During the 12-day Iran-Israel war in June 2025, Moscow reportedly provided Israel with information about Iranian air defense sites, Iranian political advisor Seyed Mohammad Sadr said on August 24, The Moscow Times reported on August 25, citing Al Arabiya. Sadr added that the war exposed the limits…

As the West targets Russian banks, Russia’s covert crypto-based logistics are flourishing in Dubai and Ankara – but can sanctions really halt this flow? While Western efforts focus on major Russian banks and oil shipments, the backbone of Russia’s shadow trade has quietly moved into the digital…

The Russian government has called on President Vladimir Putin to denounce the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, according to a resolution published on an official website on Monday. The resolution, which was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, calls for Russia’s withdrawal…

As President Donald Trump and America’s European allies consider options to end the war in Ukraine, one of the most important—but trickiest—issues has been that of devising credible, post-conflict “security guarantees” for Ukraine. Without such guarantees, the logic goes, Ukraine will never be…

Editor's note: The article was updated with statements from the DTEK company and Mykhailo Volynets. A Russian attack against a Ukrainian mine killed one worker and injured three, while 146 miners remained underground during a subsequent power outage, the DTEK energy company reported on Aug. 26. "The…

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For Anastasiia Kostenko, war is an everyday part of life. The 17-year-old lives in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, where captured Russian tanks line the city's historic St. Michael's square, a daily minute of silence pays tribute to the war dead and sirens pierce the air when a Russian missile attack…

Kyiv • UNN August 26 2025, 01:35 AM • 60 views In the temporarily occupied territories, Russians forbid children to speak Ukrainian in schools. Parents are threatened with criminal liability for "extremism." In the temporarily occupied territories, children in educational institutions are forbidden…

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Shipbuilding was at the top of the agenda in talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday, and the outcomes included a pledge from Trump to buy ships from Korea. In hopes of securing lower U.S. tariff rates and keeping the multibillion-dollar Korean…

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by Manal Barakat, SeaNewsEditor A new discussion paper by marine insurance and law experts at the Association of Average Adjusters (AAA) recently highlighted the increasing legal uncertainties surrounding insurance claims related to vessel groundings caused by GPS spoofing. GPS spoofing involves…

Windward has detected extensive GPS jamming in a new location at the eastern Russian port of Nakhodka, leading to a 30% rise in deliberate interference to ships’ navigation signals across the region over August. Between August 5-18 the Automatic Identification Signals (AIS) of 112 ships were…

US President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration is a cornerstone of his domestic policy, forming part of his controversial campaign pledge to carry out "the largest deportation operation in American history." Deporting those migrants to African countries, however, was not part of the…

Home > Defence > Russia Just Put 4G in Its War Drones. Ukraine Has a Counterplan Russia Just Put 4G in Its War Drones. Ukraine Has a Counterplan 22 August 2025 Share: Illustrative image of Shahed 136. Image from open sources Recently, Russia has begun using drones with Long Term Evolution (LTE)…

Ukrainian intelligence reports fuel shortages now reach Russia’s Pacific territories, forcing Moscow to seek emergency supplies from Belarus. The reported restrictions from Crimea to the Pacific islands demonstrate how Ukraine’s systematic refinery strikes are creating supply disruptions far from…

A cargo ship flying the Russian flag, Port Olya 4, transporting ammunition and drone equipment from Iran, partially sank after a Ukrainian drone strike on 14 August, the UK Ministry of Defense reports, citing satellite imagery. Olya is a Russian sea port in Astrakhan Oblast. It has served as a link…

The U.S. Army will end parachute incentive pay for thousands of soldiers as part of a restructuring of its airborne...

The banning of books, it would be easy to think, is a relic of less enlightened ages. The Catholic church, in a last spasm of rectitude, added Jean-Paul Sartre, Alberto Moravia and Simone de Beauvoir to its Index of Forbidden Books during the 1940s and 50s, but then abandoned the list, which had…

Credit: Jason Koebler / YouTube A YouTube user recently reported receiving an advert for a Ukrainian dating site- an occurrence that, in isolation, wouldn’t raise any eyebrows. However, the advert, aired amidst the current Russia-Ukraine conflict, ends with a statement urging American men to “Dare,…

In Dnipro, 95 km from the front line, the Dnipro Art Museum has unveiled Red River, an installation created from around 250 metres of lace. Source: artist Valerii Kuznietsov Details: Red River is the work of artist Valerii Kuznietsov, together with his wife Kateryna Kuznietsova, and Artem Maliutin…

Lawyer Iryna Kozikava is the sister of political prisoner and member of Belarusian PEN Maksim Znak, who was arrested by the Lukashenko regime five years ago. She talks about life in exile, silent resistance, and the fight to preserve Belarusian culture. Iryna Kozikava JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our…

As the war in Ukraine stretches into its fourth year, Vladimir Putin’s army of invaders remains bolstered by his growing reliance on foreign forces. From remote villages in Africa to military compounds in North Korea, a patchwork of non-Russian support – both official and unofficial – has…

Homepage News Society 10:34 22 Aug 2025 Богдан Петришин On August 24, at «Expocenter of Ukraine» (VDNG) in Kyiv, the charity "Vyshyvanka Run 2025" will take place — an annual patriotic event dedicated to Independence Day that unites thousands of participants. The charity "Vyshyvanka Run 2025" will…

Ahead of Flag Day, celebrated on August 23, patriotic murals bearing the slogan “Crimea is Ukraine” appeared on the facades of houses along the southern coast of the occupied Crimea. This project is part of the “Resistance Murals” initiative, launched by the Resistance Movement of the Special…

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Ukrainian drone attacks, which resumed in August, have hit at least seven major Russian oil refineries and might have delivered a devastating blow to the Russian refining industry. Source: The Moscow Times, an independent Amsterdam-based news outlet Details: Since the beginning of the August, drone…

A Russian serviceman has claimed asylum after being detained in the border region of Finnmark in Norway for illegally crossing the border. Source: Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, citing Trond Biti, the serviceman's lawyer, as reported by European Pravda Details: Biti said the detainee is a Russian…

Ukrainian Defense Forces have struck infrastructure that Russian forces were constructing for Shahed drones on the grounds of Donetsk airport. According to satellite images published by the Cyberboroshno community, the site was located in a building that previously housed a METRO store,…

US Orthodox Archbishop Alexei of Sitka and Alaska has apologized for greeting Vladimir Putin during the Trump–Putin summit in Anchorage on 15 August. The moment drew sharp backlash because Putin is under an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian…

So, what's it going to be? the Russian security officer asked: "Become mayor or we will break your legs." Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, researchers and human rights organizations have been quietly documenting examples like this that illustrate what everyday life has…

Editor's note: Zelensky visited the White House again on Aug. 18, 2025, where his outfit sparked debate over whether it really constituted a suit. Read our article here. When President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the White House on Feb. 28 to discuss ending the war that had inflicted tremendous…

This was reported by The Moscow Times with reference to Russian Railways (RZD), according to Ukrinform. It is noted that in the Rostov region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Rossosh–Sokhranovka railway section for the second time in a week. According to RZD, the Sergeyevka station was…

The handshake between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan earlier this month sealed their intention to end decades of conflict with a peace treaty. For years, their two countries had fought bitterly for control of Nagorno-Karabakh, a historically…

An Armenian political party, In the Name of the Republic, and its supporters organised a protest outside Russia’s 102nd military base in Gyumri on Saturday 23 August. Source: European Pravda, citing Armenian news outlet News.am Details: The protesters were demanding that the Armenian government…

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Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. August 20, 2025 U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sheryssa Dodard The United States has ordered an amphibious squadron to the southern Caribbean as part of President Donald Trump's effort to address threats from Latin American drug cartels,…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. U.S. President Donald Trump is deploying a flotilla of warships and other military assets to the waters off Venezuela in an operation aimed at Venezuelan President Nicolás…