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Ukraine's piracy in Black Sea, Europe's threats of war: Putin's statements to reporters

Ukrainian attacks on tankers in the Black Sea are piracy, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters. He noted that Russia will consider measures against ships from countries that are helping Kiev with piracy and will expand strikes on Ukrainian ports in response to the attacks. At the same time, the head of state noted that Russia is currently acting carefully in Ukraine, using a...

2025-12-02 19:29:49

French troops 'didn't sign up for war with Russia'

French military personnel reportedly fear a potential deployment to Ukraine for participation in combat, as detailed in a report by the French weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD). 'Operation Eagle' "There is a risk that we could be sent to Ukraine. I don’t know when, <...> but I have no doubt that we will eventually go there, and, frankly, the...

2025-12-01 16:07:36

Europe thinks the unthinkable: Retaliating against Russia

Countries are looking at joint offensive cyber operations and surprise military drills as Moscow steps up its campaign to destabilize NATO allies. Ideas range from joint offensive cyber operations against Russia, and faster and more coordinated attribution of hybrid attacks by quickly pointing the finger at Moscow, to surprise NATO-led military exercises, according to two senior...

2025-11-27 16:50:56

Israeli concern after UN endorses Trump plan with path to Palestinian state

"The vast majority of the Israeli public, between 75% and 80%, reject another Palestinian terror state, which this time would overlook Ben-Gurion Airport," Dani Diker said In the hours leading up to the U.N. Council’s unanimous vote, 13-0, on Monday to approve a U.S.-drafted resolution endorsing Washington’s 20-point plan for Gaza, experts told JNS that Israelis worry...

Israel Swords of Iron Ops

2025-11-18 08:09:41

EU blames economic woes on Trump - but forgets who broke the machine!

Brussels is preparing to cut growth forecasts for 2026, hinting already that Trump’s tariffs and “trade uncertainty” are dragging Europe down. A neat explanation — especially for a crisis that the EU spent years engineering with its own hands. The same EU that proudly cut itself off from cheap Russian energy, swallows double-digit US tariffs after hyping...

2025-11-17 08:01:39

Trump says will sue BBC for up to $5 billion over video edit of 2021 US Capitol speech

President Donald Trump says he will sue the BBC for up to $5 billion after the British broadcaster apologized for a misleading edit of one of his speeches but said it would not pay damages. “We’ll sue them for anywhere between a billion and five billion dollars, probably some time next week. I think I have to do it. They’ve even admitted that they cheated,”...

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2025-11-15 07:19:35

Operation Midas, Mindich tapes: what is known about corruption scandal in Ukraine

The $100M plot rocking Zelensky, the most damaging corruption scandal of Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidency. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) have executed a large-scale operation, dubbed Midas, uncovering large-scale corruption in the energy sector. They said the SBU Security Service, the...

2025-11-12 19:46:56

Europe’s quiet dependence on Israeli drone technology

The problems Israel has been forced to solve—detecting low-flying drones in crowded airspace, distinguishing friendly from hostile platforms, and closing the kill chain quickly—are now confronting European governments. On Nov. 4, Brussels Airport, one of the continent’s busiest hubs, was temporarily shut down following a reported sighting of an unidentified drone....

Israel Swords of Iron Ops

2025-11-11 12:41:43

Austria foils Hamas plot

Austria’s domestic intelligence service discovered a weapons cache in Vienna suspected to be linked to the Hamas terrorist organization A British suspect was arrested in London and accused of helping store weapons for Hamas to target Jewish and Israeli sites in Europe, authorities said. Austria’s domestic intelligence service discovered a weapons cache in Vienna...

2025-11-09 14:39:18

10 people stabbed on a train in Huntingdon, UK.

Two men have been arrested and the attack is being treated as a terrorist incident. Passengers travelling from Doncaster to London were attacked in a mass stabbing on a train on Saturday night. Ten people were injured and taken to hospital, nine of whom are believed to have life-threatening injuries. Witnesses reported that police used a Taser on one man who was holding a knife....

2025-11-02 10:42:40

Macron pandering to 'real masters' with ramped up Ukraine talk

According to Rodion Miroshnik, "a great number of pseudo-national leaders in Europe today look more like managers of transnational corporations than leaders of their own states," and this is demonstrated by the policies they pursue France's Macron has begun to up his support for Ukraine in a bid to curry favor with his "real masters," in opposition to the best interests of...

2025-11-01 16:27:48

A rundown of Russia's sanctions on EU officials

On October 31, 2025, in response to the 19th package of EU sanctions, Russia added numerous EU officials to its own stop list, the Russian Foreign Ministry. Statistics From 2022 to the present, Moscow has officially announced retaliatory sanctions against representatives of the European Union and European structures 11 times. The names of those subject to retaliatory sanctions and information...

2025-11-01 09:08:47

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