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The UK on Wednesday accused Russia of violating international humanitarian law in its ongoing war against Ukraine, citing UN findings of war crimes including rape, sexual violence and torture, as well as repeated large-scale attacks on Ukraine’s electricity infrastructure. During a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, UK [...]

The Moscow City Court sentenced US citizen Stephen Hubbard to six years and 10 months in prison on Monday after he was convicted of fighting as a mercenary for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) against the Russian military. Hubbard was charged under a section in the Russian Criminal Code that concerns mercenary activity. A [...]

In a speech delivered from the Counter Terrorism Operations Centre (CTOC) in London on Tuesday, MI5 director general Ken McCallum warned that the UK is facing the most complex and interconnected threat environment it has ever seen. McCallum highlighted the ongoing threats from terrorism, as well as efforts by autocratic states to harm the UK’s [...]

Irish Officials reported Tuesday to Politico that Russia had used its intelligence services to recruit an Irish Politician to act on their behalf in order to exploit tensions in the UK following Brexit. The politician, who remains a sitting member of the Irish parliament, The Oireachtas, was recruited to be a “propaganda mole and emissary” [...]

A Russian missile hit a Palau-flagged vessel on Monday in Ukraine’s southern port of Odessa. One Ukrainian national was killed while five foreign nationals among the ship’s crew members were injured. According to the head of Odessa’s Regional Military Administration, Oleh Kiper, the aggressor initially targeted the port infrastructure. The 60-year-old Ukrainian killed by a [...]

Sri Lanka elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president on September 21, marking the first time in the country’s history that a candidate outside the two major political parties has won the presidency. Dissanayake, representing the National People’s Power (NPP) coalition, defeated candidates from the long-dominant United National Party (UNP) and Sri Lanka Freedom [...]

“For by Wise Counsel, Thou Shalt Make Thy War.” Proverbs 24.6 For mostly good reason, policy discussions of Israel’s nuclear strategy and doctrine have been intentionally vague and without evident nuance. More specifically, there have been few open-literature assessments of a limited nuclear war and its law-supported capacity for enhancing Israel’s strategic deterrence. Now, however, [...]

A Russian prosecutor on Saturday requested a seven-year prison sentence for a 72-year-old US man accused of working as a mercenary for Ukraine, according to Interfax. The Moscow City Court is holding proceedings in the criminal case of Stefan Hubbard, who allegedly engaged in combat alongside the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) against the Russian [...]

Amnesty International on Friday raised concern about the ongoing coercion of Ukrainian teachers in Russian-occupied territories to teach the Russian-imposed curriculum to school-going children. The report portrays the resumption of schooling in the occupied territories as Russia’s attempt to justify its aggression by indoctrinating students with a propagandized curriculum. The Russian curriculum in the occupied [...]

Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced on Thursday that the Prosecutor’s Office in the Volgograd region approved an indictment against Nikita Zhuravel, who was charged with treason under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code. The maximum penalty for treason under the Russian Criminal Code is life imprisonment. According to the Prosecutor’s Office investigation, Zhuravel offered [...]