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Russia Overstates Cost of Exported Weapons by Half #Aviation #Aviation armament #EW #Export #Procurement #Russia An export version of a Russian Su-34 bomber in desert camouflage, presumably intended for Algeria Internal documents of the Russian Rostec Corporation reveal the real cost of weapons and…

The Dutch Coast Guard is reporting a close call on Saturday night, October 4, as a product tanker lost propulsion and was drifting dangerously close to the Netherlands’ largest offshore wind farm. A Multiship emergency tug under contract to the Coast Guard ultimately was able to stop the drifting…

259European Union governments are moving towards a measure that would tighten controls on the movement of Russian diplomats across the bloc, with Moscow saying it will respond if the plan is adopted. EU diplomats said on Tuesday, 7 October 2025, that member states are discussing a proposal from the…

Long-range strikes against oil refineries and legitimate military targets have become routine for Ukraine, especially at a range of up to 1,000 kilometres into Russian territory. A few drones have also reached above the Arctic Circle, including several attacks on the Olenya air base in 2024 and…

Russia may be down to just four flyable Beriev A-50U radar planes One of the valuable jets reappeared in southern Russia recently The A-50U with its long-range radar could be a top target for Ukraine's drones If the A-50U is destroyed, Ukraine's drone and missile attacks on southern Ukraine and…

Russia’s shadow fleet now accounts for around 17% of all global oil tankers, with hundreds of ageing ships transporting crude to countries like China, India, and Turkey. The use of unmarked, uninsured vessels raises serious environmental concerns, with experts warning of a potential oil spill…

Ukraine The view from inside a maternity hospital in Ukraine's Sumy region, where a Russian air attack struck. Share Russian Drones Hit Sumy Maternity Hospital After Ukraine Strikes Energy Facilities Inside Russia share Russian forces struck several sites across Ukraine, including a medical facility…

UK Maritime Trade Operations issued a new advisory after receiving an increased number of reports of interference that is impacting the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) as well as data on AIS displays. It comes as Qatar continues to work to repair a “technical fault in GPS,” which it first…

The U.S. Trade Representative’s port fee program is due to go into effect in less than a week, and with no more guidance having been issued, speculation remains rampant on the full impact of the program. The industry trade group BIMCO issued its analysis, pointing to the greatest impact on bulkers…

Russia is making "new" T-90M tanks out of old T-90As There is a limited pool of T-90As As those older tanks run out, T-90M production could drop That's good news for Ukraine ... and its allies Workers at Russia's main tank factory in Siberia are indeed turning old T-90A tanks into upgraded T-90Ms.…

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Issued on: 08/10/2025 - 17:55 5 min Reading time By: Russia recently accused several NATO countries of "false flag" operations in order to pin the blame on Moscow. © France Médias Monde graphic studio Russia’s foreign intelligence service (SVR) has ramped up accusations against the European Union,…

Will Brussels ever stand up to Donald Trump and US big tech? Its current lack of action is not just a legal or economic failure: it is a moral one. It throws into question the very foundation of Europe’s democratic identity. What is at stake is not merely the fate of Google or Meta, but the…

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has not only accelerated the erosion of the international order but also deepened its partnership with China. Beijing has made clear it does not want the war to end and Russia to lose, viewing Ukraine as the battlefield that weakens the West while advancing…

Medieval Cybersecurity: Ancient Tactics Behind Today’s Digital Defenses September 29, 2025 | Hrishitva | Cyber Novice Cybersecurity is widely recognized as a contemporary discipline, shaped by the advent of the internet and refined through ongoing encounters with malicious actors. However, many of…

The world is becoming less colourful. For butterflies, bold and bright wings once meant survival, helping them attract mates and hide from prey. But a new research project suggests that as humans replace rich tropical forests with monochrome, the colour of other creatures is leaching away. “The…

Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia Who We Are WHO WE ARE The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is part of the United Nations System as the leading inter-governmental organization promoting since 1951 humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all, with 175 member states…

No other nation means more for what Nato is than the United States. It holds a unique position among member states due to its political, economic and military weight. Which is why the forces that dominate American politics – and who is in the White House – are such decisive factors. The presidential…

On 16 October 2023, a young man and woman sat down in the back row of the second-floor reading room of the university library of Warsaw, Poland. Their reading cards carried the names Sylvena Hildegard and Marko Oravec. On the desk in front of them were eight books with yellowing pages that they had…

Maryna and her three-year-old daughter Angelina walk into the courtyard of the Chernihiv maternity hospital. This place is special for both of them — Angelina was born here on the first day of the full-scale war. She was welcomed into the world in a dark, cold and damp bomb shelter. “It was…

Medvedev made this statement on X. The head of Russia’s ruling party United Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, tried to mock the U.S. president’s remarks. Trump had recently said that he sent nuclear submarines to Russia’s coast. “New episode of the thriller series ‘Nuclear Subs for Posts on X.’ Trump once…

Soldiers patrol the streets of Simferopol, Crimea. March 20, 2014. Alexander Ryumin / TASS / Profimedia Speaking at Russia’s annual Valdai Discussion Club Forum in Sochi on Thursday, Vladimir Putin joked about the E.U.’s suspicions that Moscow is behind the recent uptick in unidentified drone…

Brussels – The mayor of Cluj, former Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc, stated on Wednesday in Brussels that the future of Europe is closely linked to the security of the Black Sea region, which must not become a “Russian lake.” At a debate on the European Union’s Strategy for the Black Sea within…

The Putin regime’s top propagandists and experts serve a number of purposes. Their primary state-directed role is to parrot and polish official talking points handed to them at regular Kremlin meetings. To outsiders, their outpourings offer a window into regime thinking So during September, it was…

A screen capture from "Les Guignols de l'Info" a popular French TV comedy that is no longer on the air. Screen capture by NPR The recent controversy in the U.S. over Jimmy Kimmel’s show being taken off the air, then restored got two of our correspondents thinking about similar sagas in the countries…

Poland believes that Russian intelligence services planned a series of sabotage attacks using drones and disguised explosives both in this country and in neighboring Lithuania and Germany. According to informed sources connected to the prosecutor's office and the Internal Security Agency,…

Japan is reviewing an invitation from Latvia to join a group of nations sending drones and technology to Ukraine as it battles Russia’s invasion. Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze said Tokyo has been asked to participate in the “Ukraine Drone Coalition,” which Riga launched in February to supply…

Russia has upgraded its missiles to better evade Ukraine's Patriot air defense systems, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Oct. 2, citing current and former Ukrainian and Western officials. The modernization has been evident in recent strikes on Ukrainian drone production facilities. At least four…

Ukraine warned that the US government shutdown could delay weapons deliveries and stall a potential drone-technology deal after federal employees were furloughed, The Telegraph reported on October 2. Talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Washington were paused, leaving planned discussions on…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine confirmed that a concert by Russian opera singer—“Putin’s diva”—Anna Netrebko, planned for October 6 in Cluj-Napoca, has been canceled thanks to coordinated efforts by Ukraine’s Embassy in Romania and local activists. According to the MFA on October 2,…

Russian bloggers who run large channels on Telegram are now required to transfer their rights to a bot operated by Russia's Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor). This requirement applies to channels with more than 10,000 subscribers.…

Acting Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine, Tetiana Berezhna, has discussed the protection, restoration, and evacuation of Ukraine's cultural heritage with EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos. "Yesterday's [October 1] attack on the Dnipro Art Museum was another reminder…

On 24 September, a White House communications adviser posted a video on X of a new presidential Walk of Fame, captioned: “Wait for it”, with a pen and eyes emoji. The video pans over a succession of presidential portraits to reveal – in place of Joe Biden’s portrait – a framed photograph of an…

Russia is scrambling to defend its fuel industry after a relentless wave of Ukrainian drone strikes crippled refining operations and triggered the country’s worst gasoline shortage in nearly three decades. Sep 29, 2025 16:01 Updated Sep 29, 2025 16:27 2 min read Authors News Writer Moscow has begun…

Yaroslav Buzko was sitting by a window in his Dnipro office when a Russian drone struck the building on 30 September, killing him just 10 days after his wedding. His brother Serhiy couldn’t reach him by phone after the attack. When he finally got through on Telegram, someone else answered. They were…

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One of the biggest navigation challenges is knowing where you are in the open ocean without tools or devices. This remarkable skill is exemplified by the ancient techniques once used by expert navigators of the Marshall Islands, a chain of low-lying coral islands and atolls situated between Hawaii…

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