NATO

  A drone loaded with explosives was found at Leipzig-Halle airport in Germany. It was close to a Ukrainian aircraft that was to transport military equipment to Ukraine. The drone carried explosives PETN and Semtex, which failed to detonate on impact. It seems obvious that it was destined to blow up the Ukrainian airplane, and […]

  The NATO summit in Ankara, Turkiye, on July 7-8, 2026, did not deliver many surprises, but it produced some satisfactory results for the future of the alliance. The North Atlantic Alliance, established during the Cold War, was designed to contain Soviet aggression. After the Soviet Union collapsed, many believed the alliance had outlived its […]

  After United States President Donald Trump’s bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, a summit was held in Washington, D.C., with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the leaders of major European countries, NATO and the European Commission. The staging of these meetings was already significant. Alaska, once Russian territory, sits where the U.S. meets geographically with […]

It appears that a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war is drawing near. The most likely demarcation line will hew closely to the current front. Genuine peace talks remain distant – the two sides are far apart. Kyiv still clings to the goal of restoring the country’s pre-2014 borders, while Moscow wants formal control of Crimea and the entire Donetsk, […]

The war in Ukraine is approaching its fourth year, with an enormous toll in human lives and resources. Western allies have gradually allowed Ukraine to deploy modern missile technology across the Russian border. While this escalation has inflicted damage on Russia, it appears to be too little, too late. However, it might pressure Moscow to […]