Naval News Navy 2025 Iran has recommissioned the Sahand frigate, along with the Kurdistan forward base ship, during a Navy Day ceremony in Bandar Abbas after completing repairs from the vessel’s 2024 capsizing incident. As reported by Mehr News on November 29, 2025, the Sahand frigate, which…

Europe & Eurasia Maritime Security NATO Northern Europe Security & Defense Issue Brief November 26, 2025 Bottom lines up front In 2023 and 2024, many undersea cables and a pipeline in the Baltic Sea were cut or damaged in a string of suspicious incidents. Caught by surprise, the Baltic states’…

On 28 November 2025, at least 30,000 Georgians (in a nation of 3.7 million) marked a full year of daily protests. Ukraine's Euromaidan lasted three months; Belarus's 2020 uprising—five. Georgia is now at twelve, and counting. Every single day since the ruling Georgian Dream party halted the…

Americans believe a strong military will provide better opportunity for global peace though the means to an end is viewed in a wide lens based on political partisanship, according to the Dec. 4 release of the 2025 Reagan National Defense Survey. The public opinion poll annually conducted since 2018…

European heads of state and government are apparently deeply distrustful of the U.S. when it comes to peace negotiations with Russia and Ukraine. According to notes from a conference call obtained by DER SPIEGEL, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron used drastic…

04 December, 2025 RussiaUkraineEurope Former Chief of CIA's Central Eurasia Division Rob Dannenberg served as chief of operations for CIA's Counterterrorism Center, chief of the Central Eurasia Division and chief of the Information Operations Center before retiring from the Agency. He served as…

The Russo-Ukraine War may be headed to a pause, if Western peace talks aimed at resolving the conflict move forward toward agreement. This means Western policymakers should be increasingly focused on how the post-ceasefire reality might look — and how to make it sustainable. The hard truth is that…

Photo: social media Ulyana Guz Éditions Bleu et Jaune has released the French translation of "Poems from the Arrow Loop," a collection by the late Ukrainian soldier-poet Maksym Kryvtsov, bringing his frontline writings to a francophone audience. Chytomo reported this. As noted, the French publishing…

Russian oil and gas revenues are poised to slump by 35% this month from a year earlier as the price of Russia’s crude has plunged and the local currency strengthened. Russia’s budget is expected to receive $6.63 billion (520 Russian billion rubles) from oil and gas in November, a decline of 35%…

There was a grim familiarity to the unveiling of Donald Trump’s latest peace proposals for Ukraine last week. As in August, when the US president invited Vladimir Putin to a summit in Alaska, Kyiv and its European allies were excluded from discussions that ended up echoing Kremlin talking points.…

The power radiating from a person’s gaze can’t be replicated. Just five photos, ten eyes, and the boundless energy they hold. Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF)—whose work remains largely unseen—shape outcomes far greater than most realize, in a nation fighting for its survival. Nov 25, 2025…

A coordinated wave of sanctions from the United States, United Kingdom and European Union in October 2025 has intensified global restrictions on Russia’s energy revenues, signalling a renewed effort to curb funding streams that support its military activities. According to KYC360, the latest…

Defense News Army 2025 Estonia’s Ministry of Defence has taken delivery of six additional K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers from South Korea’s Hanwha Defence, part of a 36-system program worth about 120 million euros. The new guns deepen Estonia’s indirect fire capacity on NATO’s eastern…

The “28-point peace plan” leaked to Axios was widely mocked as unrealistic, but the more serious concern is its origin. The New York Times has since reported that the proposal emerged from the Trump administration with direct input from Russian intermediaries, including conversations in Miami…

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Speaking at the opening of the Crimean Platform parliamentary summit in Sweden, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk, stated that Kyiv is ready for “meaningful negotiations” on ending the war with Russia. At the same time, according to Stefanchuk, there are certain “red…

The Donetsk Regional Center for Technical Creativity of Children and Youth invites students and anyone interested to join the creative online marathon "Happy Child in a Happy Family"! The marathon is part of the All-Ukrainian campaign "16 Days Against Violence." 🎨 What do you need to do? Create a…

Ukraine refugees' 'stories of hope' at exhibition 3 days ago Andrea Pluckin Northampton ANDREA PLUCK/BBC Nine-year-old Luka and his sister Kvitka, 14, showcased their musical and acting talents at the opening of the exhibition An art exhibition showcasing the "hopes and dreams" of Ukrainian children…

During Russia’s night-time attack on Kyiv on the night of November 25, a creative person – a prop maker and decorator Vadym Tupchiy, known as the author of noses for the ‘Beetle Show’ – died. A Russian drone struck his apartment in Rusanivka. The journalist Denys Kazansky reported Tupchiy’s tragic…

Today, the biggest news comes from Central Asia. Here, Kazakhstan has shut down one of Russia's most important land borders, freezing thousands of trucks and exposing just how dependent Moscow has become on its neighbor's transit routes. What began as a routine customs inspection has escalated into…

Homepage News Technology 15:50 31 Oct 2025 Photo: Lviv City Council Ulyana Guz This year, the first school in Ukraine built using 3D printing technology will be completed in Lviv. The new building on Varshavska Street will accommodate a hundred first-graders in the near future. Lviv's Deputy Mayor…

A Turkish parliamentary delegation attended a summit organized by the Crimea Platform in Stockholm, Sweden and reaffirmed Turkish support for the Crimean Tatar community. Fuat Oktay, head of the Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee and a lawmaker for the ruling Justice and Development…

Home All publications News Top news Press Service of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Published on 21 November 2025, at 14:20 First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleksandr Korniienko took part in the third international conference “Crimea Global. Understanding Ukraine through the…

Pro-Russian Military Junta in Mali on the Verge of Collapse: Jihadists Blockade the Capital #Africa #Russia #Terrorism #Wagner/Liga PMC #World Tuareg rebels in Mali (National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad). Photo credits: Attaye Ag Mohamed Russian influence in Mali is under threat after the…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany, September 6, 2024. Heiko Becker | Reuters Ukrainian officials are willing to move forward with a U.S.-backed framework for a peace deal that would end Kyiv's war with…

Share: US Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll will meet with Chief of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov in Abu Dhabi to discuss the "peace plan" with the russian delegation. According to political analyst Viktor Taran, such a meeting emphasizes Budanov's…

Russia is experiencing an air defense shortage due to Ukrainian strikes. Ukraine has managed to exhaust Russian protection systems to the point that they can no longer physically cope, says Yevhen Dykyi, former commander of a company in the Aidar Battalion, as per Radio NV. Ukraine has expanded…

The head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, has approved a new strategy for Russia’s state national policy through 2036, which, among other things, envisions involving residents of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories in all-Russian events. Key Provisions and Content of the Strategy The document…

The shipping industry has always been good at navigating uncertainty; however the rapid expansion of the shadow fleet represents a different kind of risk. It’s not just regulatory or geopolitical; it’s informational. Each vessel that goes dark removes a small piece of the world’s safety awareness,…

Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin told a Beijing energy forum on 25 November that China has saved $20 billion on Russian oil purchases since 2022. He framed Moscow’s fire-sale pricing as Chinese ‘procurement efficiency’—essentially acknowledging his country’s losses. The admission comes as Russia’s oil…

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by AFP Staff Writers Bucharest (AFP) Nov 25, 2025 Drones crashed in both Romania and Moldova on Tuesday, with Bucharest deploying four fighter jets after a night of massive Russian air strikes in neighbouring Ukraine. NATO member Romania and its neighbour, Moldova, have repeatedly seen violations of…

Valerian Sobolev, the creator of the Topol and Iskander missile systems, has died at the age of 88 in the aggressor country of Russia, Russian propagandists report. Points of attention He was a prominent figure in the defense industry, holding titles such as Doctor of Technical Sciences and…

Kyiv • UNN November 26 2025, 08:08 AM • 2096 views French authorities have arrested three people on suspicion of spying for Russia and promoting its war propaganda. The arrests come amid growing concerns about Russian interference across Europe. French authorities have arrested three people on…

News Defense If the U.S. administration pulls American arms, fighting on would be difficult but not impossible for Ukraine. AI generated Text-to-speech Copy Link Copied Share via email Share on X Share on WhatsApp Share on LinkedIn Free article usually reserved for subscribers Europe supplies…

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is weighing the option of raising taxes as US sanctions tighten the financial screws on the Kremlin, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in an interview with El País published November 26. Rutte pointed to the Biden Administration’s latest sanctions targeting…

Topic: Cybersecurity, Naval Warfare, Oil and Gas, and Trade Blog Brand: Energy World Region: Eurasia, and Europe November 26, 2025 By: Maurizio Geri, and Niccolò Comini Share Europe needs a Baltic mission capable of seizing shadow-fleet tankers and defending energy infrastructure under Russian…