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Advanced Algorithms and Techniques for Resilient Time Provision
Huld s.r.o. and the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen have developed a new hardware and software platform capable of generating accurate and stable timing information with a high level of integrity and availability. The system merges multiple timing sources and detects inconsistencies among…
Big win for Ukrainian families abroad: Kids' schooling to be recognized back home
According to Iryna Vereshchuk, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meetings with Ukrainian communities in various countries around the world have repeatedly raised the issue of educating children who are currently abroad. Vereshchuk reminded that in February, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed…
Step by Step, Ukraine Built a Technological Navy
According to the New York Times, in mid-April 2022, U.S. and Ukrainian naval officers were on a routine intelligence-sharing call when something unexpected appeared on their radar screens—the Americans said they had spotted the Moskva, Russia’s Black Sea Fleet flagship. The Ukrainians thanked their…
Russia is extinguishing all traces of Ukrainian identity in occupied Ukraine
In recent months, US-led efforts to initiate a Russia-Ukraine peace process have focused primarily on the issue of potential Ukrainian territorial concessions. But as negotiating teams discuss technical details and draw lines on maps, almost no attention is being paid to the desperate plight of the…
An exchange deception. Russia sent Ukraine ex‑convicts already due for deportation, instead of prisoners of war
On May 16, during negotiations in Istanbul, Turkey, Russian and Ukrainian delegations agreed to a prisoner exchange based on a “1,000-for-1,000” formula. The exchange commenced on May 23 and occurred in three stages, with the parties transferring batches of 390, 307, and 303 persons over three…
Braving Drones, Volunteer Driver Provides 'Lifeline' To Isolated Ukrainian Villages
In Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region, life in villages near the Russian border has been pushed to the edge. Ongoing Russian strikes have shuttered local shops, pharmacies, and public transportation systems, leaving residents isolated and desperate. But one man is refusing to let these communities…
Unpacking Russia's cyber nesting doll
Cybersecurity Digital Policy Europe & Eurasia Infrastructure Protection Non-Traditional Threats Russia Ukraine Russia Tomorrow May 20, 2025 Unpacking Russia’s cyber nesting doll Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 challenged much of the common Western understanding of Russia.…
Royal Navy Carrier Heads "East of Suez"
Early on May 24, ships of the HMS Prince of Wales carrier strike group began a southerly transit of the Suez Canal. Although CSG 25 flagship HMS Prince of Wales (R09) was not spotted, HMS Dauntless (D33), Canadian HMCS Ville de Quebec (F332), Spanish ESPS Mendez Nunez (F104), Royal Norwegian Navy…
U.S. Ramps Up Defenses for Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia
A number of recent satellite passes over Diego Garcia – historically part of the British Indian Ocean Territory, now part of Mauritius - have identified the presence on the airfield of up to six F-15 strike aircraft. There are normally no US aircraft permanently stationed on Diego Garcia, with…
Russian navy steals Estonian university's wave buoy, takes it to Kaliningrad
Rivo Uiboupin, director of TalTech's center for marine systems, said: "The buoy was located about 50 kilometers from Hiiumaa. It is within Estonia's exclusive economic zone. This is not exactly territorial waters, but Estonia has the right to carry out various activities there." "The buoy was…
‘I’ll go to the ends of the earth to find my lost son’
DISPATCH FROM CHERNIHIV Hundreds of Ukrainians rushed to the prisoner exchange this weekend, thrusting pictures of missing family members at returning prisoners in the hope of news Four Ukrainians remained rooted to the spot, with pictures of their missing relatives, after the prisoner exchange…
Russian spies operated in Portugal using forged Brazilian papers, report claims
May 26, 2025 by TWO RUSSIAN SPIES USED forged documents acquired in Brazil in order to live in Portugal for years and use it as a base from where to conduct espionage, according to an investigation by Portuguese counterintelligence. The spies were husband-and-wife team Vladimir Aleksandrovich…
Russia’s gold and yuan reserves shrinking, reports Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service
Russia's National Wealth Fund has dropped to US$38 billion, down from US$150 billion before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Source: Oleg Ivashchenko, Head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service, as reported by Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform Quote: "Before the full-scale invasion in…
Russia losing battlefield edge in war against Ukraine, WP reports
Russia's military advantage against Ukraine is declining, the Washington Post (WP) reported on May 24, citing U.S., European, and Ukrainian officials and military experts. While Russia's military difficulties could be an opportunity for Ukraine's allies to mount pressure against Moscow in hopes of…
Nature under siege: a story from the border between Ukraine and Romania
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Secret note reveals Russia using Telegram bots to control drones attacking Ukraine, Economist reports
Russia appears to be newly using Telegram messaging app bots to control its attack drones, ensuring real-time flight data and footage feed for human operators, the Economist reported on May 25, citing Ukrainian engineers. The new control algorithm was revealed in a note hidden inside one of the…
“I’m talking to you from your future”: a conversation with Aida Čerkez, 30 years on from the siege of Sarajevo
Thirty years ago, Sarajevo was surrounded by artillery, snipers, and silence from the rest of the world. Bosnia was at war with Serbia. Inside the besieged city, Aida Čerkez, a young journalist, was covering the war for the Associated Press from her basement newsroom, living under constant shelling,…
German chancellor says four countries have lifted restrictions on strikes deep inside Russia for Ukraine
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the United States have lifted all restrictions on Ukraine regarding the range of strikes. Source: Merz live on the German public TV channel WDR Europaforum, as reported by European Pravda Details: On Monday 26…
Ukraine Rebuilds Its Energy Grid With Lessons From the Frontline
May 23, 2025 Copied On the day of the full-scale invasion, Victoria Polkovnikova took one of the last trolleybuses into Kharkiv. Others were fleeing west as Russian forces advanced towards the city, but Polkovnikova felt she had to be at her post, an electrical substation in the center. As rockets…
US Military Develops Drone Escort System to Protect Civilian Shipping - Militarnyi
US Military Develops Drone Escort System to Protect Civilian Shipping #Navy #UAV #USA Illustrative image of the Pulling Guard program. Photo credits: DARPA The US military is developing new technologies to escort commercial vessels and protect them from attacks, particularly those involving drones,…
Tears Of Joy Mark Return Of Ukrainian Soldiers In Mass Prisoner Exchange
Link has been copied to clipboard Breaking News Videos 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 0:01:30 0:00 There were scenes of raw emotion as hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers returned from…
Power of the Diaspora: Keeping Ukraine on the US Agenda
Anna Hryniv is a Ukrainian journalist and communications strategist living in the US, where she actively advocates for Ukraine. In an interview with Kyiv Post, she shares how the tone of Ukrainian messaging in the West is evolving, what truly resonates with US lawmakers, and how a single toy can…
Opinion: Why It’s Important to Patent Ukrainian Military Technologies
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Selfies From the Front: Inside the ‘V.I.P.’ Brigade for Ambitious Russian Officials
After a stint with a drone unit led by a member of Parliament, Russian officials return to work, and promotions, garlanded as war veterans. Most soldiers are stuck in indefinite deployments. Listen to this article · 7:41 min Learn more An undated photograph showing Aleksandr Malikov, center, a…
Weekly Maritime Security Threat Advisory – 19 May 2025
Dryad Global’s latest Maritime Security Threat Advisory (MSTA) highlights two critical incidents that underline the growing complexity of today’s maritime risk landscape: a high-stakes standoff in the Gulf of Finland involving a suspected shadow fleet tanker, and a significant GPS jamming incident…
‘Roadmap for corruption’: Trump dive into cryptocurrency raises ethics alarm
Donald Trump’s push to sharply ease oversight of the cryptocurrency industry, while he and his sons have fast expanded crypto ventures that have reaped billions of dollars from investors including foreign ones, is raising alarm about ethical and legal issues. Watchdog groups, congressional Democrats…
Putin’s helicopter allegedly caught in Ukrainian drone attack during Kursk visit – Russian commander
The helicopter of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin was reportedly at the centre of efforts to repel a large-scale drone attack by Ukrainian forces during his visit to Russia’s Kursk Oblast. Source: Yuri Dashkin, Commander of the Air Defence division in Kursk Oblast, as quoted by RBC Details: According…
Frontiers | Impact of coastal currents and eddies on particle dispersion in the Baltic Sea: a Lagrangian approach to marine ecosystems
1 Introduction The Baltic Sea, with its unique geographical and environmental characteristics, serves as an essential case study for understanding coastal current dynamics and their ecological impacts. As a semi-enclosed, brackish body of water, it exhibits pronounced salinity gradients and limited…
Leadership in Literature: The Caine Mutiny
The naval profession has been around for thousands of years—long enough to generate an extensive collection of exemplary practitioners to learn from, and to inspire an endless trove of stories. To paraphrase a quote by Chaucer: There is nothing new, only what has been forgotten. Naval literature,…
An 18th-century war power resurfaces in cyber policy talks
Can a centuries-old war power used for legalizing piracy be the key to U.S. cyber retaliation? The Trump administration and industry partners have discussed whether privateering contracts — once used to deputize pirate ships — could offer inspiration for authorizing private sector hacking operations…
Opinion: Stalin Lives, Truth Dies: Putin Weaponizes History
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Probe Says Russian Military Hackers Target Romanian Surveillance Cameras To Track Ukraine Aid
Russian military intelligence (GRU) has targeted thousands of surveillance cameras across Romania and other NATO countries bordering Ukraine in an attempt to monitor the flow of military and humanitarian aid to Kyiv, according to a recent investigation involving the United States and several…
“It Was All a Scam” A Cuban’s Tale of Deceit from Russia - Havana Times
Photo: Natasha Vazquez By Ernesto Eimil and Natasha Vazquez (El Toque) HAVANA TIMES – In April 2025, the elTOQUE WhatsApp channel (1-786-403-8554) received a denunciation centering around the story of a group of Cubans in Russia. The person, who asked to remain anonymous, told us that they knew of…
Mapping Magnetism | Worlds Revealed
The physical phenomenon known as magnetism occurs when the movement of an electric charge results in attractive and repulsive forces between objects. In 77 CE, Roman author, naturalist, and military commander Gaius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder) wrote in his encyclopedia Naturalis Historia…
Borscht Ingredient Prices Surge Up to 87% in Russia - The Moscow Times
The price of vegetables needed to cook borscht has risen sharply in Russia over the past year, the Kommersant business daily reported Thursday, citing state data. The so-called "borscht index" has been used as an indicator of economic well-being in eastern European countries, as the traditional…
Dancer with machine gun: Ukrainian ballroom pro storms Russian positions in elite special forces - Euromaidan Press
A former ballroom dancer now storms Russian positions as part of Ukraine’s elite National Guard unit. Serhii Nazarenko proves that grace and strength can live within the same person. Ukraine’s defense forces have codified and put into service over 25 models of machine guns since 2022. Most of these…
Bank of Georgia Restricts Luxury Spending for Russian Cardholders - The Moscow Times
The Bank of Georgia has restricted Russian cardholders from making luxury goods purchases of more than 300 euros, Russian and Georgian media reported Thursday. Visa and Mastercard transactions over $300, 300 euros or 300 British pounds are now restricted at “certain” luxury retailers abroad, a Bank…
Czech citizen who joined Russian Army now begs Prague for rescue - Euromaidan Press
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs has officially confirmed that it is reviewing the case of a Czech citizen who went to Russia. He joined the Russian Armed Forces but now is seeking help from Czech diplomats, says Daniel Dreik, the spokesperson for the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Russian…
600 tanks, 400 fighter jets, two aircraft carriers: Europe's shopping list for post-American defense - Euromaidan Press
If America fully “exits the game,” Europe will have to spend an additional $1 trillion on its own defense, and even that might not guarantee protection from Russia, according to Defense Express. Russia is rapidly expanding its military presence along NATO’s borders. Recent defense assessments reveal…
Leningrad Siege Survivor Fined Over Anti-War Protest - The Moscow Times
A St. Petersburg court fined Leningrad siege survivor Lyudmila Vasilyeva 10,000 rubles ($126) for staging an anti-war protest, the court’s press service said Friday. Vasilyeva, 84, held a rare solo demonstration in February to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.…
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