A new European loitering munition with new extreme armor-penetration capability has passed its first live-fire test in Germany—just as Ukraine is already using the system in combat and NATO accelerates plans to mass-produce thousands of such drones. Dec 24, 2025 14:35 4 min read Authors News Writer…

European hesitation to supply Ukraine with critical air defense missiles amid rising concerns about Russian drone activity echoes Cold War-era Soviet strategies of sabotage and hybrid warfare. According to Defense Express, current developments reflect the enduring influence of a sabotage doctrine…

This story originally published online at NC Newsline. Dozens of children, some dressed as angels, shepherds, and farm animals, stood flanked by twinkling blue and white lights as they sang Ukrainian Christmas carols at a Raleigh church recently. Nearly four years ago, many of the children on stage…

Commenting on the prospect of Russia’s war spreading beyond Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said this month that his country was ready to take on Europe in a direct military conflict if needed. "We are not planning to go to war with Europe, but if Europe wants to and starts, we are ready right…

Homepage News Events 08:45 26 Dec 2025 Photo: General Staff of Ukraine's armed forces Maria Ignatenko Ukrainian defenders deoccupied five villages in the Dnipropetrovsk region in over 100 days. The main part of the operation took place in the fall. The 225th Separate Assault Regiment reported this…

26 December, 11:13 AM Share: Yamal gas field (Photo: gazprom.ru) Russia is facing major setbacks in its liquefied natural gas (LNG) ambitions and is unlikely to meet its previously announced plans to triple production and capture 20% of the global LNG market, Bloomberg reported on Dec. 25. Moscow's…

About 50 residents, mostly elderly women, are said to have been taken from Hrabovske in the Sumy region in violation of humanitarian law Liz Cookman Sunday December 21 2025, 6.03pm, The Times Russian troops in the Kursk region in March EPA/RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE Liz Cookman Sunday…

Russia is scrambling to rein in the country’s sprawling illicit market for leaked personal data, a shadowy ecosystem long exploited by investigative journalists, police and criminal groups. For more than a decade, Russia’s so-called probiv market – a term derived from the verb “to pierce” or “to…

March 23, 2003: A Tornado crew returned from a strike mission over Iraq and never made it home. A Patriot battery – trusted, automated, validated – engaged a friendly aircraft. Flight Lieutenants Kevin Barry Main and David Rhys Williams died. The inquiry found faults in identification logic,…

Each year, an extraordinary volume of illicit money quietly exits the United States, flowing through financial institutions, businesses, charities, trade channels, and digital platforms with remarkable efficiency. Estimates from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime indicate that between 2…

Kremlin-aligned actors are exploiting instability in the Western Balkans in an attempt to populate Artificial Intelligence with false information that will feed their narratives. An AI prompt on the 1999 NATO bombing shows how well Russian propaganda has adapted to manipulating AI. Nowadays,…

I’ve been tracking Ukraine’s transformation from drone importer to NATO’s leading drone warfare teacher for months. This week brought a development that captures how far the tables have turned: Ukrainian officials traveled to Portugal to evaluate autonomous systems from a company that openly credits…

26 December, 01:57 PM Share: Russia will continue targeting Kyiv–Kovel rail line to sever logistics from Poland (Photo: Ukrzaliznytsia) Russian forces are intensifying attacks on railway infrastructure along the Kyiv–Kovel line to disrupt logistics between Ukraine and Poland, Ukrainian electronic…

The Discourse by SWJ Staff | 12.24.2025 at 03:43pm AI Use in Terrorist Plots and Attacks Surges in 2025 The piece begins as follows: It has been over three years since OpenAI launched ChatGPT, the large language model (LLM), which is now the fastest consumer application to reach 100 million users…

A monument honoring the legendary Ukrainian heavy combat drones, dubbed by the Russian forces “Baba Yaga, ” was unveiled in the town of Vyshneve in the Kyiv region—a tribute to a weapon that has become a symbol of fear for Russian forces during the war, according to Ukraine’s Main Directorate of…

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While international headlines focus on battlefields, most of Ukraine functions normally. Millions work, study, and raise families in cities with renovated hospitals, efficient public transport, and thriving cultural scenes. As wartime displacement reshapes the country, western Ukrainian cities are…

While preparing for the strike on the submarine in Novorossiysk on 15 December, officers of the 13th Main Directorate of the SBU’s Military Counterintelligence Department struck a modernised Il-38N Sea Dragon reconnaissance aircraft at the Yeysk airbase, which could have prevented the strike on the…

It is noted that the funds will be used to cover the urgent needs of Ukrainian energy companies, including the purchase of spare parts, generators, and fuel, as well as for emergency repair works. Estonian Minister of Energy and Environment Andres Sutt emphasized that this support will help Ukraine…

“The SBU continues its effective work to destroy air defense systems in Crimea that cover important military and logistical facilities of the occupiers. The elimination of componentsof this echeloned system significantly weakens the enemy’s defense and military capabilities in the Crimean…

ENGРУСУКР Censor.NET News Events Articles Photo Video Statistics Archive Drone industry Censor.NET on social networks Mobile Applications About us Donate to CN 6117 visitors online News Video 23.12.25 11:27 5 394 The Ukrainian Defence Forces have dealt another effective blow to Russian armoured…

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26 December, 04:33 PM Share: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Photo: REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen) Author: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said security guarantees, postwar reconstruction, and an economic agreement will be the key topics of his upcoming meeting with U.S. President…

Ukraine continues to strengthen its air defense, in particular through cooperation with partners. As previously reported by Ukraine’s Minister of Defense Denys Shmyhal, Germany has already transferred the ninth IRIS-T surface-to-air missile system to our country. The Ministry of Defense explains…

The Russian economy has found itself in its worst state since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine due to a steep decline in oil revenues and the depletion of reserves. Despite claims by US President Donald Trump about Russia's supposed "advantage" in the war, economists are…

New details of a unique special operation carried out in the port of Novorossiysk, during which a Russian submarine was destroyed, have been released. As it emerged, a key stage of the operation was the prior disabling of the Il-38N maritime reconnaissance aircraft, which could have thwarted the…

Poland plans to complete a new set of anti-drone fortifications along its eastern borders within two years, a top defence official has said, after a massive incursion of unmanned Russian aerial combat vehicles into Polish airspace earlier this year. “We expect to have the first capabilities of the…

Today, the biggest news comes from Europe. Here, Ukraine is escalating its campaign in the Black Sea into a de facto blockade, targeting Russia's shadow fleet and crippling key oil export infrastructure. In response, Moscow has begun accusing European nations of direct involvement—threatening…

Naval News Navy 2025 The UK Ministry of Defence has launched Atlantic Bastion, a new hybrid undersea surveillance network anchored by Helsing’s SG 1 Fathom autonomous gliders. The system aims to counter increased Russian submarine activity by giving the Royal Navy a persistent, scalable way to track…

There was no proper ground deicing of the Tu-95 strategic bomber that took off from the Olenya air base in the Kola Peninsula this week. A video posted by the Russian armed forces shows the large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber taking off with snow on its wings and body. On December…

A 10-year-old is stabbed to death by a fellow student at an elite school. A teenager in an affluent village repeatedly knifes his math teacher to death. Teenage crime up almost a fifth in a year. Baby killers go free. Murderers wander the streets, pumped up from military service. And veterans commit…

He stated that on the night of December 26, units of the 1st Separate Center of the unmanned systems forces carried out a planned reconnaissance and strike operation in the settlement of Berdyanske, Donetsk region. According to confirmed operational information, the strike on the command post and…

The headline figure is based on a report by the authoritative British analytical institute RUSI, which estimates that more than 100 deep-strike drones in a single salvo are needed to penetrate russian air defenses. This figure should not be considered absolute. This estimate is drawn from material…

The year 2025 arrived with talk of peace. It ended to the rattle of air-defense systems across Ukraine. It was a year shaped by negotiations and expectations, driven by U.S. President Donald Trump's push for a settlement — even as Russia continued to strike Ukrainian cities. The war did not end.…

Bulgaria is preparing to adopt the euro in January amid fresh domestic political turbulence and fears that Russia-aligned disinformation is deepening distrust of the new currency. The Balkan country of 6.5 million people will become the 21st country to join the eurozone on 1 January, as policymakers…

As reported by the military-partisan movement “Atesh” The guerrilla movement “Atesh” released intelligence about the probable headquarters of the RF’s 31st Air Defense Division in the occupied Sevastopol. According to their agents, the facility is masked with mockups of equipment, while activity…

Background In their latest assessment, ISW analysts referred to comments made the previous day by Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), who said that Russia has fulfilled its plan to recruit 403,000 personnel into the army and is set to exceed that target by the end…

Almost all children who were forced to leave Ukraine for Latvia because of the war want to return home. This was stated by Natalia Urus, a psychologist at the Ukrainian House in Latvia, in an interview with Ukrinform. “Almost all children want to go back to Ukraine. They are definitely not lost. It…