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ESSAY: A Billion for Drones — When the West Finally Chooses Ukraine's War Industry
Essay· No. 495

ESSAY: A Billion for Drones — When the West Finally Chooses Ukraine's War Industry

For more than four years, Western support for Ukraine followed a simple and largely insufficient model: manufacture elsewhere, deliver over there. Missiles

NARRATIVE: Ukraine — The Window Opens on Victory, But It Won't Last
Reportage· No. 494

NARRATIVE: Ukraine — The Window Opens on Victory, But It Won't Last

On June 25, 2026, Nataliia Shekerinska, Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Defense, delivered a sentence that rings like an alarm: Ukraine has reversed

PROFILE: Lavrov, Master of Diplomatic Lying — Peace as a Weapon of War
Profile· No. 493

PROFILE: Lavrov, Master of Diplomatic Lying — Peace as a Weapon of War

On June 23, 2026, Sergei Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister for more than two decades, delivered one of his favorite formulations: Russia is

COMMENTARY: North Korean Soldiers as Prisoners — Seoul Opens the Door, Pyongyang Rages
Commentary· No. 492

COMMENTARY: North Korean Soldiers as Prisoners — Seoul Opens the Door, Pyongyang Rages

On June 23, 2026, South Korea detonated a diplomatic bomb: Seoul will accept all North Korean prisoners of war held by Ukraine

OPINION: Crimea Under Bombs — The Destroyed Railway Bridge Changes Everything
Note· No. 491

OPINION: Crimea Under Bombs — The Destroyed Railway Bridge Changes Everything

In the night of June 22, 2026, Ukraine's Special Operations Forces destroyed a strategic railway bridge spanning the North Crimea Canal, near

EDITORIAL: Zircons Over Kyiv — Ukraine Without Enough Patriots Facing the Missile Rain
Editorial· No. 490

EDITORIAL: Zircons Over Kyiv — Ukraine Without Enough Patriots Facing the Missile Rain

On June 2, 2026, Russia launched eight Zircon hypersonic missiles against Kyiv. It was the largest Zircon attack of the year —

COLUMN: Zelensky, Trump, and the Flames of the Lavra — the G7 Faces Ukraine's Truth
Column· No. 489

COLUMN: Zelensky, Trump, and the Flames of the Lavra — the G7 Faces Ukraine's Truth

At the G7 summit in France, Volodymyr Zelensky did something no head of state normally does in the polished corridors of multilateral

REPORT: Shadow Guides — How the SBU Dismantles Russia's Strike Spotter Network
Reportage· No. 487

REPORT: Shadow Guides — How the SBU Dismantles Russia's Strike Spotter Network

There is a parallel war to the one that ISW maps and daily casualty reports document. It unfolds not at Kostiantynivka or

DECODING: 16 Refineries in May — How Ukraine Burns Russia's War Machine
Analysis· No. 486

DECODING: 16 Refineries in May — How Ukraine Burns Russia's War Machine

Sixteen Russian refineries struck in a single month — May 2026. Among them, 8 of the 10 largest in Russia. This is

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