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An international logistics network with three nodes massively fuels Russia’s war machinery. North Korea arms Russia and receives classified technologies in return. Approximately 70% of the ammunition used by Russia in the war against Ukraine is manufactured in North Korea, reports the Japanese publication Kyodo News, citing a Ukrainian analysis of classified documents regarding Moscow’s military resources. These documents detail how Russia procures supplies from North Korea and Iran, while managing to evade Western sanctions on vital components for weapon manufacturing via China. Since the start of the total war in 2022, Pyongyang has supplied Moscow with approximately 6.5 million…
New revelations emerge regarding high-level corruption acts involving Ukrainian businessman Timur Mindich, a close ally and business associate of President Volodimir Zelenski. He appears in the “bribes” case from Energoatom, but he is also accused of trying to pressure the former Minister of Defense, Rustem Umerov, to buy bulletproof vests from a certain company. The deal was ultimately not concluded. This matter was reported by journalist Tetyana Nikolayenko, the vice-president of the Anti-Corruption Public Council within the Ministry of Defense. It’s about the company “Milikon UA”, regarding which the Anti-Corruption Public Council from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense opposed “publicly…
Weapons manufacturers warn that NATO should set objectives for defense industries specific to war situations. Micael Johansson, CEO of the Swedish group Saab, said at an event in Brussels that the alliance should create new capability objectives regarding “minimum industrial capacity requirements” in case of war, according to Euractiv. Last week, German Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank, responsible for the country’s joint operations command, stated that Russia could attack its NATO member neighbors at any time. The high-ranking executive of Saab stated that he wants NATO to think about “how to manage the security of supply” with defense equipment and not…
The peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine ended this year without significant progress, leading to their suspension, the Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister, Serhii Kyslytsya, told The Times on Tuesday. According to him, Kiev has been actively working since the summer of 2025 to convince Ukraine’s international partners to increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to accept a personal meeting with President Volodimir Zelenski. “Under a dictatorship, it is impossible to have fruitful discussions with the people who represent the dictator. They have a very strict mandate and must defend the position they were instructed to defend,” Kyslytsya said, referring…
At least 37 deputies and senators of Russia would have obtained their parliamentary mandate to escape criminal prosecution, benefiting from parliamentary immunity, writes the publication Project. In total, 1 in 10 Russian parliamentarians would have had legal problems in the past, reveals an analysis of 622 members of the State Duma and the Federation Council. Buying a seat in the State Duma was a common practice since the 2000s, the price for an eligible position on the LDPR party lists reaching up to 5 million dollars. For many, the role in the state was a form of legal protection. For…
The Republic of Moldova is making a decisive step in strengthening its informational resilience. At the conference “Mapping the FIMI Factors and Stimulants Related to Elections in the Republic of Moldova”, Ana Revenco, the director of the Center for Strategic Communication and Disinformation Combat, presented a detailed plan for creating a proactive national information security architecture, the first of its kind in the region. The Republic of Moldova needs to move from reaction to prevention, in a context where hybrid threats and information manipulation become key tools of foreign influence, says Revenco. “Information manipulation and foreign interference are not only…
A poll conducted at the end of October indicates a historic shift in the Hungarian political scene: the Tisza party, led by Péter Magyar, is ahead of Fidesz with 48% to 37%. However, even if Viktor Orbán were to lose the parliamentary elections in 2025, the system he has built over the last 15 years seems designed to outlive him. The Hungarian Prime Minister’s visit to Washington at the beginning of November provided him with exactly the support he needed. Orbán secured photo opportunities with Donald Trump and a one-year exemption from American sanctions on Russian energy imports — a…
The Armed Forces Units of Ukraine (AFU) are launching counterattacks in the besieged city of Pokrovsk, and the Russian assault will be repelled, the head of the Ukrainian army, General Oleksandr Sîrski, confidently stated on Monday, according to Kyiv Post. “Pokrovsk is a solidly fortified area. Indeed, in a few places the Russians have managed to get past the barriers, but the command is aware of those places,” stated a communique published Monday by the Ukrainian Army’s General Staff. “The intensity of enemy attacks has decreased for now, but that does not mean they have changed their plans. Ukraine is…
Prisoners in Belarusian jails have been ordered to produce supplies for the Russian Army, from camouflage equipment to coffins and plastic flowers for soldiers’ graves, revealed a Novaya Gazeta report, quoted by The Times. Although soldiers from Belarus, the Kremlin’s biggest ally in Europe, are not fighting in Ukraine, the country’s leader, Aleksandr Lukashenko, has allowed Russia to use the country as a platform for its invasion. The entire Belarusian penitentiary system has been put on a war footing to cope with demands from Moscow, according to a report by Novaya Gazeta, a Russian opposition website. One prisoner recalled recognizing…
Disturbing images, seemingly ripped from an apocalyptic movie, captured a convoy of Russian soldiers advancing through thick fog, in destroyed vehicles, without doors or windows. The clip, published by Kyiv Post, shows soldiers clinging to rusty cars and motorcycles, moving along a road littered with debris. On the side, a crashed drone — a sign of the battle that took place there. In a few seconds, the column disappears into the fog, leaving behind the image of a shattered army, but pushed forward by the order of battle. Advance towards Kupiansk The images appeared as Moscow’s forces announced new gains…