Nato’s warning reached me as I braced for a missile attack in Kyiv – where we’ve learned how to survive in the era of Russian hybrid warfareDay 1,024 of the invasion. Kyiv, 7am. Friday the 13th. In a former life, someone would have observed that this is a day that portends bad luck. But in a country where shelling is a daily occurrence, it has become irrelevant. I wake up to the sound of an app on my phone warning me of an increased missile threat. While my partner and I are hiding in the corridor, I read the news that the Nato chief, Mark Rutte, has called on members of the US-led transatlantic alliance to “shift to a wartime mindset”.With the first bang of the air defence system, a thought strikes me: for those who have not already been living with it for nearly three years, how would you explain this mindset? What is this wartime thinking? Continue reading...

A Russian surface-to-air missile struck the flight on Christmas Day, causing the airliner to crash in Kazakhstan - a tragedy which claimed the lives of 38 people.

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed hundreds of miles away from its intended destination in Russia with dozens killed in the impact on Christmas Day.

The Christmas Day disaster killed 38 people and has prompted an investigation following fears the Azerbaijan Airlines plane was downed by a Russian missile defence system

The Christmas Day disaster killed 38 people and has prompted an investigation following fears the Azerbaijan Airlines plane was downed by a Russian missile defence system

Cook Islands-registered Eagle S was carrying Russian oil in the Baltic SeaFinnish authorities have seized a ship carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea on suspicion it caused the outage of an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia a day earlier, and that it also damaged or broke four internet lines.A Finnish coastguard crew boarded the Cook Islands-registered ship, named by authorities as the Eagle S, on Thursday. The crew took command and sailed the vessel to Finnish waters, a coastguard official told a press conference. Continue reading...

Analysis of marks on the aircraft's fuselage are strongly suggestive it was hit by air defence systems, experts have said

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed hundreds of miles away from its intended destination in Russia with dozens having being killed in the impact on Christmas Day

Despite initial claims that the plane had suffered a birdstrike and Russia's efforts to pour cold water on what it has described as 'speculation,' commentators have claimed it could have been anti-aircraft fire

Passengers made their final video calls to loved ones before the tragic jet crash as evidence is piling up today that Russian air defences hit the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane.

As reports of battlefield casualties emerge, Russian locals say presence of soldiers sent by Pyongyang is barely noticedAt dusk one afternoon last week, two dozen wounded North Korean soldiers were brought to one of the main hospitals in the Russian city of Kursk.They were ushered into a specially designated floor, guarded by police, with access limited to translators and medical personnel. Continue reading...

The most-recent incident has raised fears of sabotage after two data cables, one running between Finland and Germany, the other between Lithuania and Sweden, were severed in November