A study published in the Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies sheds new light, literally, on an ancient naval practice: the use of bonfires and coastal structures as aids to night navigation centuries before the first lighthouse was built. The research combines, for the…

"There will be no operations if you treat us with respect, respect our interests, just as we have constantly tried to respect yours. If you don't deceive us like you deceived us with NATO's eastward expansion." That was Vladimir Putin on 19 December 2025, responding to BBC's Steve Rosenberg during…

The fusion of legitimate state power and organized criminal activity in the maritime domain creates a potent blend of hybrid threat activity and irregular warfare challenges that is as dangerous for those targeted as it is deniable for those who undertake it. In the liminal space between war and…

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The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. A combination of new interceptors and launchers is set to give the Patriot surface-to-air missile system an “over-the-shoulder” engagement capability, the U.S. Army has…

Contracts of this size rarely make headlines, yet they often reveal more about real wartime consumption than battlefield footage ever could. The scale and structure of this award point to how intensively U.S. rocket artillery systems are being used—and how costly it is to keep them operational over…

In 2025, one of the key projects of the Justice Department of MIHR was the creation of a database of notices of suspicion issued to Russian military personnel for war crimes published on the website of the Office of the Prosecutor General. The database includes more than one thousand documents. The…

Military Russia Ukraine War is hard to watch—real war, that is, not the stuff of video games or action movies. The closer you get to combat, the more jarring it becomes. Death comes randomly. The noise is terrifying; the fear is stifling. And most people can’t bear to see what war actually does to…

Summary Estonia is a small, post-Soviet country with a Russian-speaking minority. It is also one of the most geographically isolated NATO alliance members—and has a direct border with Russia. These characteristics make Estonia the most widely touted target of a Russian invasion of NATO territory.…

Disinformation Europe & Eurasia Nationalism Politics & Diplomacy Populism Russia Ukraine Russia Tomorrow December 19, 2025 • 9:00 am ET By Casey Michel Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 challenged much of the common Western understanding of Russia. How can the world better…

Mobile surface-to-air missile air defense "S-400" redirects here. For other uses, see S400. The S-400 Triumf (Russian: C-400 Триумф – Triumf; translation: Triumph; NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler), previously known as the S-300 PMU-3, is a mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed in…

Whilst their country is at war, many children in Ukraine are trying to hold on to their memories of a normal life. At a children's group run by psychologist Oksana, they can bake, craft and chat. The BBC's Ukraine Correspondent James Waterhouse explains how, for kids in Ukraine, life is full of…

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Key Points Ukrainian sources reported that Russia delivered approximately 14 Su-34 bombers and 10 Su-35S fighters to its military in 2025.Analysts said Russia’s 2025 aircraft losses were mainly non-combat, caused by technical failures and pilot error. Ukrainian sources say Russia’s defense industry…

Türkİye Foreign Ministry says damage to Turkish-operated vessel highlights urgency of measures to prevent Black Sea escalation Anadolu staff | 12.12.2025 - Update : 12.12.2025 ISTANBUL Türkiye on Friday expressed concern after a foreign-flagged vessel operated by a Turkish company was damaged in an…

Ukraine has developed another innovation independently during the war. Ukraine's Defense Ministry and the Logistics Forces Command of the Armed Forces have created a new individual protective equipment — a universal field tent. The cost of one unit is $589. It is designed to protect against…

Turnkey Tank Construction: Leopard 2A8 Assembly Plant to Be Built in Lithuania #Armored vehicles #Baltic nations #Baltic States #Europe #Lithuania #Rheinmetall #Tank The assembly process of the “Qatari” Leopard 2A7 at the KMW plant in Germany. An enterprise will be built in Lithuania to assemble the…

“It’s kind of random,” said Anton Floretskii, a gay Russian émigré at Buenos Aires’ Pride celebration last week. The 29-year-old wore a tank top reading “My boyfriend is gay,” and while taking in the remarkable sight for a young and gay Russian like him — tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ revelers,…

Poland Launches the Last Kormoran II-Class Minesweeper #Europe #Fleet #Minesweeper #Navy #Neighbor nations #Neighbors #Poland #shipbuilding The new Polish minesweeper Czajka (‘Seagull’). Source: Polish Ministry of National Defence. Poland has launched the sixth and final Kormoran II-class…

US President Donald Trump has claimed that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is supposedly the only person who dislikes Washington's proposed plan to end the war, while those around him support the project. Source: Trump speaking to journalists at the White House Quote: "I thought we were very close…

About the author: Olena Havrylchyk is a Professor of Economics at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. The proposal to use immobilized Russian assets to finance a "reparation loan" for Ukraine will again be discussed at the next European Council meeting on Dec. 18 and 19. The purpose of this…

Since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has repeatedly threatened the use of atomic weapons, yet its much-prized nuclear industry has faced little in the way of meaningful sanctions. Russia's state atomic corporation, Rosatom, is a key part of the country's military-industrial…

Hackers Breach Developer of Russia’s Unified Military Registry #Cyberattack #Neighbor nations #Neighbors #Russia #World Russian conscripts. Photo from open sources An anonymous hacker group has announced that it has breached the developer of Russia’s unified military registration system. Radio…

Vegetables for borscht cost half what they did last year. Butter and cheese prices, after months of painful increases, are finally cooling. For Ukrainian shoppers, November brought rare relief. Behind the grocery store wins lies a broader achievement: Ukraine’s inflation fell to 9.3% in November,…

Three years ago Kyiv’s elegant Khanenko Museum, home to the largest collection of global art in Ukraine, suffered extensive damage in the first wave of missile attacks on the city by Russia. The famous glass ceiling collapsed and windows shattered, but luckily the collections, which include…

In a bold move, Ukraine's special forces collaborated with a local resistance group for an operation targeting Russian ships in the Caspian Sea. The vessels were reportedly carrying weapons and military gear, intensifying regional tensions. While the timing of the strike remains undisclosed,…

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces says it struck two Russian military-linked ships in the Caspian Sea near Kalmykia, according to Ukraine’s SSO on 12 December 2025. The targeted vessels were reportedly transporting weapons and military equipment and had been previously sanctioned by the US for…

The Bank of Russia has commented for the first time on the European Commission’s plans to use its frozen assets held in Western countries for a “reparations loan” to Ukraine. IIn a statement, the Central Bank said that any “direct or indirect use” of its assets would be “illegal and contrary to…

The German Foreign Ministry said it summoned the Russian ambassador, Sergei Nechayev, on Friday over allegations of repeated Russian hybrid attacks on Germany. Germany has been among several EU countries sounding the alarm in recent years over increasing Russian threats. Russia called the statements…

Russia's war against Ukraine is increasingly affecting the countries of central and southeast Europe. Russian drones and missiles violating the continent's airspace have become commonplace, especially in Poland, the Republic of Moldova and Romania. Drones have exploded several times in southeastern…

Cryptocurrency is not a real currency and its value is “purely speculative”, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar said on Friday (December 12). Speaking at the Mint Annual BFSI Conclave 2025 in Mumbai, Sankar described cryptocurrency as “just a piece of code”. “The historical…

Today, there is important news from the Russian Federation. Here, a long-anticipated deal between India and Russia has finally been confirmed, with Russia choosing to lease one of its most lethal weapons despite struggling on sea as much as on the ground. This move marks the most desperate action…

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CISA has ordered U.S. federal agencies to patch a critical GeoServer vulnerability now actively exploited in XML External Entity (XXE) injection attacks. In such attacks, an XML input containing a reference to an external entity is processed by a weakly configured XML parser, allowing threat actors…

Ukraine's domestically produced cruise missiles could help deal a devastating blow to Russia's air defense production, enabling increasingly effective long-range drone strikes against other targets inside Russia, a new report published on Dec. 12 says. The report from the Royal United Services…

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has reported the probable cause of the container ship strike that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge: a loose wire buried inside a switchboard. The agency has now released its complete report, detailing the findings of its forensic team - and the…

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Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) say they destroyed Russian infantry numbers equivalent to two battalions in just two days in Donetsk Oblast The figures were reported by SBS commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi in public posts on social media. Most of the losses occurred in Donetsk Oblast in…

Russian forces have not fully seized Siversk in Donetsk Oblast despite Kremlin claims, and the frontlines in Ukraine are not collapsing, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). In reality, Russia is "only making tactical gains across most of the theater," the think tank says. This…