Kyiv reports renewed restrictions on its military satellite communications as Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner pursue peace negotiations with Vladimir Putin. The timing raises questions about Washington's leverage, Ukraine's battlefield vulnerabilities and Europe's role in shaping a future security settlement.
A Ukrainian drone attack has sparked a fire at Russia's Kirishi refinery, one of the country's largest oil-processing facilities, raising concerns over fuel supplies and global energy prices. One woman was killed by falling drone debris, while Kyiv intensifies its campaign against Russian energy infrastructure as the war involving Iran places additional pressure on international oil markets.**
Egypt’s president is positioning Cairo at the intersection of Chinese investment, Russian partnerships and African diplomacy. Turning that position into lasting influence will depend on infrastructure, financing and secure trade routes.
In a significant diplomatic shift, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signalled that Russia's security concerns could be discussed as part of a broader peace settlement. But Kyiv insists that Ukraine's sovereignty, its own security guarantees and Europe's participation must come first. The debate could extend far beyond the battlefield, touching on NATO, US-Russia relations and the future security architecture of Europe.
Washington seeks cheaper fuel ahead of the midterm elections, opening the door to Russian supplies — but bipartisan criticism exposes a deeper clash over sanctions, Moscow’s revenues and support for Ukraine.
Greece, which holds the Security Council presidency in October, supports Ukraine’s request for a meeting on attacks against civilians – A session on Ukraine is scheduled for tonight in New York.
Moscow has drawn a nuclear red line around a NATO plan that does not exist – The real danger lies in the accumulation of sanctions, ship inspections, transit restrictions and military activity across the Baltic, with no single authority assessing their combined impact
The EU found €90 billion for Ukraine and temporarily avoided the explosive question of confiscating Russia’s sovereign reserves. But more than €200 billion remains immobilised at Euroclear, and the battle has now shifted from European summits to courtrooms in Moscow, Brussels and Luxembourg. The question Europe postponed is becoming harder to avoid: who ultimately gets the money?
Michalis Ignatiou highlights a new strategic dilemma facing Ankara: Washington continues to link the S-400 dispute to US legal requirements and any possible Turkish return to the F-35 programme, while Moscow insists that the Russian-made systems cannot be transferred to a third country without its consent. The United Arab Emirates has emerged as a possible destination — bringing Israel into an increasingly complex US-Russia-Turkey equation.
Denmark, Greenland and the United States are preparing to sign a security agreement in New York that could give NATO a substantially larger role in Arctic defence. Donald Trump describes the deal as granting Washington “permanent control” over Greenland’s security, while Copenhagen and Nuuk insist sovereignty is not being transferred. Behind the dispute lies a much larger strategic contest involving Russia, China, missile defence and the rapidly changing security architecture of the High North.
Germany’s Chief of Defence, General Carsten Breuer, has been elected by NATO’s 32 Chiefs of Defence as the next Chair of the Military Committee. He will take office in the summer of 2027 at a pivotal moment: the Alliance is shifting from promises of higher defence spending to the hard requirement for deployable forces, weapons, ammunition and readiness — while Breuer has warned that Russia could possess the military capability to launch a large-scale attack against NATO territory by 2029.
Energy infrastructure, power grids, grain shipments and Russian oil and gas exports are emerging as potential bargaining chips as Washington searches for limited de-escalation before winter — while Volodymyr Zelensky sees September and October as a narrow window to restart serious diplomacy.
Belgium’s resistance over €202bn in frozen Russian assets and the looming battle over individual sanctions expose the same European vulnerability: Moscow does not need to defeat the sanctions regime if divisions inside the EU can slow it down
The Russian president says a peace agreement remains possible and points to the US and China as potential facilitators, while blaming Ukrainian attacks on shipping and warnings over Russian airspace for making renewed negotiations harder
Russia is publicly acknowledging the possibility of a Ukraine peace agreement just after Donald Trump signaled he would meet Vladimir Putin again only when a deal is mature. But Moscow is not easing military pressure — it is trying to turn the prospect of peace itself into leverage over Kyiv, Washington and Europe.
A US-backed company is taking control of 17 Venezuelan oil projects, including assets previously operated by Chinese and Russian interests, as Washington secures a 35% stake, privileged access to production and a new strategic energy foothold in the Western Hemisphere
The UN Secretary-General warns that the post-1945 international order no longer reflects the balance of global power, as US-Russia divisions, the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, rising middle powers and a deep funding crisis push the United Nations towards a decisive moment of reform
Spain’s migration crisis is taking on the dimensions of a hybrid-security threat as Madrid alleges foreign disinformation helped fuel the surge, while protecting its strategic partnership with Morocco
Washington’s secret mission to Moscow carried two messages: negotiate before Russia’s position deteriorates — and do not mistake America’s Iran war for strategic weakness. Putin appears to be making the opposite calculation, turning to Xi Jinping, Masoud Pezeshkian and Narendra Modi to demonstrate that time and an increasingly multipolar world may be working in Moscow’s favour
Το Arctic Sentry ενισχύει την άμυνα στον Αρκτικό Κύκλο, αλλά δεν απαντά στο πραγματικά δύσκολο ερώτημα: τι συμβαίνει όταν η πίεση στην εδαφική ακεραιότητα ενός συμμάχου προέρχεται από άλλον σύμμαχο — και μάλιστα από τις ίδιες τις ΗΠΑ;
Ankara is investing simultaneously in strategic trust with Moscow, mediation between Washington and Tehran, and Black Sea security — Fidan is outlining a Turkey that wants not merely to mediate crises, but to help shape the region’s emerging security architecture
