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COMMENTARY: Russia imports its gasoline by ship: the logistical humiliation of an empire at its limit
Some images capture an era better than any speech ever could. Mine, for this June 2026, is a tanker heading toward Russia, loaded with…
REPORT: Forty days of fire: Zelensky's pressure operation targeting the nerves of Russia's war
In late June 2026, Volodymyr Zelensky publicly announced the launch of a 40-day pressure operation — not on the front lines, not in the…
DECODING: The Deep-Strike Campaign by the Numbers: 28 Oil Strikes in June
On June 27, 2026, Ukraine struck the Vtorovo pumping station for the second time — a critical node in Russia's oil infrastructure. This is…
ANALYSIS: Russia's War Economy: Exhausted but Not Broken
One of the most underestimated resilience factors in Russia's war economy is the industrial mobilization underway since 2022. Russia has placed virtually its entire…
OPINION: Russia's economy backed into a corner, according to Zelensky's adviser
An economic adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky declared in a statement reported by Ukrainian media in June 2026 that the Russian economy has "reached a…
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…
ANALYSIS: +5 Trillion Rubles — The Bet of a Spent Russian Economy
On June 18, 2026, Bloomberg News published a report that traveled through trading floors and chancelleries like a shockwave: Russia plans to increase its…
DECODING: Hormuz reopened: what the deal changes for global energy
For months — since the outbreak of war between the United States, Israel, and Iran in February 2026 — the world had lived under…