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COMMENTARY: The EU's 21st Sanctions Package Hits Russian LNG — Finally, After Years of Hesitation
The 21st European sanctions package against Russia marks a turning point that few observers would have predicted just a year ago. For the first…
NARRATIVE: The Night Ukraine Struck 38 Targets in Crimea — Radar, Energy, Logistics
On the night of June 25, 2026, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck 38 Russian military targets on the occupied Crimean Peninsula. This is not…
NARRATIVE: Ukraine burns Russia's refineries — shortages, panic, and Putin cornered
This is the scene that Kremlin propaganda cannot erase: Muscovites standing in line for an hour to fill their tanks, while half the stations…
ESSAY: Burning Putin's oil — Ukraine's strike on the Krasnodar Krai refinery
In the night of June 27–28, 2026, Ukraine attacked one of Russia's largest oil refineries, located in Krasnodar Krai. A fire broke out at…
ESSAY: The Kapotnya Refinery in Flames — When Kyiv Strikes 15 km from the Kremlin
On June 18, 2026, the residents of Moscow looked up and saw something their government had promised was impossible: a column of black smoke…
TESTIMONY: Trump Was Impressed by Ukrainian Drones — And That Changed Everything
There is something historically ironic in what American sources report in late June 2026: it is the spectacular military effectiveness of Ukrainian drones striking…
COMMENTARY: The Russian Exemption Expired — Trump Tightens the Tap After Leaving It Wide Open
On June 17, 2026, the United States let the third and final sanctions exemption on Russian oil expire without renewal. This ends a cycle…
COLUMN: The Slaviansk Refinery Burns — Zelensky Confirms and Russia Begins Running Out of Fuel
At 3:33am local time on June 28, 2026, the Slavyansk ECO refinery in Slaviansk-na-Kubani, deep in Krasnodar Krai, erupted into flames visible for dozens…
DECODING: The Kremlin Swears Macroeconomic Stability — the Numbers Tell a Different Story
On June 23, 2026, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov delivered a sentence that economists received with measured skepticism: the Russian economy "maintains macroeconomic stability" despite…