For decades, a vast network of largely undefended subsea cables has underpinned the internet. It's looking more and more vulnerable. A series of recent mysterious cases of cables severed in the Baltic Sea,

On Christmas Day, a cable carrying electricity from Finland to Estonia was severed in the Baltic Sea, while four other submarine cables carrying data were damaged. Finnish authorities found an anchor drag mark on the seabed and seized a tanker believed to be part of the “shadow fleet” Russia uses to export oil and gas in violation of western

Investigators have discovered anchor drag marks along the seabed allegedly caused by the Russian ship’s antics.

NATO fighter jets scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea at the end of last year, as Moscow's violations of flight rules increased.

Russia has not updated its tally since September 2022, when it said just under 6,000 troops had died. In a rare admission, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in December that 43,000 troops fighting for Kyiv had been killed and 370,000 injuries were reported, though this included those injured more than once.

Russia is accused of a campaign of so-called hybrid attacks which are designed to sit in a grey zone under the threshold of conventional war - something Moscow denies.

Europe and NATO rely on the US for SEAD capabilities, something that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shown is critical in a modern conflict.

The report built on the Helsinki Commission’s September 2024 hearing Russia’s Shadow War on NATO, in which experts described the "widespread and calculated" efforts Moscow deploys in order to "destabilise its democratic adversaries" across the Atlantic.

Trump's plans for negotiating a ceasefire are becoming clear. But Russia's not happy with them.

General Mark Rutte says the military alliance will step up patrols in the Baltic Sea area as Finnish investigators work to establish whether a ship linked to Russia sabotaged undersea cables there this week.

The Khmeimim airbase in Latakia has been a lifeline for Russia’s expanding influence in Africa, from Libya to several sub-Saharan countries, as a hub for personnel deployment and resupply. Without the base, Russia will likely be forced to upgrade its military presence and infrastructure in Libya.