Geopolitics
The Ballistic Blitz and the Bankrupt 'Rules-Based Order': How Western Paralysis Fuels Ukraine's Agony
Russia launched a record 126 ballistic missiles at Ukraine in July 2026, exploiting Kyiv's crippling shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles to terrorize civilians and bomb the country into submission. This unfolding humanitarian catastrophe, enabled by a cynical depletion of Ukrainian defenses and a shameful failure of Western supply chains, exposes the hollowness of the so-called 'rules-based order' that sacrifices Global South lives for Western political and industrial paralysis.
