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Ukraine targets Russian Caspian oil platform in long-range drone strike
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has claimed responsibility for a long-range drone strike on a major Russian offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea, in what Ukrainian officials describe as the first attack of its kind on Russia’s hydrocarbon production infrastructure…
Putin’s ‘Novorossiya’ Rhetoric Returns as West Floats Territorial Deal
Vladimir Putin has brought the term “Novorossiya” back into his public vocabulary, declaring at a press conference in New Delhi that the “liberation” of both Donbas and “Novorossiya” by Russian forces is inevitable. The intervention comes as United States envoys…
Black Sea Attack: Ukrainian Naval Drones Hit Sanctioned Tanker Bound for Novorossiysk
Ukrainian Sea Baby naval drones have struck a sanctioned oil tanker described as part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” in the Black Sea, in the third reported attack on such vessels in two weeks. According to sources in Ukraine’s Security Service…
Ukraine, Russia and the Future of NATO: Europe Wakes Up to a Long War
Europe’s security debate is shifting from the language of “hybrid harassment” to that of a low-intensity war. A recent Financial Times analysis argues that Russia is conducting a systematic campaign of sabotage across the continent, using parcel bombs, arson, cyber…
What the President of Finland keeps silent about and what Ukraine must shout about
Western faith in multilateralism and “value-based realism” conceals a deeper strategic crisis, Hanna Hopko argues, as Ukraine and other “in-between” states become the decisive battleground in an emerging global confrontation. Finnish President Alexander Stubb wrote an article for Foreign Affairs…
“We Do Not Give Up Our Territory”: Syrskyi Sets Red Lines for Any Peace Deal
Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, has given a detailed account of the current state of the war with Russia, describing a critical battle around Pokrovsk, a transformed battlefield dominated by drones, and a strategic reliance on deep strikes inside Russia…
Pentagon Sets 2027 Deadline for Europe to Lead NATO’s Conventional Defence
The United States has privately told European NATO allies that it expects them to assume the bulk of the Alliance’s conventional defence in Europe by 2027 and is prepared to step back from key planning roles if that does not…
From Zelenskyy’s Flight Path to Nuclear Bases: Europe’s Failure to Stop Rogue Drones
Four unidentified drones breaching a declared no-fly zone along President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s flight path into Dublin should have been a sobering demonstration of European readiness. Instead, it exposed how little protection exists against a threat that Russia has already normalised…
From NATO ‘Overreach’ to Territorial Concessions: How the New US Strategy Risks Leaving Ukraine and EU Exposed
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy sets out a markedly different approach to Europe, NATO and the war in Ukraine, placing “ending the perception of NATO as a perpetually expanding alliance” among Washington’s priorities and pairing it with sharp…
Sarmat failure and Baikonur damage deepen questions over Russia’s high-tech ambitions
A failed test of a heavy intercontinental missile in Russia’s Orenburg region, followed within days by serious damage to the country’s only crew-rated launch pad at Baikonur, has renewed scrutiny of Moscow’s ability to modernise its strategic and space capabilities.…