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Shadow naval warfare: the consequences of Ukraine's attacks on Russia's oil economy
At the end of November 2025, information emerged about incidents involving ships associated with the Russian Federation's shadow oil exports. First, there was a fire on the oil tanker "Kairos" near the coast of Turkey on 28 November. On the same day, another tanker, the "Virat", was attacked nearby, followed a week later, on 11 December, by the tanker "Dashan"...
Opinion | Denys KlymenkoDec 28, 2025 | 12 MIN.
Hybrid silhouettes of NATO: nuclear initiation for Ukraine
The reality of today is that the shelling of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant is a test of the civilised world's readiness to defend the very idea of security. It is becoming clear that the Alliance needs to abandon the logic of ‘expansion’ and adopt the logic of adaptive existence. It is from this logic that Ukraine's ‘nuclear’ entry into NATO can begin — not just as a symbol of political union, but as a point of no return for the entire Euro-Atlantic system...
Opinion | Vadym KovalenkoOct 20, 2025 | 23 MIN.
“Something between OnlyFans and a telephone scam”. What will be the outcome of the financial scandal surrounding the Lithuanian prime minister?
Since the end of May 2025, a political scandal has been brewing in Lithuania: Lithuanian news outlets have been publishing investigations with sensational headlines revealing possible corruption on the part of Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas...
Opinion | Denys KlymenkoAug 3, 2025 | 10 MIN.
The nanometre race: what is the state of the Russian semiconductor industry?
This article continues the series of articles entitled ‘The nanometre race’. Today, we will look at the development of semiconductors in Russia and how this affects (or does not affect) the world...
Opinion | Serhii VolkovJul 14, 2025 | 8 MIN.
A new chance for an old problem: the Iranian nuclear deal and European diplomacy
The Islamic Republic of Iran has recently attracted the attention of the whole world. Israeli and American strikes on this country have postponed the possibility of concluding a nuclear agreement, which Iranian and US officials have been working on, for a long time or forever...
Opinion | Oleksandr BuriachenkoJul 10, 2025 | 12 MIN.
Red Book aircraft. Will the Russians be able to restore strategic aviation after "Web"?
Defense analyzed which Russian aircraft have been hit since the beginning of the full-scale war, what is their significance on the battlefield, how many such aircraft remained in reserve, and whether Russia has retained the ability to repair, modernize, and build new strategic ships...
Opinion | Oboronka.MezhaJul 7, 2025 | 20 MIN.
Soviet stockpiles won't last forever. Will the Russians have enough artillery for new major offensive campaigns in Ukraine?
Understanding the state of Russian artillery production is essential for assessing its actual ability to ramp up or at least sustain the current pace of the offensive in the medium to long term, which is an important bargaining chip for Moscow at the negotiating table...
Opinion | Oboronka.MezhaJun 22, 2025 | 20 MIN.
How Russia achieves their strategic goals?
It is still largely under a huge question mark as to how Russia manages to get what it wants through changes of leadership in the face of Western decision-makers...
Opinion | Yurii BoikoJun 22, 2025 | 10 MIN.
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