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OPINION: 80% of Russians Expect the Crisis — Putin Won the War and Lost His Country
On June 25, 2026, Ukrainska Pravda published the findings of a survey that should be required reading in every European foreign ministry: 80% of…
DECODING: 5% of GDP on Defense by 2035 — NATO Faces Its Historic Bill
In 2025, at the Hague summit, NATO leaders adopted an objective that had seemed unthinkable to many of them: dedicating 5% of GDP to…
ANALYSIS: Moscow refinery offline until 2027 — Ukraine strikes Russia's economic heart
On June 16 and 18, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Moscow refinery — also known as the Kapotnya refinery, named after the southern district…
INVESTIGATION: Occupied Crimea under a state of emergency — the humanitarian crisis Moscow can no longer hide
On June 26, 2026, Russian occupation authorities in Crimea declared a regional state of emergency — a legal exception regime that gives authorities expanded…
ESSAY: Twelve months of sanctions — what the EU's historic decision really says about the long war
On June 25, 2026, the European Union extended its economic sanctions against Russia for twelve months — until July 31, 2027 — instead of…
OPEN LETTER: To a Contracting Ukraine — Your Economy Resists, Even as It Retreats
Ukraine, in the first quarter of 2026, your GDP contracted by 0.6% year over year. This is the sharpest contraction since the wartime recovery…
REPORT: $45.5 billion — the debt Russia is paying without knowing it
Forty-five point five billion dollars. That is the amount the G7 countries have already transferred to Ukraine in the form of loans, backed by…
OPINION: The EU extends sanctions against Russia by one year for the first time
Since 2022, the European Union's economic sanctions against Russia had been renewed every six months. That pace demanded regular negotiations, opened windows for political…
DECODING: Sanctions extended one year: the EU finally changes tempo against Moscow
On June 19, 2026, the European Union made a decision that received little media coverage but is strategically considerable. It extended its entire regime…