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Alona Lebedieva: Delays in implementing reforms could undermine Ukraine’s financial stability
Ukraine is preparing to enter 2026 with a record state budget deficit and a critical dependence on external financial assistance. The draft has been prepared under the same priorities as the current budget — concentrating resources on defence and…
Russia’s Aging Nuclear Arsenal: A Significant Threat to the World
Amid the constant chatter of global crises, a quieter but far more insidious danger is growing: the state of Russia’s nuclear weapons, largely inherited from the Soviet era, aging, overworked, and increasingly unreliable. Russia boasts the world’s largest nuclear stockpile, with…
Russia’s latest mass strike on Kyiv tests the meaning of Washington’s rhetorical shift
Russia’s overnight barrage against Kyiv and multiple regions on 28 September killed at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, and injured dozens more. Ukraine reported nearly 600 one-way attack drones and close to 50 missiles launched over roughly 12…
Europe Turns Its Factories Into the New Frontline
The recent wave of drone incursions across European skies has made one thing brutally clear: security now depends as much on production lines as on soldiers. The Continent is discovering that factories are the new frontline. The European Union is…
The Role of Innovation as the Foundation of a Strategy of Sustained Resistance in Depriving Russia of the Ability to Impose Its Terms Through War
EU Today presents an English translation of an opinion essay by General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, a Ukrainian four-star general, former Commander-in-Chief (2021–2024), and since July 2024 Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UK. Writing in the context of DSEI 2025, he analyses the…
Poland moves to let its forces shoot down Russian drones over Ukraine without NATO sign-off
Poland is advancing legislative changes that would allow its armed forces to intercept Russian drones and missiles over Ukrainian territory without prior approval from NATO or the European Union. The proposal, first drafted by the Ministry of National Defence in…
Russia launches 619 drones and missiles at Ukraine; air defences neutralise 583
Russia conducted a large-scale combined strike across Ukraine overnight from 19 to 20 September, launching 619 aerial assets comprising attack drones and missiles. Ukraine’s Air Force reported that 583 of these were destroyed or suppressed, with impacts and falling debris recorded in…
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White House’s $6bn bet on Israel risks deepening divides
The White House’s request to push through a $6.4 billion arms package to Israel could hardly come at a more combustible time. Thirty Apache helicopters, thousands of armoured assault vehicles, and hundreds of millions in spare parts may strengthen Israel’s battlefield position…
Europe Needs Its Drone Wall — Before It Is Too Late
For much of the past decade, Europe has sleepwalked into vulnerability. Our collective gaze has lingered on tanks, missiles and jets, while the quieter revolution in drone warfare has surged overhead. Drones — once the preserve of hobbyists — have…
Ukraine targets Russian energy sites in Bashkortostan and Volgograd
Ukrainian forces struck two major energy facilities deep inside Russia overnight on 17–18 September, hitting the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat petrochemical complex in Bashkortostan and the Lukoil-operated Volgograd oil refinery. Regional authorities in Bashkortostan reported a fire at the Salavat site…