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Israel killed a personal adviser to Hezbollah's leader and destroyed infrastructure in Lebanon — over 200 people died in a single day. The EU and France are demanding a ceasefire, but lack leverage to enforce it.
# Ukraine's President Proposes Alternative European Security Architecture Amid NATO Uncertainty Ukraine's President has proposed an alternative security architecture for Europe against the backdrop of genuine concerns about potential U.S. withdrawal from NATO. The question remains whether this represents a contingency plan or merely a negotiating position.
On September 30, 2024, Peter Szijjarto called his Iranian counterpart and proposed sharing Hungarian intelligence data about the attack on Hezbollah. This is the same Szijjarto who is supported by Netanyahu and Trump in the election.
For four consecutive months, Ukrainian drones have been eliminating more Russians than Putin's army can recruit. The mathematics of attrition is changing the logic of war.
Trump's Iran Deal Will Cost Allies More Than They Expected: The Strait of Hormuz, Gas Bills and Ukraine Support Budget Compete for the Same Funds.
Russia is deploying Shahed-238/Geran-3 drones at speeds up to 600 km/h and altitudes up to 9 km — beyond the range of interceptor drones. Fedorov acknowledged the problem and promised a solution, but did not name any specific measures.
# Translation In December, Budapest and Moscow agreed to "reverse negative trade dynamics" and expand nuclear, gas, and cultural cooperation. The document emerges on the eve of elections — and puts Hungary in a legally awkward position within the EU.
The Vyshhorod Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center did not acknowledge violations in a case that the Defense Ministry called "unacceptable" and which resulted in disciplinary action against seven police officers. The disparity in assessments of the same video is telling.
Roman Kostenko, Secretary of the Supreme Rada's Defense Committee: conceding the Donbas is not a regional compromise, but a global signal that borders can be redrawn by force. The argument is backed by a figure that Moscow prefers to keep hidden.
First Deputy Commander of the 12th Special Purpose Brigade "Azov" Lev Pashko described the tactics of continuous fire pressure, which, according to him, develops a conditioned reflex in Russian soldiers and has already yielded concrete results: 24 prisoners captured in a single day with no losses on their side.
A two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran halted attacks and temporarily reopened the Strait of Hormuz—but neither side obtained what it declared as its war objective. The phenomenon of "mutual victory" reveals the logic of the conflict better than any official statement.
Deputy Commander of the 429th Regiment "Achilles" Oles Malyarevych arrived at the Capitol with a concrete arithmetic argument: six assault troops covered by 200 specialists is not an exception, but a new norm of warfare that breaks with US doctrine.
Ukraine has increased the use of strike unmanned aerial vehicles and now has an overall advantage over the enemy — but the Kursk operation demonstrated that local air superiority with fiber-optic drones was already deciding the outcome of battle.
# Chief of Staff of the 12th "Azov" Brigade Explains Why Unmanned Ground Vehicles Remain "Workhorses" Rather Than Soldier Replacements Lev Pashko, the Chief of Staff of the 12th "Azov" Brigade, explained at the Ground Truth Symposium in Washington why unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) remain "workhorses" rather than replacements for soldiers. Meanwhile, UGVs have set a record of 45 days of combat duty on the front lines without a single soldier nearby.
According to the President's Office, in the first quarter of 2026, average Russian losses across the entire line of contact in the Donbas increased nearly threefold compared to 2025 — but the advance did not stop.
# Romanian Coach Transformed Donetsk Club from Regional Champion to UEFA Cup Winner — and Remained Honorary Citizen of a City Now Occupied by Russia A Romanian coach turned a Donetsk club from a regional champion into a UEFA Cup winner — and remained an honorary citizen of the city that is now occupied by Russia.
# SBU, FBI and EU partners expose "Dying Ember" operation — GRU used over a thousand compromised routers from small businesses and households in over a dozen countries, including Ukraine, to steal credentials from government and military structures. A device sitting in the corner of an office could have been a Moscow spy node.
The resolution on the Strait of Hormuz was rewritten several times, removing increasingly sharp language — down to a completely powerless text. Moscow and Beijing vetoed even that.
The European Commission responded to Zakharova's threats against Baltic countries with the principle of collective defense. Meanwhile, Ukrainian intelligence claims that the drone incidents themselves are the work of Moscow.
London has drawn a strict line: defensive strikes – yes, attacks on civilian infrastructure – no. This boundary is based on legal logic, not diplomatic courtesy.
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance has criticized European restrictions on Russian energy, calling them a threat to stability. Behind the scenes, American liquefied natural gas is being promoted as an alternative.
# The U.S. Vice President's Visit Five Days Before Hungarian Elections: Both Pre-Electoral Support for Trump's Ally and Fresh Accusations Against Kyiv Without Any Evidence
Perun company has presented AI-based optical navigation with an error margin of up to 5% — the drone independently detects GPS spoofing and switches to autonomous mode. This is no longer a prospect, but a weapon on the front lines.
Strikes on Baltic and Black Sea terminals caused the biggest disruption to Russian oil supplies in its modern history. But not through sanctions — through drones, at a moment when Washington eased those very sanctions.
Bloomberg obtained a transcript of a conversation from October 17, 2025, in which Orbán proposed to Putin to be a "mouse" helping the "lion." The summit in Budapest for which this was done never took place — but the recording remained.
The number of Russian sabotage operations in Europe increased fourfold between 2023 and 2024 — and almost all perpetrators did not know who they were actually working for. SBU General Viktor Yagun explains why this is the strategy.
The suspect, according to the SBU, was passing production secrets and geolocation data of workshops to two Russian intelligence services simultaneously. His son, imprisoned in Russia on drug-related charges, was used as leverage, with promises of amnesty.
Two days after a partial resumption of oil exports, Bloomberg recorded a new drone attack. The port, which handled over 130 million tons of cargo annually, came under fire for the fifth time in ten days.
# Tehran Rejects 45-Day Ceasefire Proposal, Demands Permanent Security Guarantees — Brent Crude Trading at $109 as Diesel Prices in Ukraine Surge 34% Tehran has rejected a proposed 45-day ceasefire, insisting on permanent security guarantees instead. Meanwhile, Brent crude oil is trading at $109 per barrel, with diesel prices in Ukraine surging 34%.
Russia is systematically using remotely scattered anti-personnel mines "Prynik" (Gingerbread) in residential areas — from Nikopol to Kherson. Their main characteristic is invisibility, not lethality.