Cognitive war

Vladimir Putin may have put General Sergei Surovikin in charge of directing the attacks on Kyiv's bridges, British military expert Hamish de Bretton-Gordon claimed in an article published in the Telegraph, which several Ukrainian- and Russian-language outlets reported on on October 8. Surovikin, known as “General Armageddon”, previously directed Russian operations in Ukraine, including attacks on

A Ukrainian negotiating delegation will arrive in the United States on October 9 to discuss the continuation of diplomatic consultations and the preparation of a possible Ukrainian-American-Russian meeting – Interfax-Ukraine reported, citing a source close to the negotiating team and confirmation from the presidential office. According to RBC-Ukraine, the delegation will include David Arakhamia, R

According to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, there is currently no visible chance of a negotiated end to the war launched by Russia against Ukraine, because Moscow is making territorial demands that Kyiv considers unacceptable. In an interview with the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, published on October 8, Rubio said the war has reached a strategic stalemate that could be resolved either throug

At the initiative of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office, a Russian court declared several Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian historical figures and organizations to be accomplices in Nazi Germany's war crimes and crimes against humanity – reported the Russian State Archive on October 6. The decision concerns acts committed during World War II, and lists those named in it by name.

In early 2026 Turkey delivered a small quantity of Korkut air defense systems to Ukraine, where they were used against Russian attack drones and cruise missiles, Middle East Eye reported, citing several sources familiar with the matter. Those who spoke to the publication did not reveal the exact size of the shipment; the report was also covered by the Ukrainian outlet Babel and the Czech Britské l

German-Ukrainian company Quantum WIY Industries has unveiled the concept of a carrier platform capable of launching eight SPYS interceptor drones from the air, with the smaller drones intended to be mounted in groups of four under the carrier's two wings. According to a report by the Ukrainian news agency UNN, the design of the aircraft presented resembles the Ukrainian FP-1/FP-2 drones, although

The Dutch F-16 fighter jets handed over to Ukraine play a significant role in shooting down Russian jet-powered Shahed drones, and additional equipment could boost the effectiveness of their missions – Volodymyr Zelensky said after speaking by phone on October 5 with Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten. According to the Ukrainian president, the aircraft received from the Netherlands already play a con

Ukrainian pilots will soon begin training on French Rafale fighter jets in France, Volodymyr Zelensky announced after speaking by phone with French President Emmanuel Macron on October 5 about military support for Ukraine and the development of the Ukrainian air force. The Ukrainian president called the launch of the training a significant step forward, though a statement from the presidential off

On October 8, South Korea successfully carried out a flight test of its first domestically developed hypersonic glide vehicle, which President Lee Jae-myung personally monitored. According to the presidential office, the system, which is still under development, completed its planned flight path and precisely struck the designated target. After the test, the president asked researchers to speed up

Turkey has ruled out sending troops to Yemen for offensive operations against Houthi forces, while remaining ready to provide assistance for the defense of Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on October 8. The announcement marks out the practical limits of the Turkish–Saudi–Pakistani cooperation often referred to as the “Muslim NATO”: Ankara is willing to provide defensive support, but

Today is Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin's 74th birthday. What a pity for us, the civilized part of humanity — we would really have been satisfied with, say, 64 as his last blown-out candle, but the good Lord decided to put the sluggish Europeans to the test. I report that the test has taken place, and the result falls short even of the PISA scores.

Donald Trump offered his help, the mainstream media reported, and the dim-witted American probably really did offer Moscow assistance in combating or preventing a plague outbreak — though for now it's unclear, since the whole affair is shrouded in exactly as much fog as things usually are in Russia. We know something is going on, and we know it's connected to the plague, but the Russian authoritie

Russia's increasingly dangerous hostile actions could drag Germany into a violent conflict, warned Martin Jäger, head of Germany's foreign intelligence service, the BND, at a hearing before the Bundestag on October 5. According to a report by Agerpres citing EFE and AFP coverage, Jäger believes the confrontation with Russia has entered a new dimension, while the threat of attacks on targets in Ger

Russia has once again called on foreigners and diplomats in Kyiv to leave the Ukrainian capital, warning that the Russian army will continue its mass attacks. Saturday's statement from the foreign ministry even added that anyone who ignores the warning bears full responsibility for the consequences. What considerate killers: they warn in advance that they're going to shoot, and then it's the victi

Several senior officials of the U.S. administration held a meeting lasting several hours at Camp David on Friday on the next steps regarding the war with Iran and the Houthi rebels in Yemen, Axios reported, citing three American officials. The administration did not announce the meeting and provided no details about the military or diplomatic options discussed there.

The American-Russian negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine also extend to a multibillion-dollar oil deal, among whose potential beneficiaries are Donald Trump's supporters as well as Middle Eastern investors linked to the business networks of the two chief American negotiators, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. This was revealed by Anton Troianovski and Eric Lipton, two journalists at The New Y

Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Reuters that Ukrainian intelligence has obtained documents showing that, as winter approaches, Putin has widened the range of targets for air strikes. According to the Ukrainian president, by attacking infrastructure, logistics networks, roads, schools and hospitals, the Russian leadership wants to force people to leave Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.

Russia's richest businessmen this year helped out the state budget with 471 billion rubles, more than $5.6 billion. According to documents cited by Reuters, these "voluntary" contributions now cover more than one percent of Russian state spending, in a budget of which 38 percent goes to military and security purposes. The money flows into the state treasury, and from there it keeps the very same s

According to terrorism researcher Magnus Ranstorp, understanding Hezbollah's presence in Latin America requires examining above all the financial and logistical backdrop that allows the organization to operate. His analysis, published on Engelsberg Ideas on September 30, presents Venezuela as a rear base where state support, organized crime and certain actors in the legal economy complemented one

Václav Malík, Anton Mikhalchuk and Egor Kuroptev, researchers at the European Commission's Strategic Communications Center, did not simply collect a handful of Russian disinformation stories spread ahead of the Latvian election, but tried to uncover the structure of a lasting influence ecosystem in which state institutions, financing channels, intelligence officers, local politicians, actors posin