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The war of machines: drones, missiles, shields, and the race to shoot them down.
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Analysis· No. 1566

ANALYSIS: Ukraine Strikes the Voronezh Electronics Factory — Russian Missiles Robbed of Their Brain

On June 22, 2026, Ukraine struck the VZPP — Voronezh Semiconductor Device Plant, a factory in the western Russian city of Voronezh that produces…

Reportage· No. 1555

REPORT: Rheinmetall, MBDA, Ukrainian Drones — Europe Forges Its War Arsenal at a Forced March

As of March 31, 2026, German defence giant Rheinmetall posted a consolidated order book of €73 billion — a figure that would have seemed…

Reportage· No. 1550

NARRATIVE: Putin Says No — Why the Kremlin Master Refuses to Limit His Long-Range Missiles

In early June 2026, Volodymyr Zelensky did something unusual in the vocabulary of contemporary warfare: he wrote an open letter to his enemy. To…

Essay· No. 1549

ESSAY: Russia Struck Chornobyl and Rescue Vessels — Can We Still Speak of Red Lines

In the night of June 6–7, 2026, Russian forces launched 236 drones of types Shahed, Gerbera, and Italmas against Ukraine. Ukrainian forces shot down…

Note· No. 1547

OPINION: Ukraine Strikes Russian Refineries — 25% of Capacity Goes Up in Smoke

There is something deeply symbolic in this act of war: Ukraine, fighting for its survival for more than four years with often inadequate means,…

Reportage· No. 1537

NARRATIVE: The US-Iran Geneva Accord — 60 Days to Avoid Nuclear War

On June 17, 2026, in Geneva, representatives of the United States and Iran initial a 14-point memorandum of understanding. This document is not yet…

Column· No. 1535

COLUMN: A French NATO Jet Shoots Down a Ukrainian Drone Over Latvia — Russia Turns Our Allies into Targets

On June 8, 2026, a French NATO fighter jet deployed as part of the alliance's Baltic air policing mission in Latvia shot down a…

Note· No. 1534

OPINION: Russian GPS-Jamming Satellites — Moscow Launches Its Invisible War from Space

On June 5, 2026, the New York Times revealed what navigation and defense experts had suspected for years: Russian satellites belonging to the missile-launch…

Reportage· No. 1529

REPORT: The Belarusian Spy in Toulouse — How Russia Films Our Drone Factories

On June 3, 2026, agents of the General Directorate for Internal Security detained a 48-year-old man born in Belarus, near Toulouse. The scene belongs…

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