'Russian Secrets': How Russia built an Arctic spy network using European equipment lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeu…

“Drone strikes at various refineries knocked out around 17% of Russia’s refining capacity in mid-August, or 1.2 million barrels per day, which rose to 21%, or 1.4 million barrels per day, by the end of that month” reuters.com/graphics/UKRAI…

Russia has successfully tested a long-range nuclear powered cruise missile called the Burevestnik, Gen, Valery Gerasimov tells Putin. He says missile was tested Oct. 21, travelled 14,000 kilometers and was aloft for 15 hours.

While independent media have long documented a growing mental health crisis in the military, Russian researchers are now starting to publish data that quantifies the scale of the problem. themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/21/rus…

While the Ukrainian military lacks prestigious Western-supplied weapons, soldiers and commanders say the shortage of basic resources — from cars to drones and people — makes it extremely difficult to hold back the relentless Russian offensives. kyivindependent.com/more-than-toma…

Some Ukrainian commanders are complaining: "I have repeatedly raised the issue of regrouping and the absence of a second defensive line-- which could lead to our units being encircled -- but they don't listen to us." pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2…

From January 2026, I will be open to a new professional role. I'd love to keep doing any (or both) of my career tracks—policy analysis and Russia studies—ideally in Germany (Berlin/remote), but I'm open to working elsewhere in Europe and beyond 1/7

Very much agree. Interesting article and takes a good, sober look at the challenges facing Ukrainian forces (both internally and facing Russian forces).

Авдіївка, Вугледар, Суджа. І не тільки. В кожному з цих випадків ворог обрізав нашу логістику, а підрозділи опинялися у вогневому мішку. Кожного разу наші відходили у останній момент із великими втратами, кидаючи майно та техніку. Не всі могли вийти. Деякі назавжди лишалися

Russia launched 52 cruise and ballistic missiles alongside 653 Shahed attack drones in its latest air strikes on Ukraine overnight which largely targeted critical infrastructure. Numerous cities were hit including those in western Ukraine.

As seen in many recent Ukrainian counterattacks, Russian forces—though advancing—often maintain low force density. This allows relatively small Ukrainian units, such as an infantry company or battalion (it does not apply to this video), to push the FLOT significantly,

Grim and unsurprising report by Fabrice Deprez on how Ukraine’s manpower challenges have played out around Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, which Ukrainian analysts said this weekend is “under threat of operational encirclement.” on.ft.com/4oCG2um via Financial Times

Ukraine’s Hardest Winter: With the Donbas in Peril, Europe Must Pressure Russia Now - I write for Foreign Affairs on the risks and opportunities over the next six months: foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukrain…

Very good work from RUSI, who finds that even controlling for areas that are defended by Ukrainian Patriot, there has been a big degradation in missile defense effectiveness.

Earlier today, we sent out the latest edition of RedHorizon to our clients. Here are some snippets. The past fortnight could prove to be one of the war’s defining weeks. Russia advanced on multiple axes, escalated strikes on Ukraine’s grid, and Kyiv entered winter under severe

Driscoll is right here. And, it should be taken one logical step further: our partners in Ukraine have so much combat and innovation experiences to share with us- hard fought experience. Not doing our best to learn and incorporate that experience would be a mistake.

EU to impose sanctions on GRU hackers from The Insider investigation, Moscow’s HSE dean, and Igor Sechin’s associate, Sistema reports The three GRU officers are linked to the cybergroup Cadet Blizzard, which engages in cyber espionage and sabotage. theins.press/en/news/287387

Ukraine's top general, Oleksandr Syrsky, says "the battle continues" in Pokrovsk, the eastern city that Putin claimed his troops had captured in full this week, as well as neighboring Myrnohrad. While Putin's claim is false, it's very likely that Russian forces will eventually

Read the first account to detail the ingenious planning and execution of Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb, which damaged dozens of Russian warplanes. By Jane Lytvynenko and James Marson

Substance dependence: Russia’s military-industrial complex still relies on imported chemicals, including some from the West China, India, and Iran help Russia circumvent sanctions, providing its plants with domestic and Western catalysts and additives. theins.press/en/inv/287606