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FIELD REPORT: The Night Ukraine Hit Putin's Shadow Fleet in the Heart of the Black Sea
On the night of June 16–17, 2026, a sanctioned Russian oil tanker burst into flames in the Black Sea. Ukraine's drone forces didn't just…
ESSAY: 200 Russian Kids of 18 in Coffins — The Youth Putin Sacrificed
Alisher Svirin died on May 1, 2026. He was 18. According to a joint BBC Russian and Mediazona investigation, he could not have served…
INVESTIGATION: Russia Wages War at Sea — Ghost Fleet, Shots at Civilians, and Escalation on All Fronts
Within 48 hours, two naval incidents shook Western capitals and confirmed what some were still pretending to ignore: Russia is waging a hybrid maritime…
COLUMN: Trump Drops Iran and Pivots to Ukraine — The White House's Double-Faced Diplomacy
In 72 hours — June 15 to 17, 2026 — Trump signed a memorandum with Iran, attended the G7 in Évian, and declared Russia…
ANALYSIS: Belgian F-16s for Ukraine — Seven Aircraft by End of 2026, the Timeline That Unsettles Moscow
June 2026. Belgium is finally about to honor a three-year-old promise. Seven F-16s before year-end — three operational fighters and four for spare parts.…
COLUMN: 992 Drones in One Night — The Low-Cost Revolution Battering Putin's Petroleum Empire
On the night of June 17–18, 2026, Ukraine launched what Russia's own Defense Ministry confirmed as the largest drone attack of the entire war.…
ANALYSIS: The Western Economic Arsenal Against Putin — The EU's 21st Sanctions Package
On June 19, 2026, the EU broke with precedent and extended its Russia sanctions for a full twelve months — a structural shift. Alongside…
INVESTIGATION: Moscow Recruits in Africa Through "Russian Houses" — The Pipelines of Shame
They call them "Russian Houses" — cultural institutes projecting Soviet films, distributing books, teaching language. In reality, an Euronews investigation corroborated by Ukrainian military…
INVESTIGATION: The Pack Around Moscow — How Beijing, Tehran, Pyongyang, and Minsk Feed the War
This war is told as a duel: Russia versus Ukraine. That is wrong, or at least terribly incomplete. Behind Vladimir Putin stands a pack…