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Italy’s Defense Minister, Guido Crosetto, has issued a strong call to Western countries to respond decisively to the intensification of hybrid attacks from Russia, warning that inaction could lead to catastrophic consequences. He proposes the creation of a European Center for Combating Hybrid Warfare, which would coordinate a proactive response to increasingly aggressive threats. The warning comes in a 125-page document, titled “Combating Hybrid Warfare: An Active Strategy,” in which Crosetto denounces the passivity of the European Union and NATO. According to him, Russia is already striking critical infrastructure, decision-making centers, and fundamental services of European states, endangering the functioning…

The military command in Poland will deploy up to 10,000 soldiers to protect critical infrastructure from possible acts of sabotage. The announcement was made by the Minister of Defense, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, according to the PAP news agency. The operation will begin on November 21 and is considered one of the most extensive security measures in the country’s history. According to the minister, the troops will work in coordination with the police, railway security services, and other state institutions to prevent diversionary actions. In turn, the Minister of the Interior, Marcin Kierwiński, stated that Poland will use “all available resources -…

The war with Ukraine, now in its fourth year, and the drastic expansion of the powers of the security structures have caused deep ruptures in Russia’s governance system, pushing it towards internal power struggles. According to sources close to the Kremlin, quoted by “Important Stories”, what is happening at the top increasingly resembles growing chaos: usual decision-making mechanisms are being destroyed, everyone is pulling resources towards their own faction, and the security services are acting without limits, as they please. “There is a systemic battle for any kind of resources. Because they have become much fewer,” explains one of the…

Lukoil is trying to quickly alienate all its assets outside of Russia before American sanctions fully come into effect, according to sources cited by Bloomberg. The company wants a single transaction for the entire portfolio, but this approach complicates negotiations, as potential buyers are only interested in certain parts of the business. Bloomberg notes that a discussed solution could be a two-step process: a buyer — possibly a financial company — to take over the entire package, with the assets to be subsequently resold separately to investors interested in certain areas or projects. Among the companies analyzing individual assets are…

A former Russian prisoner, turned into an agent of the Moscow special services, is at the center of a diplomatic confrontation between several European countries and the Kremlin. According to The Washington Post, it is about Iaroslav Mihailov, 37 years old, who is said to have been involved in organizing attacks with explosive devices in Western Europe, at the command of the Russian services. Mihailov, using a fake passport, took refuge in Azerbaijan after allegedly coordinating a network of saboteurs who sent several trap parcels through DHL, equipped with timers and flammable compounds based on magnesium. These were shipped from…

The Supreme Rada in Kiev has dismissed ministers Gherman Galuschenko and Svitlana Grinciuk, amid a corruption scandal in the energy sector involving the Energoatom company. The Supreme Rada, the unicameral parliament of Ukraine, voted on Wednesday, November 19, with a two-thirds majority, to dismiss Gherman Galuschenko, former Minister of Energy and current Minister of Justice, and his successor, Svitlana Grinciuk. The move comes in the wake of a growing corruption scandal in the energy sector, after information about a bribery scheme at the Energoatom company leaked to the press and intense political pressure in the Ukrainian parliament. Before the vote,…

The United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia imposed on Wednesday a new set of sanctions against several Russian IT companies, accused of providing IT infrastructure and “bulletproof hosting” services for hackers and cybercrime networks. Among the entities targeted are “Media Land” and “Aeza Group”, as well as associated companies and individuals in Russia and other countries. According to the US Treasury Department, the sanctions focus on networks that have provided digital shelter to criminal groups, systematically refusing to cooperate with authorities when asked for customer data or illegal content. Among those targeted is also the “Kirishi” data center in…

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,…