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COMMENTARY: Belarus is a co-belligerent — and NATO must finally admit it
Commentary· No. 747

COMMENTARY: Belarus is a co-belligerent — and NATO must finally admit it

On June 23, 2026, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) published an assessment that deserves to be read as a statement of…

OPINION: 527 Flights Cancelled in Moscow — For Once, Russia Is Experiencing Its Own War
Note· No. 728

OPINION: 527 Flights Cancelled in Moscow — For Once, Russia Is Experiencing Its Own War

On June 18, 2026, Moscow residents woke up to explosions in the sky and drones being filmed above the boulevards. The four airports of…

REPORT: Kapotnya in Flames — How Ukraine Struck Russia's War Economy at Moscow's Heart
Reportage· No. 711

REPORT: Kapotnya in Flames — How Ukraine Struck Russia's War Economy at Moscow's Heart

In the night of June 15 to 16, 2026, and again in the night of June 17 to 18, long-range Ukrainian drones penetrated the…

TESTIMONY: Kostyantynivka — What the Front Says When Moscow Claims Victory
Reportage· No. 696

TESTIMONY: Kostyantynivka — What the Front Says When Moscow Claims Victory

On June 23, 2026, Vladimir Putin declared before his generals that Russian forces were «practically within range» of Kostyantynivka, an industrial city in the…

ANALYSIS: Belarusian signal repeaters, Moscow's secret weapon against western Ukraine
Analysis· No. 675

ANALYSIS: Belarusian signal repeaters, Moscow's secret weapon against western Ukraine

On June 19, 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke the words no one had yet dared put so plainly since the start of the…

REPORT: 200 Drones Over Moscow — the Night Ukraine Struck the Russian Capital Like Never Before
Reportage· No. 667

REPORT: 200 Drones Over Moscow — the Night Ukraine Struck the Russian Capital Like Never Before

At 2:34 a.m., Kyiv time, on June 18, 2026, dozens of fixed-wing drones took off simultaneously from open fields in the Sumy region, in…

OPEN LETTER: To Putin — your Dubna and Vladimir satellite centers are down, and this is just the start
Open letter· No. 660

OPEN LETTER: To Putin — your Dubna and Vladimir satellite centers are down, and this is just the start

Mr. Vladimir Putin, on June 22, 2026, the Ukrainian armed forces struck the Dubna satellite communications complex in the Moscow region. The

FACT-CHECK: Volna Kupol Garant — Russia jams Starlink, Ukraine destroys the system in 48 hours
Analysis· No. 659

FACT-CHECK: Volna Kupol Garant — Russia jams Starlink, Ukraine destroys the system in 48 hours

In June 2026, Russia operationalized a new electronic warfare system: the Volna Kupol Garant. Its declared mission — jam communications between Ukrainian

PROFILE: The CRINK axis fractures — after the Iran-USA deal, Moscow, Beijing and Kim recalculate
Profile· No. 656

PROFILE: The CRINK axis fractures — after the Iran-USA deal, Moscow, Beijing and Kim recalculate

The word CRINK — China, Russia, Iran, North Korea — has entered Western strategic vocabulary to describe what some analysts call the

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