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COMMENTARY: Storm Shadow destroys a Russian semiconductor plant — and robs missiles of their brains
On June 22, 2026, one or more Storm Shadow missiles struck the VZPP-S plant in Voronezh — one of the few Russian installations capable…
EDITORIAL: Pokrovsk under 32 assaults — Ukraine's hottest front is decided here
On June 22, 2026, Russian forces launched 32 separate assaults in the Pokrovsk sector alone within 24 hours — making it the most active…
COMMENTARY: The sanctions wall holds through 2027: patience against chaos
On June 19, 2026, the European Union did something simple but deeply symbolic: it extended its economic sanctions against Russia for one year, instead…
EDITORIAL: Three hundred billion for Iran: the price of a false victory
300 billion dollars. That is the figure that circulated in dispatches of June 23, 2026 concerning the framework of the US-Iran agreement — the…
COMMENTARY: Nuclear inspections: the opposing narratives of Vance and Tehran
On June 23, 2026, the day after the first day of nuclear talks in Switzerland, something predictable yet revealing occurred: the American and Iranian…
COMMENTARY: Europe warns Beijing on Taiwan: awakening or empty words?
On June 24, 2026, several major European powers jointly issued a warning about the threat China poses to Taiwan. This is rare. It is…
COMMENTARY: Nine thousand five hundred freed: the last channel between Kyiv and Moscow
More than 9,500 Ukrainians freed since 2022. 76 exchanges completed. The latest, on June 26, 2026, saw 160 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians return home.…
EDITORIAL: Twenty-first package: Europe must stop bargaining
Since February 24, 2022, the European Union has stacked twenty sanctions packages against Russia. Twenty packages, twenty rounds of negotiations, twenty repetitions of the…
COMMENTARY: Russian bonds collapse — the market has condemned the war
You can lie to your citizens. You can lie to the press. You can lie to ambassadors and international organizations. But you cannot lie…