Russia/Ukraine/WW3

[Matthew]

>Germany is drawing up a list of bunkers that could provide emergency shelter for civilians, the interior ministry has said, at a time of rising tensions with Russia.
>The list would include underground train stations and car parks as well as state buildings and private properties, a ministry spokesperson said.
>A digital directory of bunkers and emergency shelters will be drawn up so people can find them quickly using a planned phone app. People would also be encouraged to create protective shelters in their homes by converting basements and garages, the spokesperson told a press briefing.
>Last week the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said the conflict in Ukraine had characteristics of a “global” war and he did not rule out strikes on western countries.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/25/germany-draws-up-list-of-bunkers-amid-russia-tensions

[Matthew]

>Russia is selecting targets in Ukraine that could include "decision-making centres" in Kyiv in response to Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russian territory with Western weapons, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
https://archive.is/TMUyd

>Serbia's president has issued a stark warning regarding the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, claiming that Vladimir Putin is 'not bluffing' about the potential use of nuclear missiles.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/putin-isnt-bluffing-serbias-president-warns/ar-AA1uzN8o

[Matthew]

>Russia said that Kyiv had used six U.S.-made ATACMS ballistic missiles in striking the airfield in the city of Taganrog, in Russia's southern Rostov region on the Azov Sea, a site located around 100 miles from the frontline of the war in Ukraine.
>Russia's defense ministry said Wednesday's attack could prompt the launch of another Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic missile at Ukraine, as on November 21 on the city of Dnipro, and that the strike "by Western long-range weapons will not go unanswered and appropriate measures will be taken."
https://www.newsweek.com/video-russia-ukraine-atacms-strike-territory-rostov-air-base-blown-away-1999713

[Matthew]

>NATO chief Mark Rutte is sounding the alarm about Russia: Moscow is no longer waging a hidden, "hybrid" war against the West - the attacks are now open. In other words: He is accusing Russia of open war against NATO!
>Rutte told security experts and analysts in Brussels: "It is time to move to a war mentality." In NATO, people should prepare themselves for the possibility that Russia could try to deploy "swarms of drones" in Europe .
https://www.bild.de/politik/ausland-und-internationales/nicht-mehr-hybrid-nato-chef-russland-greift-uns-laengst-direkt-an-675c0e52f09a33307f3678b5

[Matthew]

>Head of Russia's nuclear and chemical defense forces killed in Moscow explosion
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/12/17/russia-general-bombing-moscow/77040225007

[Matthew]

>Russia's Medvedev says Kyiv will face imminent revenge for killing of Russian general
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1gxn604yg

>"Everyone understands what happened and what needs to be done."
>"We must do everything to destroy the patrons who are in Kyiv. These patrons are also known. This is the military-political leadership of Ukraine."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-7raUWdiXo

[Matthew]

>War has been declared on the Russian world today, Putin said — RIA
https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1870145253853827526

[Matthew]

>Ali Larijani, a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been shuttling back and forth on clandestine flights to meet senior Russian officials, The Times has learned, in backchannel efforts to gain Russian assistance on its nuclear programme and air defence capabilities.
>Vladimir Putin will host Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian president, in Moscow on Friday, when the two sides will sign a “comprehensive strategic partnership”. Judging by the name, the agreement will closely resemble an alliance signed between North Korea and Russia last year, committing the two nuclear-armed countries to defend the other in the event of an attack.
>Iran is also seeking the latest version of the Sukhoi Su-35 fighter as it attempts to upgrade the operational capabilities of its air force, Western intelligence sources said. Reports suggest they have already been purchased. Tehran also wants to reinstall its air defence systems, which were destroyed by Israel during the latest of round of attacks and counterattacks last year.
>Iran has also requested logistical help by using Russia’s extensive presence in the region to rearm the Shia Muslim militia Hezbollah, whose leadership and weapons arsenal have largely been taken out by Israel during the past few months.
>Iran is meeting officials from the so-called E3 group — the UK, Germany and France — in Geneva this week in the second round of talks to discuss Western concerns over the acceleration of Tehran’s nuclear programme. The sides first met in November and will hold two days of talks on Monday and Tuesday. Last month, the UK, Germany and France declared their “extreme concern” over Iran’s enrichment capacity.
>Should Iran seek to cross the nuclear threshold, it risks a pre-emptive strike by the US and Israel.
https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/article/iran-russia-nuclear-talks-deal-lfzbdh7z7

[Matthew]

>Research vessel attached to secret Russian Navy unit arrives at site of Ursa Major shipwreck in the Mediterranean
>The Ursa Major sank 60 nautical miles south of Cartagena in the Mediterranean on the night of Dec. 24 following an explosion. The ship's owner, the Russian state-owned defense logistics company Oboronlogistika, claimed the incident was the result of a terrorist attack.
>The sunken cargo ship was reportedly transporting reactor hatches for the Lider nuclear icebreaker and parts for port cranes. However, open source intelligence (OSINT) analysts speculate that the vessel was heading to the Syrian port of Tartus

https://theins.press/en/news/277940

[Matthew]

>Three men have been killed in the Moscow region, in what is described as the largest drone attack on the Russian capital since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine.
>A further 18 people, including three children, were injured, health officials told Russian media.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8y655p52do

[Matthew]

>Ukraine strikes Russian strategic bomber airfield, triggering huge blast
>The base in Engels, which dates back to Soviet times, hosts Russia's Tupolev Tu-160 nuclear-capable heavy strategic bombers, known unofficially as White Swans.

https://archive.is/1A3a8

[Matthew]

>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of suicide drones with artificial intelligence (AI) technology and said unmanned control and AI capability must be the top priorities in modern arms development, state media reported on Thursday.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/north-korea-leader-kim-jong-un-touts-ai-suicide-drones-early-warning-aircraft/ar-AA1BJza3

[Matthew]

>A limousine reportedly from the Russian President Vladimir Putin's security fleet exploded and went up in flames in Lubyanka, near Moscow’s FSB headquarters.https://www.wionews.com/world/putin-assassination-bid-on-putin-limousine-explosion-in-moscow-sparks-speculations-8906067

[Matthew]

>Russian satellite linked to nuclear space weapons out of control
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-851542

[Matthew]

>Former Bush Housing Official [Catherine Austin Fitts] Claims Government Has Spent $21 Trillion Building an Underground Doomsday ‘Base’
>Fitts alleged that several of these bases are located beneath oceans—not just underground.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/former-bush-housing-official-claims-153000283.html

[Matthew]

>Two Russian Fighter Jets Downed by Naval Drone-Launched Missiles: Kyiv
>If the reports are true, the incident marks the first time a fighter jet has been struck down by a missile launched from a drone boat.
https://www.newsweek.com/two-russian-fighter-jets-downed-naval-drone-launched-missiles-kyiv-2067796

[Matthew]

>Ukraine launches a large-scale attack against Russia with long-range suicide drones.
>Targets are being struck in several locations in western Russia and some of the drones are now flying over the Moscow region.
https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1919510329983156275

[Matthew]

>Russia has until midnight Monday to abide by a 30-day ceasefire in its war against Ukraine or face a new round of sanctions, Germany has said.
>German government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius said if a ceasefire is not in place by the end of Monday, "the European side will (set in motion) preparations for sanctions...the clock is ticking."
>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov: "This kind of ultimatum language is unacceptable for Russia."
https://www.newsweek.com/germany-russia-ukraine-ceasefire-sanctions-2070993

[Matthew]

>Moscow considers Berlin’s potential shift on Ukraine’s use of German long-range weapons against Russia as a sign of “serious escalation,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on Tuesday.
>His comments came in response to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s declaration on Monday that there are now “no more range restrictions” on Western-supplied weapons used by Kiev against Russian military targets.
https://archive.is/qMwWU

[Matthew]

>Exclusive: Russian use of chemical weapons against Ukraine 'widespread', Dutch defence minister says
>Evidence points to 'large-scale program' of producing and using choking agent, officials say
>Dutch intelligence agencies have gathered evidence of widespread Russian use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine, including dropping a choking agent from drones to drive soldiers out of trenches so they can be shot, the defence minister and chief of military intelligence in the Netherlands told Reuters.
>"This intensification is concerning because it is part of a trend we have been observing for several years now, where Russia's use of chemical weapons in this war is becoming more normalized, standardized, and widespread."
>The Dutch intelligence findings on alleged Russian use of chloropicrin, a banned warfare agent first used by Germany during World War One, have not previously been reported.
>[head of the Dutch Military Intelligence Agency (MIVD), Peter Reesink] spoke of "thousands of instances" of chemical weapons use
>The Dutch military and general intelligence agencies, working with foreign partners, say they have uncovered concrete evidence of intensified Russian chemical weapons production.
>This includes heightened research capabilities and the recruitment of scientists for chemical weapons development, Reesink said.
https://archive.is/uTLER

[Matthew]

>Trump gives Russia 10 days to reach ceasefire agreement with Ukraine — or else face secondary sanctions
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-putin-russia-10-days-ceasefire-ukraine

[Matthew]

>President Donald Trump said he ordered two nuclear submarines “to be positioned in the appropriate regions” in response to warnings made to the United States by Russian official Dmitry Medvedev.
>Medvedev on Monday said that “each new ultimatum” that Trump makes toward Russia in pressuring an end to that nation’s conflict with Ukraine “is a threat and a step towards war.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/trump-russia-nuclear-submarines.html

[Matthew]

>Ukraine drone hits Russian nuclear plant, sparks huge fire at Novatek's Ust-Luga terminal
>Ukraine launched a drone attack on Russia on Sunday, forcing a sharp fall in the capacity of a reactor at one of Russia's biggest nuclear power plants and sparking a huge blaze at the major Ust-Luga fuel export terminal, Russian officials said.
https://archive.is/NGb5p

[Matthew]

>Frustrated Russians grapple with fuel crisis as Ukraine attacks oil refineries
>Analysts estimate that Ukraine’s recent strikes on Russian oil refineries have disrupted at least 17% of all of Russia’s refining capacity, an equivalent of 1.1m barrels a day.
> Between 2 and 24 August, Ukraine carried out at least a dozen strikes on Russian oil infrastructure, according to media reports, with the majority hitting facilities along the Ryazan–Volgograd corridor in the country’s south-west.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/27/frustrated-russians-grapple-with-fuel-crisis-as-ukraine-attacks-oil-refineries

[Matthew]

>The upcoming Zapad-2025 military drills will involve practice planning for the deployment of nuclear weapons and the Oreshnik missile system, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said on Aug. 13, according to the state news agency Belta.
>Kyiv and NATO have expressed concern that Zapad-2025 could be used as cover for renewed aggression, as Russia continues its war against Ukraine while Belarus remains a potential staging ground.
>The Russian-Belarusian military drills, expected to be held in mid-September [9/12-9/16], are among the most extensive exercises held by the two countries' militaries. While the Belarusian Defense Ministry has confirmed "over 13,000 participants," NATO estimates suggest that the drills may involve as many as 150,000 troops.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/russia-belarus-practice-nuclear-oreshnik-122942482.html

[Matthew]

>Putin tells Ukraine: End war via talks or I will end it by force
https://archive.is/gbpDG

[Matthew]

>In his television address, Lukashenko told Belarusians to prepare for war and difficult times ahead, pushing through legal amendments that would allow martial law and authorize full-scale mobilization far more easily.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/20/putin-oreshnik-missiles-belarus-war-warning

[Matthew]

>After Putin arrives in Sochi, alleged Ukrainian drone strike hits the city
https://kyivindependent.com/drone-strike-on-russias-sochi-kills-1-damages-houses

>Russian drones attack Poland

>Shaheds have crossed the border and are moving towards Polish cities, monitoring groups report.
https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1965550917471928833

[Matthew]

>On Sept. 10, Russian long-range strike drones entered Polish airspace. Several detonated, destroying houses and vehicles.
>Poland's Deputy Prime Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told U.S. media the attack lasted seven hours and one drone landed near his home. (Sikorski also serves as foreign minister.) He also said the attack was not a mistake, emphasizing drones crossed the Polish border on two axes, from Ukraine but also Belarus, Russia's ally.
>Poland knows the attacks were deliberate.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-lets-slip-the-drones-of-war/ar-AA1N6Vmd

>"If another missile or aircraft enters our space without permission, deliberately or by mistake, and gets shot down and the wreckage falls on NATO territory, please don't come here to whine about it," Sikorski said. "You have been warned."
>The UNSC session was convened after Estonia reported on Friday that three Russian fighter aircraft entered its airspace without permission and stayed there for 12 minutes.
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/poland-warns-russia-not-to-whine-if-its-jets-are-shot-down-in-nato-airspace/ar-AA1N7xiY

[Matthew]

>Trump says NATO nations should shoot down Russian jets breaching airspace
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/trump-says-nato-nations-shoot-181006604.html

[Matthew]

>From today, there will be no safe place in Russia – Ukraine’s weapons will reach any Russian military facility — Ukraine's FM
>Sybiga commented on Kellogg's claim that Trump sanctioned Ukraine's long-range strikes on Russia, according to local media
https://x.com/RT_com/status/1972664272598536637

[Matthew]

>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday the situation at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station had become critical, with Russian shelling preventing restoration of power needed to cool the reactors and prevent a meltdown.
>Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video address, said one of the diesel generators providing emergency power was no longer working, seven days after external power lines went down.
>"This is the seventh day. There has never before been such an emergency situation at the Zaporizhzhia plant. The situation is critical. Russian shelling has cut the plant off from the electricity network," Zelenskiy said.
https://archive.is/ThwGl

>Denmark warns that Russia is waging a hybrid war on Europe, as EU leaders gather for security talks
https://apnews.com/article/europe-drones-russia-defense-security-ukraine-ef7b332d66117beb702aa620b649ebf9

[Matthew]

>The U.S. will provide Ukraine with intelligence for long-range missile strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, American officials said, as the Trump administration weighs sending Kyiv powerful weapons that could put in range more targets within Russia.
>President Trump recently signed off on allowing intelligence agencies and the Pentagon to aid Kyiv with the strikes. U.S. officials are asking North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies to provide similar support, these people said.
https://www.wsj.com/world/u-s-to-provide-ukraine-with-intelligence-for-missile-strikes-deep-inside-russia-ca7b2276

[Matthew]

>A Russian submarine with nuclear capability has reportedly suffered a “serious accident” in the Mediterranean Sea.
>According to Russian Telegram channel VChk-OGPU, fuel is now building up in the hold, creating a risk of explosion. The channel, which is known to have contacts within Russian intelligence, told its 330,000 subscribers that crew members may be forced to pump the fuel directly into the sea.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/fears-of-disaster-as-russian-nuclear-submarine-reports-major-malfunction-in-mediterranean/ar-AA1NpPz6

>Russia stages nationwide nuclear war alarm test
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-stages-nationwide-nuclear-war-alarm-test/ss-AA1NG5li

[Matthew]

>Putin Ally Issues Warning to Trump Over Tomahawks
>Medvedev, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the current deputy chair of Russia's security council, said on Monday the "delivery of these missiles could end badly for everyone," before adding: "Most of all, for Trump himself."
https://www.newsweek.com/medvedev-warning-trump-tomahawks-10869251

[Matthew]

>Trump tells Ukraine: Accept Putin’s demands ‘or be destroyed’
https://archive.is/XZH2K

[Matthew]

>U.S. Lifts Key Restriction on Ukraine’s Use of European Long-Range Missiles
>Ukraine used a British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missile on Tuesday to strike a Russian plant in Bryansk that produced explosives and rocket fuel, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces announced on social media.
>The unannounced U.S. move to enable Kyiv to use the missile in Russia comes after authority for supporting such attacks was recently transferred from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon to the top U.S. general in Europe, Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, who also serves as NATO commander.
https://archive.is/pmXHs

[Matthew]

>Europe lacks coordination as Russia ‘prepares for war with NATO’: Experts
>“Europe is no more ready today to face Russia’s military advances than it was in 1939 as Nazi troops were at the door,” said Joseph Fitsanakis, assistant director at the Center for Applied Intelligence in Coastal Carolina University
>Western intelligence services have been issuing warnings since January 2024 that a NATO-Russia war could become a reality in five to eight years.
>Martin Jager, head of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service, told the Bundestag this month that this could come sooner.
>“We must not sit back and assume that a possible Russian attack will not come until 2029 at the earliest,” he told lawmakers, saying Europe faced “a new quality of confrontation”.
>“Like the Russian intelligence community, the Russian military is actively preparing for war with NATO,” Fitsanakis said.

>European intelligence has relied on the US for satellite surveillance and signals intelligence eavesdropping over large distances.
>US intelligence has been crucial to Ukraine’s successful campaign against Russian refineries, it was recently revealed. The US information was involved in target selection, timing and route planning to evade Russian air defences.
>But the quality of that cooperation is breaking down, Fitsanakis said.  “American intelligence services are being systematically defanged by an utterly dysfunctional political elite, which is using them as political pawns while refusing to prioritise the Russian threat.”
>Dutch intelligence recently said it was limiting the information shared with US services, and it is not the only European agency doing so.
>“European intelligence agencies have long stopped sharing critical intelligence with Washington,” Fitsanakis said, implying fear of exposing their networks.
>...no one is sure whose side the US is on.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/27/europe-lacks-coordination-as-russia-prepares-for-war-with-nato-experts

[Matthew]

>Putin Says Russia Tests New, Nuclear-Capable Remote Torpedo Dubbed 'Doomsday Machine'
>The October 29 announcement came days after Putin and Russia's top military officer announced what they said was a successful test of another new weapons system: a long-range, nuclear-powered cruise missile.
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-torpedo-poseidon-burevestnik-missile-nuclear/33575625.html

>Drones are becoming a strategic threat to national security
>Institutional apathy, outdated rules of engagement, and technological lag are the main causes of failure. To regain control, Israel must take urgent steps
https://jcpa.org.il/the-drone-threat-from-the-skies-of-munich-to-israels-negev

>Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken has declared that "Moscow will be wiped off the map" if Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin decides to attack the capital of a NATO member state, such as Brussels.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/belgian-defence-minister-if-putin-attacks-nato-moscow-will-be-wiped-off-the-map/ar-AA1PpOsW

[Matthew]

>A railway line linking Warsaw to southeastern Poland was damaged by a weekend explosion that Prime Minister Donald Tusk called an "unprecedented act of sabotage".
>Tusk, who visited the site on Monday, said the line is "crucially important for delivering aid to Ukraine."
>"Unfortunately, the worst fears have been confirmed," the Polish leader said in a statement Monday.
>"The adversary has started preparations for war." - Polish army's Chief of the General Staff, General Wiesław Kukuła
https://www.euronews.com/2025/11/17/polands-prime-minister-calls-weekend-rail-line-explosion-near-warsaw-act-of-sabotage

>Poland closes last Russian consulate after ‘act of state terrorism’ on railway
>Poland’s foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski, has described last weekend’s sabotage attack on Poland’s rail system as “an act of state terrorism” ordered by Russia, as he announced that Poland was closing the last remaining Russian consulate in the country.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/19/poland-closes-last-russian-consulate-after-act-of-state-terrorism-on-railway

>Poland said on Wednesday it would close the last Russian consulate in its territory and deploy thousands of soldiers to protect infrastructure in response to a railway explosion it blames on Moscow.
>Moscow denies responsibility for sabotage, citing "Russophobia", and said it would likewise limit Poland's diplomatic and consular presence in Russia.
>Sikorski said he would ask other EU nations to limit Russian diplomats' travel in the 25-nation Schengen free-travel area.
>There has been a wave of arson, sabotage and cyberattacks in Poland and other European nations since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022.
>Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said up to 10,000 soldiers will be deployed to help protect critical infrastructure such as railways.
>CHRISTMAS WARNING
>The Polish army chief of staff, Wieslaw Kukula, speaking to reporters alongside the defence minister, warned that the upcoming long winter nights and Christmas period could be perceived by Poland's enemies as a good time for sabotage.
https://www.reuters.com/world/poland-will-respond-railway-sabotage-minister-says-2025-11-19

[Matthew]

>A major fire erupted after Russia targeted a Turkish cargo vessel anchored in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa in a missile attack on Friday.
>Ukraine's navy spokesperson told Reuters that three vessels were damaged in total, all Turkish-owned.
https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/russia-strikes-turkish-cargo-vessel-off-ukraines-odesa/news

>Russian President Vladimir Putin warned last week Moscow would intensify strikes on Ukrainian ports and may consider targeting vessels from countries supporting Ukraine if attacks on Russian tankers continue.
>The warnings followed a surge of attacks on Russia-linked oil tankers, including strikes on at least four vessels in less than a week.
>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the escalating attacks a "worrying escalation" in comments on December 1, saying Ankara "cannot under any circumstances accept these attacks" and is issuing warnings to all parties involved.
https://www.trtworld.com/article/84cfe153b33b

[Matthew]

>Ukraine hits Russian submarine with underwater drones for the first time
https://www.euronews.com/2025/12/15/ukraine-hit-russian-submarine-with-underwater-drones-for-the-first-time

[Matthew]

>up to 80% of all Russian and Ukrainian casualties are now caused by drone strikes.

https://theweek.com/politics/death-drones-upend-rules-war-ukraine

>and the looming integration of AI into drone warfare will make the current situation look positively quaint.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/14/drones-rack-up-70-of-troop-losses-in-the-ukraine-war-and-ais-killing-spree-will-make-it-worse