation 2026/1384 entered into force. Its administrative title barely conceals what it concretely produces: a 47% reduction
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
EDITORIAL: Macron, July 13, and Europe finally reclaiming its place on Ukraine
On June 24, 2026 in Berlin, something happened that deserves to be named for what it is: a moment of European geopolitical
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
EDITORIAL: Kim Jong-un Rewrites History — Soldiers Dead in Russia, Heroes in the Textbooks
In June 2026, the Russian Military History Society — a state body — confirmed that Russian school history textbooks would be amended
EDITORIAL: The Talion Is Codified — Ukraine Arms Its Soldiers With a Double-Edged Drone
On July 1, 2026, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence officially codified the Talion drone and authorized its operational use in the Ukrainian