EADaily, November 19th, 2025. British Defense Minister John Healy has threatened Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin in connection with the actions of the Russian Yantar ship operating north of Scotland.

On October 27, 2025, a single sentence from Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken sent shockwaves through Europe's security establishment: "If Putin launches a missile at Brussels, we will flatten Moscow.

Putin has not indicated a willingness to negotiate an end to the war that doesn't include giving Russia gains it has not acquired militarily.

At a meeting of Russia’s Security Council on Wednesday, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov proposed that Vladimir Putin immediately begin preparations for a full-scale nuclear weapons test on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago,

Scotland becoming independent would be a “win” for Vladimir Putin, a UK defence minister has said. Defence procurement minister Luke Pollard was speaking to Scottish journalists in London on Tuesday when he hit out at the long-standing SNP stance of removing nuclear weapons from Scottish waters if the country leaves the UK.

Vladimir Putin has said that Russia has successfully tested an (unarmed) underwater nuclear-torpedo powerful enough to “put entire states out of operation”. Speaking at an event for veterans of the Ukraine war last week, the Russian president said “there is nothing like” the Poseidon missile.

New footage reveals North Korean troops clearing mines in Russia's Kursk region, highlighting deepening military ties between Moscow and Pyongyang amid ongoing conflict.

On Telegram, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (CHTPW) wrote that Ukraine has verified the names of at least 18,000 foreigners from 128 different countries or territories who are currently fighting,

Surviving the cold season is simply not possible without light and heat, and the resilience of ordinary long-suffering Ukrainians is about to face its most serious test of the war so far. Owen Matthew