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The war of machines: drones, missiles, shields, and the race to shoot them down.
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TESTIMONY: The Night Zelensky Confirmed — Five Flamingos Over Putin's Factory
Profile· No. 1160

TESTIMONY: The Night Zelensky Confirmed — Five Flamingos Over Putin's Factory

On June 27, 2026, in his evening video address — a routine he has not interrupted since February 24, 2022 — Volodymyr Zelensky spoke…

COMMENTARY: Storm Shadow destroys a Russian semiconductor plant — and robs missiles of their brains
Commentary· No. 1154

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…

PROFILE: FP-5 Flamingo — the Ukrainian missile burning Putin's forges
Profile· No. 1150

PROFILE: FP-5 Flamingo — the Ukrainian missile burning Putin's forges

On the night of June 26–27, 2026, five Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo missiles struck the Titan-Barrikady industrial complex in Volgograd. The mechanical assembly building was…

REPORT: Fire Point and Hensoldt launch Freyja, Ukraine's low-cost ballistic interceptor
Reportage· No. 1146

REPORT: Fire Point and Hensoldt launch Freyja, Ukraine's low-cost ballistic interceptor

Fire Point did not exist before the Russian invasion of 2022. Founded by Denys Shtilerman and Iryna Terekh — who previously ran a casting…

ANALYSIS: Kostyantynivka on the verge of falling — eight months of siege, a city in agony
Analysis· No. 1145

ANALYSIS: Kostyantynivka on the verge of falling — eight months of siege, a city in agony

Since autumn 2025, Kostyantynivka — a former industrial city of 67,000 inhabitants in Donetsk oblast — has been resisting Russia's stranglehold. Eight months. Eight…

OPINION: The refinery war: Russian oil's Achilles' heel
Note· No. 1141

OPINION: The refinery war: Russian oil's Achilles' heel

A few days ago, I read a line in a dispatch and stopped cold: Ukrainian drones had traveled more than 1,300 kilometers to strike…

EDITORIAL: Three hundred billion for Iran: the price of a false victory
Editorial· No. 1138

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…

ANALYSIS: Latvia alerts — drones and missiles, the hybrid war has already begun
Analysis· No. 1117

ANALYSIS: Latvia alerts — drones and missiles, the hybrid war has already begun

Latvia is not a country that cries wolf. It is a NATO and European Union member state, with a civil intelligence service — the…

ANALYSIS: Drones over Ufa: the 1,300-km strike that changes the calculus of the Russian war
Analysis· No. 1104

ANALYSIS: Drones over Ufa: the 1,300-km strike that changes the calculus of the Russian war

On June 25, 2026, Ukrainian drones flew more than 1,300 kilometers to strike Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, deep inside the Urals. Two of…

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