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ESSAY: UK-Ukraine strategic dialogue — when justice becomes a weapon of war
On June 23, 2026, the leaders of Ukraine and the United Kingdom published a Joint Declaration on Strategic Dialogue that deserves careful reading —…
INVESTIGATION: Ukraine and its allies build defense space sovereignty
In June 2026, amid fighting in the Donbas, drone strikes on Russian refineries, and a state of emergency declared in Crimea, Ukraine announced something…
OPEN LETTER: Putin, your oil is burning — and that is excellent news
Mr. Putin, on June 26, 2026, you extended through end of 2027 the ban on exporting oil and petroleum products subject to the price…
ANALYSIS: Ukraine strikes the Orenburg helium complex — the resource war at 1,200 km from the front
In the night of June 24, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Orenburg gas complex, located more than 1,200 kilometers from the front line. This…
PROFILE: Naftogaz under fire — the Ukrainian face of the war against energy
On June 27, 2026, Russian ballistic missiles and drones struck the production facilities of Naftogaz Group simultaneously in the oblasts of Poltava and Kharkiv.…
ANALYSIS: Putin Admits Fuel Shortages — Russia's Economic Fracture Accelerates
On June 28, 2026, at the United Russia party congress, President Vladimir Putin officially acknowledged that Ukrainian strikes on Russian refinery infrastructure were causing…
ESSAY: Zelensky Tightens the Vise — the Ukrainian Sanctions Strangling Russia's War Machine
There is a war being waged without the sound of cannons. Without drone footage. Without columns of black smoke over refineries. It is the…
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…
ANALYSIS: The Smyrtos and Its Russian Oil — a Financial Weapon for Ukraine Waiting at Weymouth
On June 14, 2026, Royal Marines and law enforcement officers boarded the Smyrtos — a tanker flying a Cameroonian flag — in the English…