Defense & Security

Building European Readiness 2030: €1.07 Billion EDF Investment Targets Drones, Eastern Flank, Air and Space Shields

Building European Readiness 2030: €1.07 Billion EDF Investment Targets Drones, Eastern Flank, Air and Space Shields

In mid-April 2026, the European Commission announced a significant boost to collaborative defence research and development across the continent. Following evaluation of the 2025 calls…

13. 06. 2026
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces Take Aim at Russia’s Fuel Chain in Crimea

Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces Take Aim at Russia’s Fuel Chain in Crimea

Ukraine has intensified its campaign against Russian military logistics in occupied Crimea, launching a nighttime drone operation that targeted two key fuel infrastructure sites used…

08. 06. 2026
North Korea Is Quietly Building a Much Larger Strike Force

North Korea Is Quietly Building a Much Larger Strike Force

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered a major expansion of the country’s missile production capacity, directing the defense industry to increase output of ballistic…

07. 06. 2026
Russia’s Oreshnik Strike Was a Test Run, Putin Admits

Russia’s Oreshnik Strike Was a Test Run, Putin Admits

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia used the Oreshnik missile in strikes on both central Ukraine and Russian-occupied Donbas as part of what he described…

06. 06. 2026
Estonia’s CV90s Bolster Layered Counter-Drone Defense – A Model for NATO’s Eastern Flank?

Estonia’s CV90s Bolster Layered Counter-Drone Defense – A Model for NATO’s Eastern Flank?

In the shadow of the ongoing war in Ukraine, Estonia has rapidly adapted its Ground-Based Air Defenses (GBAD) to confront the proliferating threat of unmanned aerial systems…

04. 06. 2026
CSG Wins Multi-Million-Euro Fuze Contracts in NATO Countries

CSG Wins Multi-Million-Euro Fuze Contracts in NATO Countries

Global industrial-technology group CSG has secured two major contracts for the supply of mechanical and electronic fuzes for large-calibre ammunition, with a total value in the high…

03. 06. 2026
US Troops are leaving Lithuania and Nobody knows what comes next

US Troops are leaving Lithuania and Nobody knows what comes next

The departure of more than 1,000 US troops from Lithuania has begun, marking an unusual moment in the American military presence on NATO’s eastern flank. The withdrawal…

03. 06. 2026
Ukrainian Drone Experts Returned to Estonia - What They Found Changed Everything

Ukrainian Drone Experts Returned to Estonia - What They Found Changed Everything

The Estonian Defence Forces have made a striking leap in drone warfare readiness, and much of that progress has come from training side by side with Ukrainian operators who bring…

02. 06. 2026
Ukraine’s Wartime Procurement Should Be Judged by Delivery, Not Institutional Symbolism

Ukraine’s Wartime Procurement Should Be Judged by Delivery, Not Institutional Symbolism

Ukraine’s wartime procurement system should be judged by one standard above all others: whether it converts scarce time, scarce money, and narrow market opportunities into actual…

31. 05. 2026
Ukrainian Ground Robot Held Key Position Against Russian Assaults for 45 Days

Ukrainian Ground Robot Held Key Position Against Russian Assaults for 45 Days

A single Ukrainian ground robot held off Russian assaults on a key battlefield position for 45 days last summer, marking what Ukrainian military officials describe as the country’s…

30. 05. 2026
North Korea Just Built Its Own Version of HIMARS

North Korea Just Built Its Own Version of HIMARS

North Korea appears to be moving a new generation of tactical strike weapons closer to frontline deployment — and one of them looks strikingly similar to one…

29. 05. 2026
Ukraine Launches “Logistical Lockdown” Program to Expand Strikes on Russian Logistics

Ukraine Launches “Logistical Lockdown” Program to Expand Strikes on Russian Logistics

Ukraine is putting billions more into one of the most important parts of modern warfare: breaking the enemy’s ability to move, resupply, and sustain combat…

28. 05. 2026