Canadians Support Purchasing Gripen Fighter Jets Instead of F-35A #Aviation #Canada #Fighter jet #Procurement #World Rendering of the Gripen E fighter jet for the Royal Canadian Air Force. Photo: Saab Canadians support the purchase of Swedish JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets instead of the American F-35A…

German Intelligence Will Be Allowed to Conduct Sabotage Operations Outside Country #Europe #Germany #Intelligence #World German soldiers of the 31st Parachute Regiment at a training exercise. Photo credits: Bundeswehr/Carl Schulze The German government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz is preparing a…

Russians Install Sea Containers on Tanks #Armor #Russia #Tank #War with Russia Sea ISO containers on Russian tanks. Photo credits: Region 22 Russian forces have begun mounting sea ISO containers on tanks, adding to the improvised structures already seen on the battlefield, such as so-called “sheds”…

The announcement by Minsk that russian forces had deployed the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in Belarus triggered the appearance of yet another "scare story" in some Ukrainian media — probably exactly the reaction the Kremlin was hoping for. Allegedly, this latest "wunderwaffe" could…

21 December, 05:30 PM Europe Share: Swedish authorities boarded the Russian container ship Adler (Photo: Screenshot from an SVT video) Swedish authorities boarded a Russian container ship early Sunday, Dec. 21, after it anchored near the town of Höganäs due to engine failure. The vessel’s owner is…

Following a series of drone overflights directed against Danish targets in September, the Danish Ministry of Defense has concluded an order with Kongsberg for coastal defense missiles. After a clear provocation succeeded in closing down Copenhagen Airport on the night of September 22, Danish…

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The Discourse by SWJ Staff | 12.20.2025 at 11:37pm December 17, 2025- This conversation is published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s “Overheard Podcast” Host: Philip Wasielewski Featuring: Mark Grdovic Col. (Ret.) David Maxwell, Editor-at-Large of Small Wars Journal, provided the…

Stanislav Orlov, the commander and founder of Russia’s recently disbanded Espanola brigade, was shot dead at his home in Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea on Dec. 4, according to an investigation by the independent outlet Astra. Orlov, known by the call sign “Ispanets” (lit. “Spaniard”), was…

"As a result of an operation by Ukraine's Defense Intelligence, directly carried out by a representative of the resistance movement against the criminal Russian regime, both military aircraft of the aggressor were disabled," HUR said in a statement. The estimated combined value of the two fighter…

General Kyrylo Budanov, 39, Ukraine's military intelligence chief poses in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo Laurent Van der Stockt for Le Monde/Getty Images) Getty Images The conflict in Ukraine has changed the world and the course of history on many levels. In particular, it continues to change…

The Ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland, Larysa Herasko, took part in the festive Christmas concert of the Saturday Ukrainian school “Native School” in Dublin. She supported the institution with a financial contribution and emphasized the importance of preserving Ukrainian identity abroad. According to…

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Stanislav Orlov, known by the nickname “Spaniard” and founder of the Russian brigade “Española”, was shot dead at a dacha in the occupied Sevastopol. The details are confirmed after reviewing surveillance camera footage and eyewitness accounts. According to journalists’ reports, Orlov was killed on…

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Russia Suspected of Developing Weapons Against Starlink Satellites #Neighbor nations #Neighbors #Russia #Satellite #Space #SpaceX #Starlink Starlink satellites. Photo credits: SpaceX Russia is developing anti-satellite weapons aimed at the Starlink satellites of American billionaire Elon Musk. This…

Upon being released from prison in December 2013 after serving time for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred,” Russian political activist Maria Alyokhina observes that she and her fellow Pussy Riot punk group members “arrived in a different country.” Outwardly, Russia sought to convey to the…

There is a way to punch a very large hole in Russia’s war budget. Europeans only have to emulate President Trump — after seizing a sanctioned tanker carrying Venezuelan crude oil this month, tanker traffic has halted, with vessels bottled up near the coast. Such a policy would be even easier for…

The Discourse by SWJ Staff | 12.21.2025 at 09:43pm STAGES OF SUBVERSION: 1) DEMORALIZATION 2) DESTABILIZATION 3) CRISIS 4) “NORMALIZATION” The above video presents an interview with Yuri Bezmenov, a former KGB operative who defected to the West. He describes methods used to influence and destabilize…

The new warship will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a ‘Golden Fleet’ U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at Rocky Mount Event Center in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak Jessica Koscielniak/Reuters President Trump will announce on…

Ukraine Embed The code has been copied to your clipboard. width px height px The URL has been copied to your clipboard No media source currently available 0:00 0:01:39 0:00 Students in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region are being taught in a new network of reinforced underground schools. The facilities…

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has said he does not consider himself responsible for the deaths of people in Russia's war against Ukraine. Source: Direct Line, a phone-in broadcast with Putin Details: Speaking during a Kremlin-organised Direct Line broadcast, Putin responded to a journalist's…

Russia's economy is expected to experience accelerated inflation at the beginning of 2026, driven by higher tariffs and an increase in the value-added tax (VAT). Source: Elvira Nabiullina, Head of the Central Bank of Russia, at a press conference on Friday 19 December, as reported by The Moscow…

A view of Hermanos Ameijeiras Clinical-Surgical Hospital in Havana on December 18, 2025. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Cuba today feels more isolated than ever after years of sanctions from the United States have severely damaged the economy. Now Cubans are watching the U.S. ramp up pressure on the…

As reported by online media Ukrinform. President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister of Portugal, Luís Montenegro, for the completed projects to restore educational infrastructure in Chernihiv and Cherkasy. The head of state spoke about this during a joint briefing with…

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Russian oil prices continue to plunge under the pressure of U.S. sanctions that have disrupted established export flows to India and China. The price of Urals crude shipped from the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk fell to $34.52 per barrel as of Dec. 16, roughly half the level at the start of the…

Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) struck a Russian military airfield in occupied Crimea, reportedly destroying air defense equipment worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the agency said in a Telegram post on Dec. 18. The overnight attack targeted the Belbek airbase near Sevastopol and was carried…

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/Nawrocki25 Polish President Karol Nawrocki recalled that Russian aggression did not begin with the outbreak of a full-scale war in Ukraine in 2022 and emphasized that Warsaw supports sanctions against Russia and diplomatic pressure. "We recognize, and we discussed…

Ukraine's defence forces have carried out a special operation to destroy a large concentration of Russian armoured vehicles near the city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast. Source: 7th Corps of Ukraine's Air Assault Forces on Facebook Details: The 7th Corps reported that the equipment had been…

Ukrainian long-range drones operated by the Special Operations Center “Alpha” by the Security Service (SBU) have struck two Russian Su-27 fighter jets at the Belbek military airfield in occupied Crimea. The Su-27 is a Soviet heavy all-weather fighter aircraft. Its maximum speed is 2,500 km/h, and…

British intelligence has published an analysis of the consequences of a strike by unmanned underwater vehicles on the Russian port of Novorossiysk: a submarine was damaged during the operation. According to intelligence, on the night of December 15, Ukrainian forces carried out an “unprecedented…

The Mariupol Local History Museum has launched an electronic catalog of its own collection, the exhibits of which were either taken away by the occupying forces or destroyed during the war. The Mariupol City Council reports this. They also emphasize that the new online resource has become the main…