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(BRUSSELS) – NATO faces mounting pressure to shift from its long-standing reactive posture as Russian dictator Vladimir escalates hybrid warfare across Europe. Drone incursions, cyberattacks, and sabotage operations have forced the alliance to consider more proactive strategies, including potential pre-emptive action, as the war in Ukraine and surrounding tensions intensify.Continue Reading

(MOSCOW) – Russian dictator Vladimir continues to reveal himself not as a strategic genius, but as a man consumed by fear of his own people and desperate to cling to power, according to Sir Bill Browder, the famed Kremlin critic and author of Red Notice: How I Became Putin’s NumberContinue Reading

 (VOVCHANSK, KHARKIV REGION) – Ukrainian aviation successfully destroyed a Russian drone control centre and communications hub in Vovchansk, further complicating Moscow’s efforts to dominate the city. The operation, confirmed through a video shared on the Sonyashnyk Telegram channel affiliated with Ukrainian aviation, highlights Kyiv’s continued precision strikes against RussianContinue Reading

(KAZINSKIYE VYSELKI, RUSSIA) – An explosion has damaged a section of the Druzhba oil pipeline in Russia during the first night of winter, according to reports from Ukrainian military intelligence. The pipeline supplies Russian oil to some European countries and is considered one of the Russian Federation’s key financial resourcesContinue Reading

(BRUSSELS, BELGIUM) – Europe will face far higher long term economic and security costs if Russia achieves a partial victory in Ukraine, according to a recent Norwegian study reported by the Kyiv Post. The research examined how much Europe would spend under two outcomes of the war: a partial RussianContinue Reading

(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine is unlikely to deliver victory for the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, despite renewed claims from Moscow that there will be no compromise on Ukrainian territory. Ukrainian Member of Parliament Yulia Sirko said Russia’s war difficulties will continue into 2026 as Moscow strugglesContinue Reading

(NEW YORK / KYIV) – A former adviser to the Ukrainian defence ministry has sharply criticised European hesitation to mobilise the frozen financial reserves of the Russian state, saying the delay has become “almost disgraceful”. Yuriy Sak, speaking after recent peace talks between Russian envoys and US intermediaries failed toContinue Reading

  (NEW YORK) – Former US ambassador to Ukraine, John Herbst, has warned that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is attempting to lure President Donald Trump into a false sense of control through what he described as a “Kremlin seduction campaign.” Herbst expressed deep concern that the 28 point peace planContinue Reading

  (BLACK SEA) – Ukraine has struck a fourth Russian linked “shadow fleet” oil tanker within a week, marking a significant escalation in Kyiv’s drive to disrupt Russia’s global oil trade. The vessels, used to bypass sanctions, have been hit in multiple regions, stretching from the Black Sea to areasContinue Reading