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COMMENTARY: 16 Gripen E for Ukraine — Sweden Arms a Future That Begins in 2029
On June 30, 2026, during a meeting with Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the signing of an agreement
EDITORIAL: Ufa, Penza, Dubna — Ukraine Strikes Russia's Industrial Heart at 1,300 km
On the night of June 30 to July 1, 2026, Ukraine simultaneously struck three strategic Russian installations: the Ufa refinery in Bashkiria
ESSAY: Wolford v. Lopez — The US Supreme Court Opens the Door to Guns Everywhere
On June 25, 2026, the United States Supreme Court handed down its decision in Wolford v. Lopez: six votes to three to invalidate Hawaii's…
COLUMN: Kavkaz in Flames — Ukraine Isolates Crimea Through the Kerch Strait
On June 21, 2026, Ukrainian defense forces struck the port of Kavkaz in Russia's Krasnodar Krai — the primary transit point on the Russian…
COMMENTARY: Putin Calls Elections for September — United Russia Recruits War Veterans
On June 16, 2026, Vladimir Putin signed a decree convening elections to the State Duma for September 20, 2026. On June 28, at the…
EDITORIAL: Ukraine Destroys the Chonhar Bridges — Crimea Cut Off From Its Land Links With Russia
On June 23, 2026, Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said it plainly: "The bridge no longer exists." No euphemism, no diplomatic hedging — a…
COMMENTARY: Russia's Navy in the Baltic — The Hybrid Escalation That Dares Not Speak Its Name
On June 18, 2026, the French daily Le Monde published a piece that should have provoked a collective reaction far stronger than it managed:…
EDITORIAL: Kronstadt Hit — Ukraine Redefines the Limits of War at 1,100 km From the Front
In the night of June 2 to 3, 2026, something extraordinary happened at the Kronstadt naval base on the doorstep of Saint Petersburg: the…
COMMENTARY: Ukraine-EU Cluster 1 opens — a historic breakthrough that must stay on track
On June 15, 2026, in Luxembourg, at the second EU-Ukraine accession conference, something happened that many had stopped hoping for over months: the European…