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DECODING: Lithuania — Anti-Drone Ammunition at €2 Per Round to Hold NATO's Skies
June 2026. In the Kaunas district, Lithuania, the state-owned Giraitė factory has launched production of ammunition that may seem unremarkable at first glance: cartridges…
FACT-CHECK: ELSA — Six European Nations and a Common Missile, Separating Fact from Fiction
In February 2026, six European nations signed a letter of intent to jointly develop a long-range loitering cruise missile under the ELSA initiative —…
TESTIMONY: Ukrainian Drones and AI — How Innovation Reversed the Front in Five Days
In February 2026, Ukraine launched an offensive that stunned military analysts with its speed and effectiveness: 78 square miles of territory reclaimed in just…
EDITORIAL: When Russia Strikes the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, It Targets All of Humanity
On the night of June 14–15, 2026, as the world looked toward Évian-les-Bains where the G7 was about to open, Russia was launching one…
TESTIMONY: The Axis of Upheaval Struck — US Sanctions Against Iran, China, and Belarus
On June 11, 2026, the American government announced sanctions against 13 entities spread across Iran, Belarus, and China. These entities had supplied materiel to…
ESSAY: When Putin Talks Pause, Ukraine Strikes — Diplomacy in the Age of Drones
On June 29, 2026, Vladimir Putin declared that Ukraine had proposed a pause in mutual deep strikes. The statement had barely landed when Volodymyr…
PROFILE: Putin, master of grey zones — Russia's hybrid strategy against the Baltic states and Poland
On June 26, 2026, Latvia's State Security Service published an intelligence warning that received less international attention than it deserved: Russia's hybrid operations targeting…
DECODING: The Russian drone at Galați — when Putin strikes NATO and tests its limits
In the night of May 28–29, 2026, a Russian Geran-2 drone penetrated Romanian airspace and exploded on the roof of a 12-story building in…
FACT-CHECK: Brave France — €20 million, two countries, one verified defense innovation
On June 17, 2026, on the sidelines of Eurosatory 2026 in Paris, the French Defense Innovation Agency (AID) and the Ukrainian cluster Brave1 officially…