WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense plans to siphon $8 billion in leftover fiscal 2025 research and development funding to ensure troops get a paycheck during the ongoing government shutdown, a department official said in a statement on Saturday. “The President has directed the Secretary of War…

Former commander of US Army Forces in Europe, General Ben Hodges, warned that a Russian invasion of NATO would be a disaster for the Russian dictator, as the Alliance countries would strike devastating blows at the enemy's military bases, including in Kaliningrad and Sevastopol. Points of attention…

SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels cannot fly at San Francisco Fleet Week due to the government shutdown. Canada's Air Force Snowbirds now take over as the headliner for the weekend's airshow. “I feel disappointed that we won’t be able to fly with our brothers and sisters in the US military,"…

Kharkiv has removed memorial stands featuring the handprints of foreign cultural figures from its central Shevchenko Park. The decision marks a definitive break with remnants of the "Kharkiv Lilac" short film festival, which operated from 2009 to 2013. The removal reflects the broader process of…

The Security Service of Ukraine has issued a wanted notice for the Russian archaeologist Volodymyr Tolstikov – head of the Department of Art and Archaeology of the Ancient World and leader of the “Bosporan Expedition” of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Culture “State Museum of Fine Arts…

Russia’s air defense systems have already faced US-made Tomahawk cruise missiles—and failed to intercept them effectively, according to Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC). The head of the center, Andrii Kovalenko, made the statement…

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is attempting to portray a level of military strength he does not actually possess—a calculated move to test NATO and European resolve, says Lord Don Touhig, Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). In an interview with…

Russian Navy Degraded and Forced to Protect its Own Shipping in the Baltic #Baltic nations #Baltic States #Europe #Fleet #NATO #World The crew of the Serpukhov ship during the parade in 2017. Screenshot from the video of the Russian Defense Ministry As part of Operation Baltic Sentry, which…

Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Russia shot down its own Su-30SM fighter jet over Crimea while its air defense was trying to intercept Ukrainian drones flying to the occupied peninsula and deep inside Russia overnight, Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for the…

The appearance of “little green men” on the borders of Estonia may mean the beginning of the “Crimean scenario”, because it is the Baltic countries, in particular the Estonian Narva, that are most vulnerable to Russian propaganda. However, the Kremlin is unlikely to resort to direct aggression,…

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Russia to pay $275 million in compensation for war crimes and human rights violations in Georgia, marking the second substantial judgment against Moscow for its 2008 invasion and subsequent occupation. In an October 14 ruling, Europe's top human rights…

The European Commission has presented to EU member states a comprehensive plan to strengthen Europe's defence capabilities, including measures to counter drones and other threats from the air, sea and space. Source: press service for the European Commission, as reported by European Pravda Details:…

14 October, 11:37 AM Share: Reconnaissance revealed major issues in Russian air defense near Zaporizhzhya (Photo: Atesh) Partisans conducting reconnaissance discovered serious problems with Russian air defense along the Zaporizhzhya front, the Atesh partisan movement reported on Oct. 14. It was…

Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service has been asked to impose maximum prices at gas stations as fuel shortages worsen across the country, pro-government media outlet Izvestia reported on Oct. 14. The proposal, initiated by the Russian National Automobile Union, comes amid a deepening supply crisis…

The British government on Wednesday imposed sanctions against Russia’s two largest oil producers, Rosneft and Lukoil, four Chinese oil terminals and more than 40 “shadow fleet” tankers accused of helping Moscow move sanctioned crude oil around the world. London said Rosneft and Lukoil were either…

NATO's chief officer delivered a pointed critique of Russia's naval capabilities on 13 October, using the circumstances of a Russian submarine's recent surfacing to illustrate what he characterized as Moscow's deteriorating military position in the Mediterranean. Mark Rutte, speaking in Slovenia,…

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A Russian presidential economic envoy and key negotiator in Ukraine peace talks has proposed building an $8 billion undersea tunnel linking Alaska and Russia using Elon Musk’s tunnel construction company. Kirill Dmitriev, the Kremlin’s special envoy on international economic and investment…

News Politics Russian leader is not a ‘rational man,’ says leader of Britain’s populist Reform UK. Copy Link Copied Share via email Share on X Share on WhatsApp Share on LinkedIn Nigel Farage rejected accusations he was weak on foreign policy. “Clearly, Putin is not a rational man,” he said. “The…

India is preparing to scale back its imports of Russian crude oil following pressure from the United States, Reuters reported Thursday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter. Several Indian refiners have begun planning a gradual cut in Russian oil purchases, the report said, noting that…

15 October, 06:58 PM World Share: A delegation of Ukrainian officials met with representatives of Raytheon (Photo: Video screenshot / Andriy Yermak) A Ukrainian government delegation visiting the United States met with executives from Raytheon, the manufacturer of Tomahawk missiles, Andriy Yermak,…

News By RFE/RL An oil tanker sails in Arabian Sea off the coast in Mumbai. (file photo) Share US President Donald Trump said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured him that India will stop buying Russian oil after the United States announced a doubling of tariffs on Indian goods over the…

Russian pop star Shaman has released a new song praising North Korean leader Kim Jong Un which he performed during a concert in Pyongyang last week, according to Russian media reports and video clips released late Wednesday. Shaman was among a group of Russian singers and dancers invited to perform…

Photos 11:18 13 Oct 2025 Photo: Facebook / Lviv Regional Military Administration Ulyana Guz Rehina Abramova, a six-year-old gymnast from Lviv, set a world record by completing 223 consecutive lift-turns. The Lviv Regional Military Administration reports this. The previous world record, also held by…

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Russia is preparing to introduce textbooks for school language and literature classes aimed at promoting “patriotism” and “spiritual and moral values” among students, the authors of the new materials said Thursday at a Federation Council session. Moscow has ramped up efforts to enforce its view of…

14 October, 03:38 PM Europe Share: Polish prosecutors have filed an indictment against two Russians (Photo: Policja) Polish prosecutors filed an indictment against a Russian couple accused of spying for Russia's FSB Federal Security Service and plotting to ship explosives, the National Prosecutor's…

The word "revolution" tends to conjure images of protests, rage, bloodshed, reshaped borders or toppled despots. But a look at the history of revolutions sometimes reveals a "mellower" aftermath: songs birthed in turmoil that have stood the test of time. Across centuries and continents, political…

Hundreds of Russians have called for Putin's overthrow in a rare public outburst of negative sentiment against the despot in St. Petersburg. A massive crowd was seen joining street musicians at Kazanskaya Square to sing banned anti-war lyrics on October 13. Russian citizens jumped up and down as…

Britain has begun developing a new Atlantic surveillance drone network designed to detect submarines and strengthen maritime intelligence operations amid rising concerns over Russian espionage and undersea activity, according to the UK Defence Journal on October 15. The move comes just weeks after a…

The U.S. Army and its NATO allies are rapidly aligning resources to develop a new "Eastern Flank Deterrence Line" aimed at developing combat capabilities that can measure up to possible Russian attacks, according to service commanders in Europe. U.S. Army Europe and Africa commander Gen. Christopher…

Putin's regime has revived the practice of forced psychiatric treatment, once widespread in the Soviet Union, to suppress dissidents, anti-war activists, and even children and teens expressing pro-Ukrainian views. This isn't about medical care. Russia is systematically destroying people's ability to…

IN A NUTSHELL 🌊 Undersea cables are being repurposed as sonar arrays through Distributed Acoustic Sensing technology. 🛰️ Several nations, including the U.S. and UK, are integrating DAS into their maritime strategies. ⚠️ Concerns arise over the potential for adversaries to jam or spoof DAS-enabled…

In 2023, Mikko-Pekka Hanski, one of the founders of the Finnish-Ukrainian company Double Tap Investments, established the music label Solovey Music. The platform serves as a tool for promoting Ukrainian culture abroad. Among its signatories are Ukrainian, Finnish, and Estonian artists such as Yona,…

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