IN THE SPOTLIGHTRussia’s Diesel Export Ban Turns Ukraine’s Refinery Campaign Into a Global Fuel-Market IssueNATO Turns Baltic Air Policing Into an Air-Defence MissionTrump’s Turkey F-35 Signal Reopens NATO’s Unresolved S-400 ProblemProposed Patriot Licence Could Shift Ukraine Support From Supply to Co-ProductionNEWS FEEDRussia’s Diesel Export Ban Turns Ukraine’s Refinery Campaign Into a Global Fuel-Market IssueJuly 9, 2026NATO Turns Baltic Air Policing Into an Air-Defence MissionJuly 9, 2026Czech Opt-Out Exposes Weak Point in NATO’s €70bn Ukraine PledgeJuly 9, 2026Trump’s Turkey F-35 Signal Reopens NATO’s Unresolved S-400 ProblemJuly 9, 2026Proposed Patriot Licence Could Shift Ukraine Support From Supply to Co-ProductionJuly 9, 2026GUEST OPINIONCOMMENTARYJune 19, 2026To build strategic autonomy, Europe needs to wean itself off foreign technology, By Robert BrullEDITORIALSTrump-Zelenskyy Meeting Puts Ukraine Diplomacy Inside NATO Summit PoliticsThe planned bilateral in Ankara will place the future of the Ukraine…Ankara Summit Turns NATO Burden-Shifting Into a Test of European CapacityEU Defence Projects Expose the Gap Between Ambition and CapabilityAirbus Warning Exposes Europe’s Defence-Cooperation ProblemFORCESNATO’s Shared A400M Plan Exposes Europe’s Strategic-Lift ShortageKyiv Strike Exposes Patriot Interceptor Gap Before NATO Leaders MeetTurkey Uses NATO Summit to Press for F-35 Access and Missile-Defence DealsUkraine’s Second Ufa Strike Shows Range Is Becoming a Strategic WeaponEurope Says It Has Filled Most US Gaps in NATO Plans, but Bombers Remain ExposedRussian Shadow Ships May Have Launched Drones Over European InfrastructureUkraine’s Gripen Contract Turns Swedish Air Power Into a Long-Term Capability BetUkraine’s New North Korean Casualty Claim Exposes Russia’s Hidden Manpower BillEuropean Commanders Warn Expensive Platforms Will Not Be Enough for the Next WarSenior European officers are calling for mass-produced drones, interceptors, electronic warfare and…GEOPOLITICAL INSIGHTSTrump’s Turkey F-35 Signal Reopens NATO’s Unresolved S-400 ProblemJuly 9, 2026South Korea Uses NATO Summit to Pitch a Deeper Defence-Industry PartnershipJuly 8, 2026Putin’s Air War Shows the Limits of Russia’s Ground CampaignJuly 4, 2026Russia’s Poland Test Would Be a Test of NATO’s Political NerveJuly 4, 2026Keir Starmer, Churchillian Rhetoric, Peacetime Budgets, & the Slow Death of Britain’s Defence CapabilitiesJuly 4, 2026Ukraine’s Second Ufa Strike Shows Range Is Becoming a Strategic WeaponJuly 3, 2026Russian Shadow Ships May Have Launched Drones Over European InfrastructureJuly 3, 2026Ukraine Seeks €6.6bn EU Peace-Fund Release as Battlefield Window NarrowsJuly 2, 2026China-Russia Training Report Turns Sanctions Concern Into a NATO Security IssueJuly 2, 2026Rutte: US Jobs Argument Reframes European Rearmament Before AnkaraJuly 1, 2026 THE WAR ZONEUkraine’s drone campaign brings Moscow and Siberian refineries within reachJuly 7, 2026Omsk and Vysotsk Strikes Extend Ukraine’s Campaign Across Russia’s Fuel SystemJuly 7, 2026Kyiv Strike Exposes Patriot Interceptor Gap Before NATO Leaders MeetJuly 6, 2026Putin’s Air War Shows the Limits of Russia’s Ground CampaignJuly 4, 2026VETERANS AFFAIRSVeterans Intensify Campaign Against Northern Ireland Legacy ReformsDuty, Courage and Chance: The Remarkable Life of D-Day Veteran Bill Redston101 years of age today, and still going strong… that’s Henri, a brave Belgian warriorMILITARY EDUCATIONSouth Korea’s 500,000 Drone Operators Show Uncrewed Warfare Becoming a Basic Military SkillRussia’s drone training drive in Crimea raises legal risks over militarisation of childrenSchool Strikes Sweep Germany in Response to New Military Service LawTECHNOLOGYUkraine’s Three New Drone Deals Turn Battlefield Experience Into NATO PartnershipsUkraine’s Drone Deals Could Turn Battlefield Experience Into NATO CapabilityThales Move on Exail Shows Europe’s Underwater Drone Market Consolidating
IN THE SPOTLIGHTRussia’s Diesel Export Ban Turns Ukraine’s Refinery Campaign Into a Global Fuel-Market Issue
Russia’s Diesel Export Ban Turns Ukraine’s Refinery Campaign Into a Global Fuel-Market IssueJuly 9, 2026
COMMENTARYJune 19, 2026To build strategic autonomy, Europe needs to wean itself off foreign technology, By Robert Brull
Trump-Zelenskyy Meeting Puts Ukraine Diplomacy Inside NATO Summit PoliticsThe planned bilateral in Ankara will place the future of the Ukraine…
European Commanders Warn Expensive Platforms Will Not Be Enough for the Next WarSenior European officers are calling for mass-produced drones, interceptors, electronic warfare and…
Keir Starmer, Churchillian Rhetoric, Peacetime Budgets, & the Slow Death of Britain’s Defence CapabilitiesJuly 4, 2026