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DECODING: Anefis, the northern Mali lock Moscow and Bamako can no longer hold
Some towns pass, in the space of days, from total obscurity to strategic emergency. Anefis now belongs to that list. This dusty locality in…
DECODING: why Wagner then Africa Corps keep failing in the Sahel
In 2023, Russia renamed its paramilitary force present in Mali, transforming Wagner into Africa Corps under the direct oversight of the Russian defense ministry,…
PROFILE: Lavrov, the African tour that masks Moscow's failures
From July 7 to 10, 2026, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov completed an African tour that took him successively to Ethiopia, Niger, Mozambique, and…
DECODING: Beijing and Moscow Tighten Naval Cooperation Before Our Eyes
On July 6, 2026, China and Russia launched their annual naval exercise, called Joint Sea on the Chinese side and Marine Interaction 2026 on…
DECODING: Marine Interaction 2026, the naval drill that binds Beijing and Moscow
While the world was commenting on the Chinese ballistic missile launch of July 6, 2026, fired from a nuclear submarine toward the Pacific, another…
INVESTIGATION: Western defense industry buckles under production strain
This investigation starts with a number that Western military experts have been repeating with growing urgency since the NATO summit held in Ankara on…
COLUMN: Allied air defense, the lesson Ukraine is paying for on the West's behalf
On the night of July 6, 2026, Ukrainian air defense intercepted none of the nearly thirty ballistic missiles Russia fired that night. Zero.
PROFILE: Russia's Oil Logistics, Struck at the Heart by Ukrainian Drones
This text draws the profile of a system, not a single location. Russian oil logistics, from wellhead to front line, became in 2026 a…
DECODING: Air Defense, Kyiv's Absolute Priority as the Hardest Summer Hits
On the night of July 6, 2026, Russia fired 23 ballistic missiles at Kyiv. None was intercepted. According to Ukrainian air force spokesman Yuriy…