Ukraine more than held its own this week but the diplomatic and “outside Ukraine” news was just bothersome with Trump being a blowhard, Putin being mendacious, Rubio talking out both sides of his mouth, Macron being superficial, and even Herr Chef-Alleswichtigdirektor und Leiter Strategische…

The Swedish company Nordic Pill has donated to Ukrainian military medics the Ringer Lactato Physan 500 ml medicine, which is used to replenish water and electrolyte losses in patients with low blood volume or low blood pressure, the press service of the Joint Forces Group (JFG) of the Armed Forces…

The majority (52%) of Ukrainians categorically reject the proposal to transfer the entire Donbas under the control of the Russian Federation in exchange for security guarantees, while 9% would easily agree to this condition, and another 31% are ready to accept it as a difficult compromise, according…

The US Embassy in London has told BBC News that the US intends to prosecute the captain — Georgian national Avtandil Kalandadze — and the unnamed first officer of a Russian-flagged oil tanker it seized earlier in January. The vessel has been accused of transporting sanctioned oil from Venezuela and…

Russia’s oil and gas revenues fell 24% in 2025 to their lowest level since 2020. Sanctions, a strong ruble, and falling global prices came together to squeeze the Kremlin’s primary source of war funding. The revenue collapse pushed Russia’s budget deficit to 5.65 trillion rubles ($72 billion)—the…

In an interview with RBC-Ukraine, the head of the Communications Department of the Air Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Yuriy Ihnat, noted in a conversation with Ukrinform. According to him, during attacks on large cities, including Kyiv, the enemy simultaneously uses different…

The EU’s top diplomat for foreign affairs and security policy, Kaja Kallas, believes that a separate European army for NATO member countries has no practical basis. According to her, there is only one army and one defense budget, and if a country is already a member of NATO, creating a separate army…

France Rehearses Large-Scale Redeployment of Rafale Fighter Jets in Case of Potential Attack #aircraft #Aviation #Europe #Fighter jet #France #World Rafale fighter jets of the French Air and Space Force during the “Topaz” exercise. January 27, 2026. Photo credits: Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace.…

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In the basement laboratory of the National Dendrological Park Sofiyivka, Larisa Kolder tends to dozens of specimens of Moehringia hypanica between power outages. Just months earlier, she and her team at this microclonal plant propagation laboratory in Uman, Ukraine, received 23 seeds of the rare…

The EU published the REPowerEU regulation in its Official Journal on 2 February, setting out the gradual cessation of Russian gas imports. The regulation takes effect on 3 February, with the first contracts to be cancelled from 25 April. Source: European Pravda correspondent, citing the press…

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Births in Türkiye fell again in 2025, continuing a decline that has put NATO's youngest population on a course President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called a "demographic disaster." For decades, the country of 85 million and rising military power had the bloc’s highest total fertility rate (TFR). In…

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The Maritime Enforcement Agency of Malaysia proudly celebrated its crackdown last week on an illegal ship-to-ship oil transfer but then quietly over the weekend released the two vessels without explanation. One of the vessels appears to have been operating in the shadows for nearly a decade while…

Greece is examining the acquisition of Israeli-made BlueWhale unmanned submarines as part of a broader effort to strengthen Greece’s defence capabilities in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean. Following the procurement of French Belharra frigates, Greek defence planners are now assessing…

Russia's overnight strike on Kyiv damaged the Hall of Glory at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, the memorial complex that stands at the base of the capital's iconic Motherland Monument, Ukraine's Culture Ministry reported on 3 February. The attack carries a grim…

U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that India has allegedly agreed to stop purchasing Russian oil should not be viewed as an isolated media episode. If translated into actual policy, it could signal a far deeper shift in the architecture of economic pressure surrounding Russia. The consequences…

The Trump administration has launched a $12 billion initiative to stockpile critical minerals. The initiative is intended to fend off Chinese dominance in the supply chain for these strategic ingredients for manufacturing and defense technology, allowing the U.S. to regain more independence.…

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New research from Truesec reports that a newly formed Russian hacker alliance, calling itself the Russian Legion, has issued a warning of an imminent large-scale cyberattack against Denmark, codenamed ‘OpDenmark.’ The alliance, led by the hacker group Cardinal and comprising The White Pulse, Russian…

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Photo: BAE Systems AB Sweden and Denmark have signed an agreement to jointly purchase and deliver Tridon Mk2 mobile anti-aircraft artillery systems to Ukraine to strengthen its air defense, Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson and his Danish counterpart Troels Lund Poulsen said on Tuesday. The…

ARCHIVE - The corvettes F 265 "Köln" (r-l), F 266 "Emden" and F 267 "Karlsruhe", three of the five new class 130 corvettes for the German Navy, are moored on the quay of a Hamburg shipyard. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa Keystone Arrest warrants have been issued for two men on suspicion of attempted…

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The European Union Ambassador to Ukraine, Katarina Mathernová, reported that she spent the night in the bathroom due to intensive Russian strikes on Kyiv, which targeted civilian infrastructure, heating and electricity sources. “Today I slept in the bathroom. Again. It was a very loud night,”…

Whether or not you agree with Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney that the old world order is rupturing, there’s no question it’s under huge strain. With the Trump administration making clear through statements and policy papers that Europe is very largely on its own, the continent’s bigger powers…

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Lt. Col. Arsen Dmytryk, Chief of Staff of Ukraine's 1st Azov Corps and survivor of the 2022 Olenivka prison massacre, has issued a stark warning: Ukrainians are viewing their war through the wrong lens—and it's eroding their capacity to endure. In a recent essay, Dmytryk argues that Ukrainian…

Ukraine added $47.3 billion to its public debt in 2025—but slashed its borrowing costs by nearly half. The reason: most of that money came from Russia. Of the new financing, $37.9 billion arrived as ERA loans from G7 countries, backed by profits from frozen Russian central bank assets. Another $12.1…

The US Air Force has quietly brought its newest and most secretive electronic warfare aircraft to Europe, as the EA-37B Compass Call arrived at Ramstein Air Base in Germany—its first known stop on the European theater—fueling speculation about Washington’s evolving military posture amid rising…

October 10, 2023 The role of Tucker Carlson in Russian state media’s propaganda strategy ISD Senior OSINT Analyst Elise Thomas writes an op-ed for the Moscow Times on Russian state media’s reliance on American far-right news personality Tucker Carlson. Elise, along with other ISD analysts, has long…

4 February, 11:48 AM Share: Ukrainian ecologist Vladyslav Balinskyy documents Russian crimes and ecocide (Photo: Facebook Balinskyy Vladislav) Russian court placed Ukrainian ecologist and journalist Vladyslav Balinskyy on an international wanted list, Ukraine's National Ecological Center wrote on…