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Russian drone probes in Poland: mapping NATO’s seams and logistics risk
Russian-origin unmanned aircraft entering Polish airspace on 10 September were not random strays but a structured probe aimed at Polish air defences and NATO decision-making. The pattern of debris south of Lublin and assessed routing towards Rzeszów–Jasionka—the principal trans-Atlantic logistics…
Belarus and Russia begin ‘Zapad-2025’ drills as Poland shuts Belarus border and Latvia restricts airspace
Belarus and Russia on Friday launched their joint strategic exercise “Zapad-2025”, a four-day series of drills running from 12 to 16 September across training grounds in both countries, with additional activity at sea. Minsk and Moscow say the exercise is…
Jets scramble, policy hesitates: Alliance response to Poland incursions underwhelms
Poland and its allies scrambled fighter aircraft overnight on 10–11 September after nineteen unmanned aerial systems — launched during a large Russian strike on Ukraine — violated Polish airspace. Polish F-16s, supported by Dutch and Italian jets, shot down several…
Ukraine’s military intelligence says drone strike disabled Russian vessel near Novorossiysk
Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence (HUR) says its special forces tracked and struck a Russian Black Sea Fleet vessel off Novorossiysk on 10 September, claiming the ship was disabled and will require costly repairs. The agency released video purporting to show a…
Poland Triggers NATO’s Article 4 After Russia’s Drone Attack
In a striking turn of events that has set alarm bells clanging in the heart of NATO, Poland confronted an unprecedented violation: at least 19 Iranian-made Shahed drones, launched amid a devastating Russian aerial assault on Ukraine, breached its airspace…
Donetsk region strike kills at least 24 at pension queue
Ukrainian authorities say a Russian aerial bomb struck the settlement of Yarova, Donetsk region, on Tuesday 9 September, hitting civilians gathered to collect state pensions. The State Emergency Service reported at least 24 people killed and 19 injured. The incident…
Baltic–Nordic report: Russian GNSS interference disrupted almost 123,000 flights in four months
Nearly 123,000 flights were affected by interference traced to Russian territory in the first four months of 2025, according to a joint submission to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) by Sweden and five neighbouring states. The authorities describe the…
Macron and Starmer Struggle as Putin Calls Western Troops “Legitimate Targets”
French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer have unveiled plans for a multinational reassurance force in Ukraine—but vagueness, hesitancy, and the unpredictable interventions of Donald Trump threaten to undermine their efforts and embolden Vladimir Putin. The latest…
Beijing’s Parade of Power: A New Axis of Evil Emerges
Tomorrow, Beijing will not so much commemorate history as parade its ambitions for the future. Xi Jinping has ordered the largest military spectacle in China’s modern history, ostensibly to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in the Second World…
Putin and Xi’s Authoritarian Club is No Joke
Vladimir Putin arrived in Tianjin this weekend like a man determined to prove he still matters. At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, hosted by China and hailed by state media as a “historic moment”, the Russian president clasped hands…