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After mega-hype for the Spring counteroffensive last year, messaging is more circumspect in 2024, with the spy chief just hinting at action.

Bill would allow authorities to confiscate money, valuables and assets from people convicted of spreading “deliberately false information”.

Nearly half of the German public are living in fear of a potential attack from Russia, a survey published this week found.

Ukraine’s ambassador to Beijing told the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday that Kyiv is “committed to the one-China principle,” which denies the existence of the state of Taiwan and falsely asserts the sovereign nation is a province of communist China.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen launched a missile at a tanker carrying Russian fuel through the Gulf of Aden on Saturday.

Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the FBI should investigate if Russia is funding some anti-Israel protestors in the United States.

The United States is reportedly planning on stationing nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom amid escalating tensions with Russia.

Houthi leaders visited Moscow on Thursday, seeking support against America and Israel as they continue to disrupt global shipping.

Questions remained Thursday over the military plane crash that Russia said had killed dozens of captured Ukrainian soldiers.

Moscow court convicted former leader of Ukraine separatist rebels who called President Vladimir Putin a coward.

Govt strongly denies they are considering conscription even as military discusses how the Army is learning from “mission rehearsal” Ukraine.

Nations with ties to China – including both Russia and Ukraine – applauded Beijing at a human rights review at the United Nations.

Army must prepared to “rapidly expand” to field a “citizen army”, top general says, praising Euro states for bringing back conscription.

Top Ukrainian junior Yelyzaveta Kotliar said she was “deeply sorry” after shaking the hand of a Russian opponent at the Australian Open.

Moscow claims downed transport jet was carrying 65 POWs, Ukraine says it was loaded with batch of missiles for Russian forces.

Russian missiles struck three Ukrainian cities Tuesday, including its two biggest, killing at least seven people.

The U.S. will host the monthly gathering of some 50 countries struggling to meet Ukraine’s demands for the support it needs to repel Russia, with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin convening events from home Tuesday via a Zoom call.

President signs decree on “territories of the Russian Federation historically inhabited by Ukrainians”, saying it is time to “take steps”.

As the U.S. and Israel seek to contain Iranian proxies along multiple fronts, major Jewish leaders are highlighting a little-known yet critically strategic relationship between the Jewish state and Azerbaijan.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released its annual census of imprisoned reporters this weekend, and found China was once again the world’s worst jailer of journalists, followed closely by Myanmar, with Belarus in third place.

Ukraine will change its citizenship law to allow foreign volunteer fighters and “all ethnic Ukrainians” around the world to get passports.

North Korea’s flagship state propaganda outlet claimed on Sunday that Russian strongman Vladimir Putin told the country’s Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui that he would visit Pyongyang “at an early date.”

Ukraine must be willing to cede some of its territory to Russia for a peace deal, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said.

A Russian private jet carrying six people is believed to have crashed in a remote area of rural Afghanistan.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is worried at the prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House, repeating his previous criticism of Trump’s claim he could end Ukraine’s war with Russia in 24 hours as “very dangerous.”

At least 18 people were killed Sunday by shelling at a market on the outskirts of the city of Donetsk in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

Russia’s parliament will consider a law on the confiscation of property from those deemed to have spread disinformation about the military.

Germany’s defence minister presented a less alarmist take on the Russian threat, saying an attack on NATO is not likely at the moment.

A senior official from the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist army of Yemen told Russian media on Friday that Russian and Chinese ships can pass safely through the Red Sea without fear of attack.

A Ukrainian drone struck an oil storage depot in western Russia on Friday, causing a massive blaze, officials said.

If the public starts ‘panic-buying’ radios, torches, and water to “survive the first 36 hours” then “that’s great”, NATO military chief said. 

Aircraft flying over Poland and the Baltic once again reported major discrepancies in their GPS signals this week.

French manufacturers have reduced the manufacturing times for some weapons systems by half or more the defense minister said.

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) has locked arms with President Joe Biden in calling for a deal to surrender to unlimited migration that would include tens of billions in foreign aid to Ukraine.

The time has come for public and private actors in the West to prepare for an era in which anything could happen at any time, including fighting a war, a top NATO military official said Wednesday.

West no longer post-Cold War and is in a new “pre-war” era with limited time left to prepare for and deter future conflicts, the UK says.