Abstract The central argument survives fact-checking, but it must be tightened. The viral claim that “10 Ukrainians neutralized two NATO battalions” during Hedgehog 2025 is presently traceable in public form to a 26 March 2026 commentary essay, not to an official after-action release. What is officially verifiable is that Exercise Hedgehog 2025 / Siil 2025 … Leggi tutto Ukraine as NATO’s Operational Accelerator, Not Its Dependent: Hedgehog 2025, Drone-War Adaptation and the Strategic Cost of Treating Kyiv as Peripheral