Author: disinfo1
The Ukrainian front enters its toughest stage so far. As the army advances to Kupiansk, more and more Western analysts warn that the risk of a strategic loss becomes palpable. German journalist Julian Röpcke talks about a mobilization crisis that can no longer be masked, while British analyst Mark Galeotti describes the “rupture” at Pokrovsk, and experts from Kiev draw attention to Ukraine’s number one deficit: people. An increasingly vulnerable front “The situation can no longer be hidden either by PR operations of the General Staff or by the government’s attempts to minimize the reality on the ground,” warns German…
The anti-corruption investigation currently shaking Ukraine has advanced further than any other during Volodymyr Zelensky’s term – and inevitably, closer to the president. For a society weary of war, but also of repeated promises of “cleaning up the system”, the new revelations bring back to the fore an old question: how much of the promised anti-corruption is real and how much is just rhetoric? It was past two in the morning when Timur Mindici, Zelensky’s former business partner, crossed the border into Poland. A few hours later, back home, detectives were raiding his residence, in one of the most extensive…
Two Ukrainian citizens who collaborated with Russian intelligence services are the main suspects in the case of the two acts of sabotage on the Polish railway network, stated on Tuesday Prime Minister Donald Tusk, according to BBC. Tusk told parliament that one of the suspects had already been convicted in absentia for acts of sabotage in Ukraine. On Monday, the Prime Minister visited the site of an explosion near the town of Mika, southeast of Warsaw, which damaged the railway line leading to the border with Ukraine over the weekend, calling the incident “an unprecedented act of sabotage”. Another incident,…
The defense budget of the Republic of Moldova is expected to gradually increase, so that by 2030 the allocations will reach 1% of GDP. The statement was made by the Minister of Defense, Anatolie Nosatîi, when the Government voted in October for the military strategy for the next 10 years. Experts consider this to be extremely low funding. If Romania, as a NATO member state, commits to a massive increase in defense spending up to 5% of GDP by 2035, which would mean 3.5% for basic expenses and 1.5% for related investments, such as strengthening the presence of NATO allied…
The German company ARX Robotics has secured a new major contract in Ukraine for the supply of unmanned ground systems GEREON. According to the company’s information, Ukraine is set to develop “the world’s largest military ground robotics park”, consisting of several hundred platforms interconnected in a single network. According to the dev.ua portal, the GEREON vehicle network will be used for logistic missions, evacuations, reconnaissance operations, and activities carried out near the front line – areas where the risks for personnel are particularly high. All platforms will operate through Mithra OS, an operating system that integrates autonomous functions, sensors, and…
The Russian anti-aircraft defense shot down three Ukrainian drones approaching Moscow on Tuesday, announced the mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin, according to Reuters and EFE agencies, quoted by Agerpres. Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports, the largest airports serving the Russian capital, were temporarily closed following the drone attack, but their operations have since resumed, according to the Russian aviation authority. Ukraine regularly resorts to drone attacks on Russian strategic targets, such as refineries, fuel reservoirs, ammunition depots or military airfields, in an asymmetric warfare tactic meant to disrupt the logistics of the Russian army and reduce the revenues obtained…
American General Ben Hodges was overseeing a military exercise in Europe when an unexpected incident occurred at a train station in Poland – dozens of Bradley armored vehicles sped into the building, some of them seriously damaged when their turrets were torn off after hitting the station’s platform roof. “Nobody was injured,” Hodges said, at that time the commander of the American forces in Europe. In the meantime, the general has retired. “However, there were thousands of dollars in damages and we ended up with ten armored vehicles that couldn’t be ready for battle for a significant period of time.” A…
The Russians announce that they have thwarted an assassination plot against one of Putin’s trusted men. The Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Monday, November 17, that there was a plan by a “sabotage group” to kill the Secretary of the Security Council, Sergei Shoigu. The FSB claimed to have discovered a “Ukrainian connection” in preparing the attack. According to tvpworld, the FSB thwarted the assassination and found an explosive device hidden in a vase, along with a video camera. The attack was planned to take place during Shoigu’s private visit to a cemetery in Moscow. Shoigu was dismissed by…
The State Duma of Russia has approved an increase in VAT from 20% to 22% starting from 2026, hoping that this decision will bring 12.3 billion dollars to the budget. The changes also reduce the annual income threshold for businesses that must collect VAT from 739,000 dollars to 123,000 dollars, according to unn.ua. Against the backdrop of Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine, which has been ongoing for nearly four years, Moscow is looking for new sources of income to boost its economy. On Tuesday, the State Duma of the Russian Federation introduced significant changes to the value-added tax (VAT), which…
A new television channel, “Nomad”, associated with the propaganda channel Russia Today (RT), funded by the Kremlin, and with the organization of fugitive Ilan Șor, is being launched in Kyrgyzstan, writes Meduza, citing an investigation published by “Radio Azattyk”, part of the media corporation Radio Free Europe. The sources specify that the new platform will promote a pro-Russian agenda. The creation of the “Nomad” television channel was discovered a few months ago, writes Newsmaker.md. According to “Radio Azattyk”, the recruitment of staff for the new TV channel was carried out by editors who worked in the Kyrgyzstan office of the…