NATO’s most isolated member, Iceland, came closer to becoming the alliance’s major refuelling hub for military ships in the Arctic Sea on Thursday. In his book, former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg recounts US President Donald Trump questioning what is the point of Iceland being in the…

Germany Preparing Plan to Deploy 800,000 NATO Troops to Eastern Europe #Armed Forces #Europe #Germany #NATO #War with Russia #World German soldiers. Photo credits: The Wall Street Journal In Berlin, more than two years ago, a group of high-ranking Bundeswehr officers began working on a secret…

Russia has withdrawn its consent for the operation of the Polish Consulate General in the city of Irkutsk in response to a similar step by Warsaw. Source: statement by Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as reported by European Pravda Details: Russia's latest move comes after Poland decided to…

Ukrainian forces hit the Russian port of Novorossiysk with another long-range drone and missile strike overnight Monday, prompting a massive air defense response. The attack involved multiple divisions of the Ukrainian armed forces, including special operations forces, border guards, Ukrainian Navy…

As part of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission, it was reported that Italian Eurofighter Typhoon fighters stationed in Estonia intercepted a Tu-134A-4 aircraft while it was being escorted by two Su-30SM2 fighters of the Russian Navy. Better known as the “Black Pearl” of the Russian Armed Forces, it…

In the temporarily occupied Sevastopol, the Russians moved a large landing ship after Ukrainian defense forces in Novorossiysk struck a ship of the same project. The information is provided by the Telegram channel “Crimean Wind” without links to external sources. Project 1171 «Tapir» large landing…

Ever since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, there has been growing alarm over the support that Moscow is receiving from fellow authoritarian regimes including Iran, North Korea, Belarus, and China. However, while Western officials have publicly raised concerns over…

Russia’s central bank has begun selling gold from its reserves on the domestic market for the first time, marking a policy reversal as Moscow scrambles to cover a budget deficit that has ballooned to 20 times last year's level, Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SZRU) reported on 27 November.…

The submarine order comes amid rising tensions in the Baltic region and an increasing Russian threat. The program to strengthen the country’s naval underwater capabilities has been named Orka (Killer Whale). "Sweden presented the best offer in terms of all criteria, delivery time, and operational…

The Russian occupiers continue to “shuffle” the ships remaining in temporarily occupied Sevastopol between berths. The purpose of such maneuvers is to protect the fleet from possible attacks by Ukrainian forces. This is reported by the monitoring channel “Crimean Wind”. According to the channel’s…

22:12, 27 November 2025 Georgia expects significant progress on a new international transport route linking the Caspian and Black Seas, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Mariam Kvrivishvili said at the Second Investor Forum on Trans-Caspian Transport Corridors and Connectivity, Trend…

Europe's top space powers, like the U.S., are racing to defend against Russian nuclear strikes in orbit (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images As Russia threatens atomic attacks on Ukraine and its Western allies, and prototypes a nuclear-armed spacecraft, space powers…

For millennia, birds have mystified scientists with their uncanny ability to traverse vast distances, often returning to precise locations across continents or oceans. While early theories attributed this to celestial cues or magnetic minerals in beaks, modern research has unveiled a far more…

Yurii Dud, one of Russia’s most influential independent YouTubers in exile in Barcelona, regularly lambasts his country’s invasion of Ukraine. He exposes and decries torture and violence in Russian prisons. His film on the spread of HIV in Russia attracted 13 million viewers in its first week. Yet…

Poland is confronting an ongoing "cyberwar with Russia," the country’s digital affairs minister has said, warning that Russian intelligence operatives may try to infiltrate Polish networks. Speaking on Thursday, according to TVP World, Krzysztof Gawkowski told journalists in Berlin that a "cyberwar…

By , Oksana Parafeniuk November 28, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. ESTToday at 5:00 a.m. EST 9 min ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, Ukraine — The Ukrainian soldiers sat huddled in their dark dugout, all focus and nerve — Viktoriia’s eyes shifting frantically between two screens, Tetiana’s hands clutching a drone controller.…

RussiaNovember 28, 2025 5:36 am • 2 min read by BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - SEPTEMBER 21: In this handout provided by NASA, the Soyuz MS-22 rocket is launched to the International Space Station with Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of…

The mysterious black fungus from Chernobyl that may eat radiation 1 day ago Alex Riley Getty Images Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield space travellers from cosmic rays? In May 1997, Nelli Zhdanova entered one…

Europe Europe News Viktor Orbán to meet Vladimir Putin in Russia to discuss war in Ukraine and energy ties Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands during a meeting in Moscow, July 5, 2024. (Valeriy Sharifulin, Sputnik, Kremlin - Copyright AP…

Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was damaged on Thursday following the launch of a manned Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station, the Roscosmos space agency said. The Soyuz MS-28, which was carrying Russian cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev, along with NASA…

Peace Plan Russia Trump Moscow confirms it received US-Ukraine peace plan parameters, but deep divisions remain: Ukraine refuses to cede territory, and Putin argues peace talks cannot legally move forward. by Alisa Orlova | Nov. 28, 2025, 1:35 pm Listen to this article Email In this pool photograph…

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Republic of Korea Navy ROKS Yi Chon (SS-062), Jang Bogo-class submarine. Credit: viper-zero/Shutterstock.com. South Korea has reportedly proposed transferring the decommissioned ROKS Jang Bogo, an HDW Type 209 submarine, to Poland at no cost, post-retirement. The proposal, if materialised, is…

Electricity production this week at three operating Ukrainian nuclear power plants (NPPs) - Khmelnytsky, Rivne and South Ukraine - has largely returned to normal after last week's military attacks on the power grid, said Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy…

The recent Houthi ceasefire announcement has sparked cautious optimism across global shipping markets. But for those managing maritime risk and insurance, the question isn't whether attacks will pause, it's whether we can ever truly return to a "risk-off" environment in one of the world's most…

Turkish authorities on Friday said they had taken crews off two oil tankers in the Black Sea after explosions and fires, suggesting they may have been hit by devices. The Directorate General of Maritime Affairs wrote on X that the Kairos, which was empty and en route to the Russian port of…

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"I became more responsible"—and more aggressive A 13-year-old Eva adores dancing hip-hop and contemporary, making TikTok videos, talking with friends, and living in her hometown of Sumy, a city in northeastern Ukraine that is facing the brunt of Russian drone and missile attacks. She lives there…

HUR emphasized that in a high-tech war, timely exposure of Russia's plans and intentions is particularly important. "Domestic military intelligence pays significant attention to uncovering and tracking the movement of enemy command posts. It seeks to extract maximum information from them and, under…

A sweeping new cybersecurity advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging all iPhone and Android users worldwide to take immediate precautions amid growing evidence that advanced commercial spyware is being deployed to infiltrate smartphones — even those…

Multiple media sources are quoting Ukrainian officials saying they attacked the two sanctioned shadow fleet tankers off Turkey on Friday. Turkey had earlier reported that the fires were controlled on the two vessels, but one of the tankers was again attacked in the morning hours. Speculation had…

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Fall of Zelensky's top aide - reboot for Kyiv or costly shake-up? 32 minutes ago James WaterhouseUkraine correspondent, in Kyiv Getty Images Andriy Yermak was one of Ukraine's most powerful figures Andriy Yermak was a constant, looming presence in Ukraine's government - a seemingly immovable figure…

On November 25, 2025, the National Institute of Telecommunications (NIT-PIB) and the Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography (GUGiK) launched the portal www.rtgms.pl. This is the first Polish service presenting real-time monitoring results of satellite navigation signal disruptions (GPS, Galileo,…