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Russian forces have not taken Pokrovsk. Ukraine advanced at Kupyansk. Infiltration replaced assault. What the front actually looks like in 2026.
2026-09-02 · 12 min read
Russia spent 65% of Q1 federal revenue on defence. The four-month deficit exceeded all of 2025. Growth forecast cut to 0.4%. The sustainability arithmetic.
2026-08-28 · 12 min read
Putin says 700,000 in Ukraine — the same as mid-2024. Contract signings fell 20% year-on-year. Russia adapted its doctrine and hit a recruitment wall.
2026-08-28 · 12 min read
NATO cut response times from 17 hours to one. Sabotage fell. But attribution remains the unsolved problem — an anchor is not a weapon until someone proves intent.
2026-08-28 · 12 min read
New START expired in February 2026. The 2024 doctrine lowered the threshold. What the text actually says, what the signalling is for, and where the limits are.
2026-08-28 · 12 min read
Article 5 does not require anyone to go to war. It has been invoked once, and not for a European invasion. What the text actually says, and what it leaves out.
2026-08-22 · 12 min read
2027 is not an invasion date. It is a capability target — and the distinction is the most misreported thing in defence. What the Pentagon report actually says.
2026-08-21 · 13 min read
The raid took 150 minutes. The control mechanism that followed is a US Treasury custody account — how Washington runs Venezuela's oil revenue without occupying it.
2026-08-13 · 14 min read
A surface-to-air missile threat over Ankara triggered a rehearsed presidential deception — a catering truck, a C-32A, and a decoy 747 carrying Cabinet secretaries and the press pool.
2026-08-12 · 9 min read
Defense acquisition reform in 2026 — SPEED and FoRGED Act provisions, Commercial Solutions Openings, startup pathways, and what actually changed.
2026-08-06 · 12 min read
Reuters reports the US has used 'virtually all' of its ATACMS and PrSM missiles after five months of war with Iran. Why it's a readiness story, not a supply story.
2026-08-04 · 6 min read
Six years after the Beirut port blast: 220+ dead, 70 defendants, a 1,000-page file referred in March 2026 — and still no indictment issued.
2026-08-04 · 14 min read