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ANALYSIS: Zelensky's Peace Window: Winter 2026 as the Deadline
There is a date lodged in Volodymyr Zelensky's mind ever since Ukrainian forces regained the initiative on the front in December 2025: next winter.…
DECODING: The PURL Mechanism: NATO Finances the Skies Over Kyiv
Behind the nights over Kyiv torn open by Russian drones, behind the interceptions of ballistic missiles above Ukrainian cities, lies a discreet mechanism that…
REPORT: The secret drone team: those who strike at 2,000 km
Somewhere in Ukraine, a team of engineers, pilots, and analysts works in complete secrecy. We do not know their names. We do not see…
DECODING: Flamingo over Volgograd: the new reach of Ukrainian missiles
In June 2026, the Ukrainian military struck a defense plant in Volgograd — formerly Stalingrad, symbol of Russian resistance — with FP-5 Flamingo missiles.…
COMMENTARY: A German brigade in Lithuania: the taboo of 1945 broken
In 2026, for the first time since the end of World War II, Germany is deploying a complete Bundeswehr brigade outside its national borders,…
DECODING: The «Ukrainian sanctions»: the drones that outperform Brussels
Since 2024, Ukraine has developed a response to Russian bombing that was never envisioned in the traditional diplomacy handbooks. Ironically called «Ukrainian sanctions» by…
REPORT: Vtorovo struck twice: the Ukrainian oil war knows no truce
In the night of June 27, 2026, drones from the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) struck for the second time in under a month the…
EDITORIAL: The night of Kyiv: why the West must stay standing
On the evening of June 25, 2026, around 9 p.m. local time, sirens sounded again across Kyiv. The Ukrainian Air Force issued a ballistic…
DECODING: Drones versus air defences: the technological war tilts in Kyiv's favour
When Kyiv launched, on the night of 25–26 June 2026, one of the largest drone offensives of the entire war — targeting a dozen…