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COMMENTARY: Zelensky’s Ultimatum to Lukashenko — One Week to Pull the Drone Relays
On June 19, 2026, during a joint press conference with Honduran President Nasry Asfura in Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelensky uttered words that allow
EDITORIAL: For the first time, the EU extends its sanctions against Russia for a full year
On June 18, 2026, at the heart of a European Council summit in Brussels, the twenty-seven heads of state and government of
EDITORIAL: Ukrainian Ballistic Missiles Will Change Everything—Fedorov’s Gamble
On June 16, 2026, Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Minister of Defense, launched a sentence over the airwaves of TSN that resonated like a
EDITORIAL: Kapotnya in Flames — Moscow Reaps What It Sowed in Energy Hell
At dawn on June 16, 2026, columns of thick black smoke rose over the Kapotnya district in southeast Moscow. The Moscow oil
COMMENTARY: Tver rations gasoline — when war returns to Russian gas stations
On June 20, 2026, in the Tver region, a few hundred miles northwest of Moscow, gas stations belonging to Surgutneftegaz and Tatneft
OPEN LETTER: Trump Is Dismantling the Right to Vote, and No One Seems Willing to Stop Him
An open letter to American citizens, elected officials, federal institutions, and Western allies: what is happening in the United States is not a partisan…
COMMENTARY: Trump's $70 Billion Deportation Machine — Sovereignty or Authoritarian Drift?
On June 10, 2026, Trump signed the Secure America Act — nearly $70 billion for ICE and CBP, funded through 2029 with no meaningful…
COMMENTARY: Trump Is Holding National Security Hostage to Force Through His Election Law
For the first time since its creation in 2008, FISA Section 702 — the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — expired on June 12, 2026.…
COMMENTARY: Article 5 Weakened — Trump's America Is Eroding Its Promise to Defend Europe
A treaty still intact on paper, but hollowed out in practice: through capability withdrawals, conditional dues, and Hegseth's declaration that Article 5 is "a…