Authorities in Moscow arrested between 20 and 45 Iranian citizens for allegedly holding an unauthorized rally in support of U.S. and Israeli actions in the Middle East, according to the Russian Telegram channel Ostorozhno, Novosti. According to the outlet, a group of Iranians gathered near the…

#Defense Tech & Miltech #UAV #Ukraine #ZBROYA Fiber optic FPV drone at the Polish Territorial Defense Forces' “Fire Storm” exercises, September 2025. Photo credits: Polskie Radio Rzeszów The Ukrainian company U-FORCE has created a system for physically cutting fiber optic cables to counter Russian…

Summary Europe faces constant asymmetric threats. These include drone incursions, infrastructure sabotage, coerced migration, vandalism, cyber-attacks, and large-scale disinformation campaigns. Russia and other states, including some of Europe’s partners, now aim such operations at the continent,…

The sudden outbreak of war in in Iran has snapped the world’s attention away from Eastern Europe toward the Persian Gulf and wider Middle East. Yet for Ukraine, the implications of this new conflict are anything but peripheral. The war in Iran will shape the availability of critical air-defense…

The Trump administration is following through with its threat to designate artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a supply chain risk in an unprecedented move that could force other government contractors to stop using the AI chatbot Claude. The Pentagon said in a statement Thursday that it…

Scott Bessent (Photo: WILL OLIVER/EPA) The United States may continue to lift restrictions on Russian oil that has already been loaded onto tankers and is at sea to counteract the shortage caused by the war between the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran. This was stated by…

Swedish authorities have detained the cargo vessel Caffa in the Baltic Sea after it was suspected of involvement in transporting grain taken from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories, according to Göteborgs-Posten on March 7. We bring you stories from the ground. Your support keeps our team in the…

PICTURES: In the grip of a Russian invasion, the situation for everyone in Ukraine is truly terrible. Among the pictures and videos emerging of the pitched fighting and humanitarian crisis, glimpses of pets and other animals caught in the crossfire are helping to tell a different side of the human…

American defense technology provider Red Cat Holdings has announced a strategic partnership to integrate the Bullfrog autonomous turret onto the Variant 7 maritime drone, a US-produced version of Ukraine’s Magura V7. We bring you stories from the ground. Your support keeps our team in the field.…

Press Escape to close the menu. Follow Us XInstagramFacebookLinkedIn My Account A German logistics firm exploits gaps in European law to ship contraband to Russia. We know because we followed their illicit route from a Berlin supermarket to Moscow. Illustration by Jade Cuevas/POLITICO (source images…

The UK has revealed for the first time its defence workshops in Ukraine used to repair military equipment. Source: official website of the UK government Details: Footage of the workshops was posted by Luke Pollard, UK Minister of State for Defence Readiness and Industry. He said the sites operate…

In some corners of the internet, the Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga has taken on mythical proportions. Social media and tabloids across the globe credit her with predicting the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Last week, some headlines went further, asking: “Did she…

Lifestyles Mar 7, 2026 The Alpena News Courtesy photo Ukrainian Easter eggs HARRISVILLE — Join the Harrisville branch of the Alcona County Library on March 16, from noon until 3 p.m. for Pysanky with Rosie. Attendees will learn the traditional art of decorating Ukrainian Easter eggs. The cost is $5…

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See all topics Email Link Copied! Kyiv — Silhouettes move through dark alleys covered with snow and ice, towards the muffled beat coming from a concrete building in central Kyiv. Inside, a dim red light blurs the faces of a dancing crowd, their sweaty bodies pressed up against one another. The red…

A leader of the anti-government 2020 protests in Belarus, Maria Kalesnikava, reemerged from prison with a message that has polarized many: Europe must reengage with Belarus’s dictator, Alexander Lukashenko. Human lives, Europe’s security, and Belarus’ future are at stake, Kalesnikava argues. After…

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#Europe #Hungary #Neighbor nations #Neighbors #Russia #World Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during a meeting with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Russia, July 5, 2024. Photo credits: Orbán Viktor Officers of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces,…

Topic: Naval Warfare Blog Brand: The Buzz Region: Asia March 7, 2026 By: Peter Suciu Share Russia’s Marshal Shaposhnikov Udaloy-class destroyer stopped in Vietnam on its way back to Vladivostok, the home base of Russia’s Pacific Fleet. A Russian Navy frigate made a scheduled port visit to…

This opinion was expressed in an interview with Ukrinform by Austrian military expert and lecturer at the Austrian National Defense Academy Gustav Gressel. “The biggest problem with the Taurus supply is that Merz, as a candidate for chancellor, promised it very loudly. From Russia's point of view,…

Threats instead of motivation Ukrainian military intelligence intercepted a conversation in which a Russian commander, frustrated and angry, tries to force his subordinates to return to the radio channel. Russians are deliberately ignoring the calls, realizing that their next assignment could be…

This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky during a joint briefing with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Rob Jetten, in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “In the south of our country, over the past month and a half, the Armed Forces have carried out a number of important defensive…

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Families of Kenyan nationals recruited to fight for Russia in its war against Ukraine have petitioned the Kenyan parliament to halt the recruitment of citizens and help bring those already deployed back home, according to The Associated Press on March 5. We bring you stories from the ground. Your…

Ukrainian company Sky Fall's Shrike Fiber drone took first place in the Pentagon's Drone Dominance selection in partnership with U.K.-based Skycutter, Defender Media reported March 7. The Ukrainian-designed fiber-optic First Person View (FPV) drone won the first "Guantlet" of the procurement program…

Dmitry Peskov, press secretary for Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, has complained that international law no longer exists and said Russia needs to focus on its own interests and build up its capabilities. Source: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in a comment to Russian propagandist Pavel Zarubin…

Kuwait's national oil company has announced plans to start throttling down production, confirming concerns that it would have to start shutting down within days due to limited storage capacity. It is the latest consequence of Iran's Strait of Hormuz attacks, and it follows shortly after Iraq began…

One winter’s day almost 90 years ago, the Hungarian-American photojournalist Robert Capa paused on a street in southeast Madrid to take a picture that would echo around the world and down through the decades. In it, three children sit on a rubble-strewn pavement in the working-class Vallecas…

On March 8, people around the world celebrate International Women’s Day and international peace. There are more than 75 thousand women in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, of whom more than 55 thousand are servicewomen. These figures underscore the growing role of women in the defense of the country and…

Right Whale Migration in an Urban Ocean Endangered North Atlantic right whales are at heightened risk for vessel strikes because they spend a lot of time at or close to the water surface. Vessel strikes are a primary threat to the species. Right whales can be very difficult to spot from a boat due…

As Moscow declares it is ‘supportive’ of Iran, the first evidence of Kremlin equipment in the war can be revealed Dominic Hauschild | Vika Sybir, Odesa Saturday March 07 2026, 10.10pm, The Sunday Times President Putin at the Kremlin on Saturday. The news raises concerns about his footprint in the…

The global arms trade is booming. According to a new report by the independent Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in the past five years, global arms deliveries have increased by almost 10% compared to the previous five-year period. After declining by around a third after the…

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has transformed war reporting as dramatically as it has reshaped the battlefield itself. The front line is no longer a fixed boundary but a shifting web of artillery ranges, drone surveillance, and missile strikes that extend danger far beyond traditional…

Russia's powerful air defenses have seen attrition in Ukraine, but it has also learned valuable experience about how to upgrade and use them. DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images 2026-02-14T10:47:01.226Z Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads Impact Link Save Saved Read in app…

#Air Defense #Asia #Iran #World #Близький Схід Cheongung II air defense system. Photo from open sources The United Arab Emirates has asked South Korea to expedite the delivery of the Cheongung-II air defense system and interceptor missiles. Seoul is reviewing the request despite previous refusals to…

Dmytro Chumachenko Dmytro Chumachenko is an Associate Professor at the National Aerospace University Kharkiv Aviation Institute Bo Kelestyn Bo Kelestyn is Associate Professor at the Warwick Business School and co-leader of the Leadership for Educational Transformation programme for education leaders…

Have you ever paused at a glossy video promising that somewhere out there, families flourish effortlessly, women glow with confidence, and there are simply no gender issues to speak of? A growing chorus of YouTubers and lifestyle commentators, often paid by the Kremlin, paints precisely that picture…

But the incident also highlights something rarely well understood outside military and legal circles: the law of naval warfare. Many have wondered: was this attack lawful? And who was under an obligation to rescue survivors? When does the law of naval warfare apply? The law of naval warfare is a…

Slovakia will "take up the baton from Hungary" and block European Union funds to Ukraine if Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban loses the upcoming election, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said in a video address on March 8. Hungary is currently blocking a 90-billion-euro ($107 million) loan to…