Ukrainian drones can now reach targets up to 1,000 kilometers away, significantly altering the geography of the war. The drones are assembled in secret rural locations at night and launched almost silently, according to Euronews. Since summer 2025, Ukraine ...

Russia is no longer testing Europe at its borders but in its skies, using drones, jets, and plausible deniability to probe NATO’s resolve and expose the continent’s unpreparedness for a new era of hybrid warfare.

In Ukraine, Russia seeks neither decisive military triumph nor territorial aggrandisement for its own sake. The deeper purpose is to redraw Europe’s security map, restore credible deterrence and compel acknowledgement of Russia’s indispensable role in continental arrangements.

As an occupying power, Russia is obligated by treaties it has signed to uphold children’s existing identity, traditions and education, Danielle Bell, the head of the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, said in a written comment to The New York Times. Russia has violated these obligations, she said.