Russia, Ukraine and drones
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The Kremlin on Monday welcomed remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump who said that President Vladimir Putin's proposal to voluntarily preserve nuclear arms limits set out in the New START treaty for another year sounded like a good idea.
The Kirishi oil refinery, one of the largest in Russia, has halted the crude distillation unit CDU-6 – the plant's most powerful unit – following a drone attack and a subsequent fire on 4 October. Source: Reuters,
Ukrainian media have reported that the Russian military may have used data from Chinese satellites in a recent attack on western Ukraine.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that it remained a mystery who was behind a wave of drone disruption in various European countries, but that the incidents served as a useful reminder to Europeans of the dangers of war.
Russia on Sunday condemned a U.S. strike on a vessel allegedly carrying illegal drugs off the coast of Venezuela and cautioned about the dangers of potential U.S. escalation in the entire Caribbean region.
Recent Russian drone violations into NATO airspace have sparked a new sense of urgency for the alliance to acquire low-cost defenses.
New analysis warns the U.S. nuclear force designed in 2010 cannot handle current global threats and proposes massive expansion including forward deployment to Europe.
When armed factions led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham overthrew Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad last December, many observers believed that Russia’s days in Syria were numbered. For decades, Moscow had nurtured close ties with the Assad family;
Georgia has been facing a wave of protests against its government's repressive policies. The demonstrations began in November 2024 after the government halted talks about the South Caucasus nation of 3.
Denmark said Russia has been escalating its hybrid attacks, and that Russian warships had sailed on collision courses with its ships in key waters.
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