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Belarus Relay Stations Stop Operating After Zelenskyy Warning
Belarus-based relay stations allegedly used by Russia to help guide drone attacks against western and northern Ukraine have stopped operating, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, marking a notable shift in Kyiv’s effort to reduce Minsk’s practical support for Moscow’s war.…
Moscow Signals Retreat from ‘Anchorage’ Formula as Ukraine and Europe Hold the Line
A new statement by Yuri Ushakov, a senior aide to Vladimir Putin, suggests that Moscow is moving away from earlier expectations linked to the so-called “Anchorage” understandings between Russia and the United States. His remarks are important not because they…
Taiwan’s Latest Military Drill Highlights a More Dangerous Status Quo
Taiwan’s armed forces will begin a five-day combat readiness exercise this week, marking another step in the island’s effort to reshape its military planning around a stark strategic reality: any future conflict with China may arrive with little warning. The…
France Picks MBDA and Safran as Europe’s Deep-Strike Gap Moves Into Procurement
France’s move to enter exclusive negotiations with MBDA and Safran for a successor to its long-range rocket system signals that Europe’s deep-strike debate is moving from capability papers into procurement decisions.
NATO Homeland Defence Warning Shows Rear Areas Are No Longer Safe Assumptions
A senior NATO commander's warning that Western homelands can no longer be treated as safe rear areas points to a hard lesson from Ukraine: logistics, factories, ports, bases and civilian infrastructure are now part of the battlefield.
Ukraine Strike on Crimea Titan Points to Industrial Targeting of Russia’s War Supply Chain
The reported strike on the Crimea Titan plant in Armyansk matters less as a symbolic Crimea attack than as part of Ukraine's expanding campaign against industrial inputs behind Russia's war machine.
Ukraine’s Distributed Defence Production Model Challenges Europe’s Factory Assumptions
Ukraine's wartime defence industry is forcing Europe to ask whether rearmament should be measured only by output, or also by whether factories can survive missile and drone attack.
France May Quit Franco-German Tank Project as Europe’s Defence Cooperation Strains Further
Rheinmetall's warning over a possible French exit from MGCS points to a wider problem: Europe's flagship defence projects are being weakened by industrial rivalry, budget pressure and national control disputes.
UK Defence Spending Row Exposes NATO Readiness Gap Before Ankara Summit
John Healey’s resignation has turned Britain’s Defence Investment Plan from a budget timetable into a test of NATO readiness, industrial capacity and homeland defence.
Cyprus Becomes New Front in Wider Contest Between Turkey, France and Regional Powers
Turkey’s warning over the France-Cyprus defence agreement has moved the security of the island into a wider confrontation involving Ankara, Paris, Nicosia, Athens, Israel, Iran and the United States. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey would give a “very clear”…