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The Polish government intends to call up over 300,000 reservists and recruits next year, both professionals and volunteers, according to a project of the Ministry of Defense, the details of which were made public on Thursday. The project envisages 20,000 new positions in the professional military service, 6,500 more than last year, in addition to 200,000 reservists and 83,700 members of auxiliary corps, report EFE and Agerpres news agencies. The measure taken by the Ministry of Defense in Warsaw provides for the summoning of over 200,000 citizens to assess their capabilities and assign them to a military unit in the…

Experts warn that Vladimir Putin could test NATO’s response capacity through a “large-scale hybrid attack” in the Baltic region, at a time when incidents attributed to Russia are multiplying along the eastern flank of the Alliance. Russia is intensifying its pressures on neighboring states, in an attempt to get NATO to reduce its support for Ukraine. However, analysts warn that the scale of the threat could be greater and that a coordinated attack could test European solidarity and the unity of the Alliance. Edward Lucas, founder of the Baltic Internal Security Centre, told The Sun that allies have long warned…

Latin American citizens represent 40% of the foreign fighters battling in the ranks of the Ukrainian army, Russian authorities stated on Thursday. “The origin of mercenaries has drastically changed. Although initially they were Poles, Baltics, Brits, and Americans, now probably more than 40% of those in the forefront come from Latin American countries”, stated the special ambassador of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rodion Miroshnik, according to EFE and Agerpres. According to Miroșnik, quoted by TASS agency, over 16,000 “volunteers” are now fighting in the Ukrainian ranks. “These volunteers are foreign mercenaries because they are not there to fight…

Poland will equip over 100 kilometers of its border with Ukraine with an electronic security system, announced the head of the Polish Border Guard, as quoted by TVPWorld. The equipment, which will be financed by the European Union, will include surveillance and motion detection technology and will complement the existing physical barriers, declared on Wednesday in front of a parliamentary committee the deputy commander of the Polish Border Guard, Brigadier General Violeta Gorzkowska. The measure comes against the backdrop of Warsaw’s growing concern about the escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and follows an increase in security incidents…

Although the result is not in question, external observers will carefully monitor the voting turnout and the victory margin of the pro-Kremlin party “United Russia”, looking for signs of public discontent after more than four and a half years of war. The Russians will go to the polls from Friday to Sunday to elect the 450 deputies of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in the first legislative election since the launch of the large-scale invasion of Ukraine. Voters will also cast their votes for regional legislators and governors in 11 regions. But the citizens’ ability to choose…

Defying international sanctions, Russia is increasingly resorting to North Korean workers to build drones to be used against Ukraine, and this practice provides the Pyongyang regime with an essential source of income for financing its illegal armament programs, according to a report published by the United States and their allies, quoted by Bloomberg and Agerpres. It is estimated that up to 25,000 North Koreans work in the Russian drone industry, including at facilities in Alabuga, Tatarstan, where unmanned aerial vehicles are assembled, according to a report published on September 16 by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team. To circumvent sanctions, North…

China has asked Tehran to rein in the Houthi militias in Yemen following a call to Beijing by Saudi Arabia in the wake of last week’s offensive by the pro-Iranian group, three Iranian sources told Reuters. Saudi Arabia has sought China’s help after the Houthis rapidly advanced along the Red Sea coast and around the Bab el-Mandeb strait, endangering maritime traffic and Saudi oil exports. China has publicly called for restraint, dialogue, and a return to safe navigation, but in its private message to Iran, it went further. Beijing wants Iran to use its influence over the Houthi to prevent…

Russian citizens residing in Poland and the Baltic countries will be able to vote in the Russian parliamentary elections at specially arranged voting sections near the border points, announced the Electoral Commission on Thursday, reports AFP, cited by News.ro. This proposal, already implemented during the Russian presidential elections in 2024, is addressed to voters living in countries where most Russian consulates have been closed in response to the large-scale offensive launched in Ukraine in February 2022. However, it is possible to vote electronically. “Based on the experience gained in 2024, ten voting sections will be arranged especially for them, near…

The war of Russia against Ukraine has turned into a real “massacre”, which could last 100 years, declared the leader of the French far-right party “National Union” and candidate for the presidency of France, Marine Le Pen. “Either NATO will enter this war, and then it will be the Third World War, or we will witness a 100-year War,” said Le Pen during a broadcast on the LCI television channel. She reminded that the military conflict between Moscow and Kiev has already lasted longer than the First World War, and the number of victims has reached 2 million people. “No…

The most recent report from Anthropic company on the abusive use of its artificial intelligence (AI) model revealed that a group of hackers with ties to Russia used “Claude” to automate attacks on over 20 targets, including the Defense Ministries of Ukraine and drone providers, while other operators have carried out pro-Kremlin disinformation campaigns in Africa and the Republic of Moldova, reports Euronews. Russia has used the AI model Claude from Anthropic company to accelerate cyber espionage operations against Ukrainian and European governmental targets, to conduct disinformation campaigns in Africa and Moldova, and to develop targeting software for autonomous swarms…