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Russian intelligence drive exposes weak points in Europe’s technology defences
Russia’s intelligence services are intensifying efforts to obtain Western defence and dual-use technology as sanctions restrict Moscow’s access to advanced equipment, software and research. The pattern points to a growing overlap between espionage, cyber operations and sanctions evasion. Russia’s intelligence…
Russian drone strike in Romania exposes NATO’s unresolved air-defence dilemma
Russian drone that hit a residential building in Galați has turned a familiar Black Sea security risk into a direct test for NATO’s eastern flank. A Russian drone striking a residential building in Romania has brought the security consequences of…
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…
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 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…
Lavrov–Rubio Call Signals Moscow’s Attempt to Reframe Strikes on Kyiv
Russia’s warning of “systematic” strikes on Kyiv appears designed to put diplomatic pressure on Washington while seeking to justify further attacks on the Ukrainian capital after one of the largest combined missile and drone assaults of the war. Russia’s Foreign…
Starobilsk Strike Raises Questions Over Russian Claims and Possible Military Use of College Site
Moscow says 21 people were killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on a college dormitory in occupied Luhansk. Kyiv says the site was connected to a Russian drone unit, while casualty lists and disputed documents have raised further questions about…
Second Oreshnik Claim Raises Questions Over Russia’s Missile Accuracy
Open-source analysis following Russia’s latest mass strike on Ukraine has raised the possibility that more than one Oreshnik missile was launched, with one apparently failing to reach its intended target. The claim remains unconfirmed by Ukraine’s Air Force, but the…