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Ukrainian air defense systems intercepting Russian missiles during a night attack amid intensified strikes on critical infrastructure

Russia is looking for weaknesses in Ukraine’s missile defense

Russia is actively testing Ukraine’s air defense for weaknesses, adapting missile tactics and overwhelming systems. A critical moment that could reshape the war’s trajectory.
Mar 27, 2024
Oil refinery fire in Russia after Ukrainian strike as sanctions pressure mounts on the Kremlin’s energy sector and export infrastructure

Strategic operation against Russia’s oil industry – sanctions in actions

Ukraine and its allies are escalating a strategic campaign against Russia’s oil sector—combining sanctions, strikes, and maritime pressure to choke the Kremlin’s war funding.
Mar 26, 2024
Concept art showing blurred Russian and ISIS flags intertwined with imagery of intelligence networks and terror propaganda waves

Russia’s hand in the ISIS formation and its real influence on Crocus City Hall “special operation”

Explore the controversial claims about Russia’s alleged influence on ISIS formation and disinformation tactics, dissecting myths, motives, and global terror narratives.
Mar 23, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron speaking at a podium on Ukraine policy as media and political opponents critique his remarks.

Why Macron is harshly criticized by French parties and media for his position on Ukraine?

Emmanuel Macron’s Ukraine policy has drawn sharp criticism from French politicians and media for remarks on territorial discussions, strategic ambiguity and political divisions — EMPR analysis.
Mar 15, 2024
Protesters in Moscow wave banners as debates over Putin’s election intensify, reflecting public unrest amid Russia’s war in Ukraine.

March on Moscow instead of Putin’s election: The armed Forces “confused the cards”

EMPR analysis: Russia’s war in Ukraine has upended political expectations, fueling talk of protest and flipping narratives around Putin’s election and public sentiment.
Mar 15, 2024
Journalists in war-torn Mariupol filming destruction amid shelling as they document siege and prepare to evacuate footage from occupied city.

20 Days in Mariupol: how the footage was taken out of the occupied city

Trapped in besieged Mariupol, journalists filmed war crimes under fire and secretly carried out the footage, revealing the true scale of destruction to the world — EMPR.media.
Mar 12, 2024
Paper rays of Ukraine's security

Paper rays of Ukraine’s security

Ukraine secures its future: Kyiv signs direct security agreements with the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and more nations expected to join soon.
Feb 25, 2024
Transnistria flag raised in Tiraspol with parliament background as analysts debate possible appeal to Putin for accession to Russia

Transnistria. Why it is relevant for putin now?

Will Transnistria’s deputies appeal to Putin to join Russia? Conflicting intel and denials fuel debate on geopolitics, regional instability and disinformation.
Feb 24, 2024
Oleksiy Arestovich speaking in interview setting about Ukraine war, Poland security and grain politics amid geopolitical tensions.

Arestovich: “If we lose, there will be no Poland. And they are doing everything to make us lose by dumping grain”

Oleksiy Arestovich warns that if Ukraine loses the war, Poland’s security collapses and suggests grain policy is undermining Kyiv’s efforts. Deep geopolitical interview on EMPR.media.
Feb 23, 2024
World map highlighting alliances supporting Russia’s war on Ukraine, showing geopolitical coalition of rogue states in conflict analysis.

Combined group of rogue states is now at war against Ukraine

EMPR analysis: a combined group of so‑called rogue states is now effectively at war with Ukraine through alliances and support for Moscow’s offensive — what it means geopolitically.
Feb 23, 2024
Illustration of 1980s Cold War tensions with U.S. activists influencing policy and Soviet leaders facing reform pressures.

An address to American radicals who succeeded in the 80s by setting up conditions for the Soviet Union’s collapse

In the 1980s, American radicals and policymakers shaped discourse, influenced U.S. strategy, and indirectly catalyzed Soviet reforms and dissident movements that led to the USSR’s collapse.
Jan 17, 2024
Investigative concept image showing transport routes from occupied Ukrainian cities and illicit financial network mapping tied to a top official

How illegal transport and financial business in occupied territories of Ukraine relates to the head of the State Rear Operator SE

Exclusive investigation exposes ties between illegal transport businesses operating from occupied Ukrainian territories and the head of Ukraine’s State Rear Operator SE, raising questions about money flows and occupation‑era networks.:contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
Jan 16, 2024

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