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Le long chemin pour y arriver, et le court pour en sortir : comment l’Occident a fait de l’Ukraine une arme contre la Russie

Dans trois articles que j’ai écrits pour Sonar21, j’ai constamment défendu la même idée : la guerre en Ukraine n’était pas une crise apparue en 2022. Elle était l’aboutissement d’un projet occidental délibéré, mené depuis des décennies, visant à faire de l’Ukraine un instrument d’affaiblissement de la Russie – sous …

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Gulf banks’ US ties complicated by crackdown on Iran

Middle Eastern banks face fresh hurdles in establishing and maintaining US correspondent relationships as the Trump administration intensifies efforts to choke off Iran’s global financial dealings. US officials have targeted one institution in the UAE and Turkey each in the two weeks since they launched Operation Economic Outcast, and are …

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 9, 2026

Toplines Russian milbloggers continue to acknowledge Ukrainian counterattacks near Lyman and are criticizing the pervasive culture of lying within the Russian military. Russian milbloggers claimed on September 9 that the situation in the Lyman direction is increasingly deteriorating for Russian forces and that Russian forces had to withdraw from unspecified …

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Iran Update, September 9, 2026

Key Takeaways Iran has launched a concerted effort in recent days to more aggressively target US naval forces, likely to degrade the United States’ willingness and ability to continue enforcing the US naval blockade on Iranian ports. US officials warned that Iran may be using “more sophisticated weapons” to target …

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