The Ukrainian Armed Forces have launched a significant counteroffensive in the Donetsk sector, marking significant advances on the eastern front line. According to official information published today, the Ukrainian army has managed to liberate seven settlements that were previously under the…

As summer turns to fall in Tbilisi, the mood on Rustaveli Avenue is anything but calm. Behind the familiar cafés and fluttering EU flags, something is stirring—a sense that Georgia is on the verge of a political showdown. Opposition leaders, civil activists, and thousands of ordinary citizens are…

Artificial Intelligence for Mine Detection: American Technology Tested in Ukraine #Artificial intelligence #mines #UAV #Ukraine #USA #World Black Widow drone. Photo credits: Red Cat The American company Red Cat Holdings has announced a strategic partnership with Safe Pro Group Inc. to integrate…

Back to Publications | Article September 18, 2025 Arctic re-militarization had already been under way for several years, but since 2022 has greatly intensified. Photo: Robert Sullivan The Arctic Institute NATO Series 2024-2025 NATO in the Arctic: The Arctic Institute’s NATO Series 2024-2025 (Part…

MPs and Peers on the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy warn that the UK’s undersea internet cable network represents a strategic vulnerability in the event of hostilities. The report criticises the inadequacy of security preparations. The report argues for “more muscular deterrence”…

I. The Fury of Intelligentsia Quite some time ago, an email landed in my inbox from a former DER SPIEGEL editor. He wanted to pitch me a story and, as I quickly realized, stir things up a bit. Then, a couple of months ago, he approached me personally on the sidelines of an event in Hamburg, perhaps…

Published September 18, 2025 | Comments (1) | Inside the RT-70 Radio Telescope. Volodymyr Vlasenko (Володимир Власенко) Ukrainian defense forces destroyed a giant radio telescope in Crimea, a powerful planetary transmitter once used to support deep space missions and METI—the attempt to message…

Speaking at a joint press conference with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sept. 18, U.S. President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had "let him down." Trump’s remarks come as Ukraine’s international partners continue efforts to push for a diplomatic resolution to the war,…

Why hackers are targeting the world's shipping 40 minutes ago Emma WoollacottTechnology reporter Getty Images The world's shipping industry is increasingly being hit by cyber attacks Lawyer Henry Clack sadly knows a lot about Nigerian criminal gangs. Mr Clack, a solicitor at London-based commercial…

US senators have drafted new legislation that would significantly expand US sanctions on Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers, which Moscow has used to circumvent Western restrictions on its energy sector imposed since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Source: Financial Times, as reported…

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music From rule of law battles to inside stories, Věra Jourová looks back on a decade in the Berlaymont. The former European Commission vice president recalls her clashes and alliances in Brussels — from sparring with Frans Timmermans to discovering that Thierry…

News Defense Russian MiG-31s flew into Estonian airspace and approached Tallinn before Italian jets were scrambled to intercept them. Share options Copy Link EMail Twitter WhatsApp Linkedin Russian MiG-31 aircraft. | Maxim Shipenkov/EPA September 19, 2025 4:12 pm CET Three Russian fighter jets flew…

Information about Kozak’s supposedly “peaceful” views is based on stories from certain “Kremlin insiders.” I am convinced: such “insiders” do not exist in a free vacuum — these reports are coordinated within the Russian presidential administration and then passed on to Western journalists. For what…

Today, there is interesting news from the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk Oblast. Screenshot from Reporting From Ukraine’s video. Here, Brazilian soldiers from the 2nd International Legion have been deployed to finish off the remnants of the Russian breakthrough attempt towards Dobropillia. Gaining…

Police officers stand guard near the Russian embassy in Tallinn, Estonia, September 1, 2022. AP/Pavel Golovkin As reported by the publication Postimees Estonia has officially lodged a protest with the Russian Federation over the publication of notices inviting Estonian citizens to study in Russia…

An astonishing thing happened in Ukraine in September 2025: a Russian advanced half-million-dollar missile was shot down by a hundred-year-old weapon. A Kyiv air defense volunteer operator stopped the Kh-69 cruise missile with a “Maksim” machine gun used by the Russian Empire and Soviet troops…

The U.K. intelligence agency announced on Sept. 19 that it is launching a dark web portal to reach potential spies in Russia and other rival countries. The so-called Silent Courier will allow informants to share sensitive information with the U.K.'s Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6.…

Russia is developing a $5 billion alternative to the Starlink satellite internet service, according to a draft project seen by the Russian state-controlled news agency RBC and reported on Sept. 17. "Several test satellites in orbit have already been inspected, and the serial models have been…

Toplines The Russian military command continues to signal its commitment to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s theory of victory that posits that Russia can win a war of attrition against Ukraine. Putin claimed on September 18 that there are over 700,000 Russian soldiers on the frontline in…

The Discourse The Art of Lawfare: The U.S., China, and Law as a Weapon of War by SWJ Staff | 08.24.2025 at 09:10pm “Arizona State University’s Center of the Future of War (Future Security Initiative) hosted a special talk with Jill Goldenziel. Jill Goldenziel is Professor, Marine Corps…

Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (HUR) operatives have destroyed a rare Russian DT-10 “Vityaz” all-terrain vehicle during a nighttime raid on Tendrivska Spit, a strategic strip of land along the Black Sea, HUR reported on September 19. Fighters from the “Viking” Center for Naval Operations…

Russians storm the Donetsk highway: how the occupiers changed their tactics in the Pokrovsk direction. today, 17:30 167 Journalist Shostal Oleksandr today, 17:30 167 Situation in the Pokrovsk direction In the Pokrovsk direction, enemy forces plan to break through to the Donetsk highway, trying to…

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The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Among the highlights of the recent Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2025 exhibition held in London was a new tank destroyer from Germany’s Rheinmetall,…

The Prymary (Phantoms) special unit of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has released a video showing the destruction of Russian military equipment in occupied Crimea. Source: DIU Quote: "The aircraft fleet of Russian invaders in temporarily occupied Crimea has once again shrunk as a result of…

Prince Harry laid a wreath at a flower and flag memorial to Ukraine’s war dead in Kyiv’s Maidan Square during a surprise visit to support the country in its fight against Russia, as well as its thousands of seriously injured veterans. Harry said he wanted to do “everything possible” to help the…

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This opinion was expressed by General Volodymyr Havrylov in Ihor Dolhov’s program on Ukrinform’s YouTube channel. Commenting on Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov’s statement that Russia is supposedly ready for any format of a meeting between Putin and Ukraine’s President, provided “appropriate…

The ADS Group, the United Kingdom’s trade association for aerospace, defense, security, and space, has formally opened its membership to Ukrainian defense companies for the first time. Calibre Defence reports that the announcement was made during DSEI 2025 in London and coincided with a Taskforce…

Russian forces have raised a Mi-24VP attack helicopter from the seabed near Sevastopol, more than a year after it was lost during operations against Ukrainian naval drones, according to Russian military aviation blogs. The helicopter, identified as tail number RF-34200 and tactical code “39 Red,”…

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Ukrainian chef Yevhen Klopotenko prepared traditional Ukrainian dishes for Prince Harry during his recent visit to Ukraine, drawing inspiration from Princess Diana’s documented love for borsch. Klopotenko wrote on social media that when he learned of Prince Harry’s arrival in Ukraine, he…

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Russia has lashed out at Denmark for allowing a Ukrainian defense company to set up production of missile fuel on Danish soil, calling the move a provocation that will only prolong the war, Reuters reported on September 12. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters that the…

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Dr. Boris Todurov, left, performed heart transplant surgery on his patient, 12-year-old Kira Skilarova, second from right, during a Russian attack on Kyiv on July 9. Kira received her heart from a 4-year-ld girl who died earlier that evening at a hospital across the city. Also pictured are the heart…