mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06The view from inside https://uatribune.com
Zsuzsanna #Szelényi, a former #Fidesz lawmaker and one of the party’s earliest members, said she worries that if #Magyar wins, #Orbán could be tempted to disrupt, or even block, the transfer of power
https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-election-viktor-orban-peter-magyar-aftermath-outlook/
As of 2026, russians have damaged 1,723 cultural heritage sites, and 2,524 cultural infrastructure facilities in Ukraine
The amount of #explosives discovered in #Serbia last week would not have been enough to destroy the #Balkan #Stream #gas #pipeline, prompting an expert to conclude it was probably a #russian #intelligence plot aimed at influencing #Hungary’s #election.
Four years into the #war in #Ukraine, the roofs of #russia’s sprawling diplomatic premises in the #Austrian capital have revived one of their most important cold war functions: as the #kremlin’s largest covert signals #intelligence platform in the west.
https://www.ft.com/content/2c54d627-5530-47a4-8be2-820035ece929?syn-25a6b1a6=1
The #US #military has significantly depleted its #stockpile of key #missiles during the #war with #Iran and created a “near-term risk” of running out of ammunition in a future conflict should one arise in the next few years
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/21/politics/us-military-missile-stockpile
The #EU is to game out how the bloc's mutual assistance clause, Article 42.7, would work in practice.
The clause states that if a member of the EU is faced by "armed #aggression," other members have an obligation to come to its aid.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-defense-exercise-mutual-assistance-clause/
#Iran secretly acquired a #Chinese #spy #satellite that gave the Islamic republic a powerful new capability to target #US military bases across the Middle East during the recent #war - FT
https://www.ft.com/content/1fddd2cd-1294-4e9c-a17d-5ea06b399355?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Iceland and Poland to join the special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine
#aggression #Iceland #Poland #russia #specialtribunal #Ukraine #war
#Estonia apprehended a record number of #russian #collaborators in 2025, the country’s Internal Security Service (KAPO) revealed
https://www.politico.eu/article/estonia-record-unmasked-russia-spies-kapo-report/
#Ukraine can play a useful role in international efforts to secure the Strait of #Hormuz, #Britain's armed services minister said, praising its #drone #technology as among the best in the world.
#russia was forced to reduce #oil output in April due to #Ukrainian #drone #attacks on ports and refineries, as well as a halt to crude supplies via the only remaining #russian oil #pipeline to #Europe.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-cuts-oil-output-april-sources-say-2026-04-21/
russians struck a passenger train in Kherson with a drone and cynically boasted about it [video]
A cargo of liquefied natural gas from #russia's Portovaya plant on the Baltic Sea that is under #US #sanctions is on its way to #India
#Serbia faces losing up to €1.5 billion in #EU #funding as the European Commission weighs pulling the plug over #democratic backsliding and the country’s close ties with #russia.
https://www.politico.eu/article/serbia-faces-eu-funding-freeze-judicial-reforms-russia-relations/
#russia’s #intelligence services are now seeking to damage #European #infrastructure with #cyber #attacks rather than merely overwhelm websites with excess traffic, #Swedish Civil Defense Minister Carl-Oskar #Bohlin said.
#Ukrainian officials have suggested that the slice of the country’s #Donbas region that #russia is still fighting for could be named “Donnyland.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/world/europe/donnyland-ukraine-donbas-trump.html
#russia ran a secret #submarine operation in #British waters that threatened vital energy and data cables, #UK defence minister John Healey has revealed.
From buying #oil to selling #rocket parts, #China gives #Iran critical support
https://www.wsj.com/world/how-china-is-quietly-helping-an-isolated-iran-survive-53e98f16
russians mined an area near a kindergarten in Bilozerka, Kherson region - police
#Bilozerka #Khersonregion #kindergarten #russia #Ukraine #war
Thousands of #protesters in #Slovakia ’s capital and elsewhere in the country rallied on Tuesday against a controversial plan by populist Prime Minister Robert #Fico to scrap #mail #voting for Slovaks living abroad.
https://apnews.com/article/slovakia-protest-election-mail-vote-19fb50152dfbde50e743cf75566a4353
#Czech Foreign Minister Petr #Macinka dissolved the Department for Sanctions and Resilience, which was tasked with countering #russian #influence
russia and China undermine international arms control - NATO
#China #NATO #NPT #nuclearweapons #russia
https://uatribune.com/en/russia-and-china-undermine-international-arms-control-nato/
The #Hungarian Defense Forces began withdrawing soldiers from critical facilities designated for defense due to the "threat" of a #Ukrainian #attack
The #Hungarian government has filed charges against an #investigative reporter Szabolcs #Panyi, accusing him of spying for #Ukraine, as officials grapple with the fallout of allegations that #Budapest shared confidential #EU information with #moscow.
