Eurasia

Ukraine’s drone war across Russia cuts into oil revenues

Ukraine’s long-range drone program is bringing results: large Russian oil industry facilities in the Russian Federation are under attack. UAVs are increasingly striking at enterprises that are critical for the Kremlin’s economy, causing millions of dollars in damage. The online media of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine ArmyInform analyzed …

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A changed security situation

Norway is facing a more serious threat environment now than it has in decades. As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, Russia is about to gain the military upper hand. The Russian military industry is running at full steam, and China, Belarus, Iran and North Korea are providing …

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Making Attrition Work: A Viable Theory of Victory for Ukraine

The most effective way for Ukraine to rebuild its advantage is to mount an effective defence in depth, which will reduce Ukraine’s losses and ammunition requirements. As the Russia–Ukraine war enters its third year, Ukraine faces a daunting task: how to restore its military advantage. The 2023 summer offensive, which …

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Why Iran is hard to intimidate

US soldiers are a bull’s-eye target for Iranian militias DETERRENCE IS A simple concept: using the threat of force to stop an enemy from doing something. America ought to have no trouble restraining Iran thus. The former has a globe-striding army; the latter relies on warships and fighter jets that …

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Iran Update, February 12, 2024

Key Takeaways: Russia: Ukraine’s Main Military Intelligence Directorate reported that elements of Lebanese Hezbollah and the IRGC are training Russian drone operators at the Shayrat Air Base in Syria.Northern Gaza Strip: The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement stated that it reestablished contact with its “combat units” in southwestern Gaza City.Southern Gaza Strip: …

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Israël prépare la liquidation de la Palestine

L’armée israélienne a entassé la population de Gaza dans la partie la plus au sud de l’enclave de Gaza (40 x 15 Km) pour raser le nord afin de le rendre invivable, car ils en ont fait un champs de ruines : on ne peut pas vivre sur des gravats. …

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Iran, Hezbollah Hold Talks In Lebanon

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Seyed Hassan Nasrallah held a meeting in Beirut on Saturday. The top Iranian diplomat, who arrived in Beirut on Friday evening, held negotiations with Nasrallah on Saturday morning. The meeting was also attended by Iran’s ambassador to Beirut …

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A killer is among us. How the GRU infiltrates human rights activists, journalists and filmmakers

Russian spy-saboteurs from military unit 29155 of the GRU travel around the world under false names, organizing murders, explosions and chemical weapons poisonings, but before going abroad they need to create a reliable legend. Sometimes, for this purpose, they spend years infiltrating the circles of human rights activists, journalists or …

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Prigozhin was killed, but his work lives on. This is evident from the flights of associated aircraft to Africa

A year ago, in January 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin suddenly began his public vendetta against the Ministry of Defense. Over several months of escalation, this led to direct armed confrontation, and ultimately to the murder of Prigozhin himself. The fate of his legacy—the Wagner group created under the wing of the …

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The Latest Israeli Bombing Of Syria Proves That Russia Won’t Risk A Wider War To Stop Tel Aviv

The present piece critiques the Alt-Media Community’s counterfactual reading of Russian-Israeli relations that misled them into having false expectations about this. Many among the Alt-Media Community (AMC) continue holding out hope that Russia will directly intervene to stop Israel’s bombing of Iranian targets in Syria, especially after it commenced aerial …

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