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Sweden Expected to Announce Gripen Fighter Transfer to Ukraine
Sweden is preparing to announce the transfer of JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft to Ukraine, alongside talks on a possible future sale of newer Gripen E jets, according to Swedish and international reporting. Sweden is expected to move closer to…
UK Intelligence Puts Russian War Dead Near 500,000 as Hybrid Threats Against Europe Intensify
The head of GCHQ has given one of the clearest public British assessments yet of Russia’s military losses in Ukraine, while warning that Moscow is expanding cyber, sabotage and infrastructure threats across Europe. Russia has lost almost half a million…
Dutch Seizure of 800 Servers Highlights Europe’s Exposure to Russian Cyber Infrastructure
Dutch investigators have arrested two men and seized hundreds of servers in a sanctions-related investigation into infrastructure allegedly used by Russian-linked cyber actors to target European governments, public services and companies. Dutch financial crime investigators have seized about 800 servers…
Norway to Join French Nuclear Umbrella as Europe Reassesses Deterrence
Oslo says the decision reflects Russia’s rearmament and its war against Ukraine, while stressing that no nuclear weapons will be stationed in Norway in peacetime. Norway is to come under France’s nuclear umbrella after Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre travelled…
Taiwan Strait pressure tests US resolve as China expands military activity around island
China’s sustained military operations around Taiwan are increasing pressure on Taipei, raising questions over US deterrence and exposing the strategic importance of the island’s semiconductor industry. China’s military activity around Taiwan has entered a more sustained and politically sensitive phase,…
Ukraine’s Long-Range Strikes Test Russia’s Rear-Area Defences
A series of overnight explosions across Russia and occupied Crimea points to a widening Ukrainian campaign against airfields, repair plants, fuel infrastructure and logistics nodes. Ukraine appears to have carried out another broad overnight strike campaign against Russian rear-area infrastructure,…
Ukraine Launches ‘Logistics Lockdown’ to Hit Russian Rear Supply Network
Kyiv is putting an additional 5 billion hryvnias (€96.97 million) into middle-strike systems, aiming to disrupt Russian logistics, command posts, depots and air defence assets at operational depth. Ukraine has launched a new defence programme called “Logistics Lockdown”, designed to…
Britain and Poland Forge New Security Pact as Russia Threat Deepens
As Britain recalibrates its post-Brexit role in Europe’s security architecture, a new defence treaty with Poland signals a harder strategic edge in London’s approach to Russia and the eastern flank of NATO. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Polish…
Israel Expands Lebanon Operations as Hezbollah Drone Campaign Raises Risk of Wider Escalation
Israeli forces have intensified operations against Hezbollah positions in Lebanon, with fighting reported around the Litani River and new strikes in the Bekaa Valley, as the conflict on Israel’s northern front becomes increasingly linked to wider US-Iran tensions. Israeli forces…
US Strikes in Southern Iran Test Fragile Ceasefire as Hormuz Talks Continue
Washington says its latest strikes were defensive and aimed at Iranian missile sites and mine-laying boats, but Tehran has accused the United States of breaching the ceasefire as negotiations continue over the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear programme. The…