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ANALYSIS: The EU Summit of June 18–19 — What Ukraine Obtained and What Remains to Be Won
The European Council Summit of June 18–19, 2026 is historic for one precise reason: it is the first summit since March 2025 to have…
FACT-CHECK: G7 Évian and Ukraine's Air Defense — What Was Promised, What Is True
The G7 summit held in France in June 2026 produced a joint declaration on Ukraine affirming the unity of leaders. The declaration states explicitly:…
COMMENTARY: Moscow Rejects Peace — Putin Wants to Win, Not Negotiate
On June 19, 2026, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov published an essay rejecting the five peace conditions proposed by Ukraine and its European partners…
TESTIMONY: Belgium Delivers 7 F-16s to Ukraine — The Decision That Changes the Air Game
On June 18, 2026, at the NATO Defence Ministers' meeting in Brussels, Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken announced a commitment that landed like a…
ANALYSIS: Eurosatory 2026 — 80 Ukrainian companies in Paris and the birth of a defense power
At Eurosatory 2026 in Paris, from June 15 to 19, more than 80 Ukrainian companies presented their defense products to buyers, ministries, and industrial…
OPEN LETTER: To Our Allies Gathered at Ramstein — $1.7 Billion Is Not Enough, But It's a Start
On June 18, 2026, in Brussels, representatives of nearly fifty nations gathered for the 35th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group — the…
FACT-CHECK: Europe Wants Its Own "Section 301" Against China — What Is True, What Is Pending
At the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains in June 2026, French President Emmanuel Macron launched a proposal that captured the attention of chancelleries and economists…
ESSAY: Trump targets 60 countries for "forced labor" — Section 301 as a geopolitical weapon
On June 2, 2026, the USTR — the United States Trade Representative — published a proposal for new tariffs of 10 to 12.5% targeting…
INVESTIGATION: G7 Évian — Trump Erases Ukraine While Europe Recalculates Its Survival
The G7 summit at Évian-les-Bains, France, was supposed to be the moment to redouble international pressure on Russia to end the war against Ukraine.…