Regardless of whether the missile strike on Poland is intentional hybrid warfare or an accident, the effect is likely the same. Russia gets to sow fear and “salami slice” NATO further by observing where our boundaries go below the threshold of a formal war

My mind is equally boggled (and sad) when some folks equate Mearsheimer with International Relations or even Realism. Luckily, both the field and the theoretical tradition are much greater (and diverse) than his takes on the war

Anders Puck Nielsen@anderspucknielsen.dk · 6d ago

John Mearsheimer has started a new YouTube channel, and he has gotten almost 80k subscribers in two days. It boggles the mind. Few people have been so consistently wrong about the war in Ukraine as Mearsheimer, and yet, people are still lining up to hear his takes.

Nyheden om udsigt til nye amerikanske sanktioner mod Rusland er vigtig, da USA har mere vægt i bl.a. finansverden end Europa. De har ikke indført mange nye sanktioner siden Trump blev præsident for anden gang, mens Europa bårede fanen videre. www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...

Senatet i USA 'hylder Lindsey Graham' med stort flertal for at gå videre med nye sanktioner mod Rusland

Ukraines præsident, Volodymyr Zelenskyj, overværede afstemningen om at gå videre med en omfattende lovpakke om sanktioner mod russisk energi.

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Interessant og nuanceret artikel. Men overskriften skaber undren. Rusland har beskyldt de baltiske lande for at diskriminere russere i mindst 2 årtier nu. Det er ikke pludseligt blevet deres tur, men snarere en vedvarende virkelighed www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...

Engang var det Ukraine, Putin beskyldte for at diskriminere russere. Nu er det de baltiske landes tur

Rusland varmer op til at sagsøge Estland, Letland og Litauen for det, som de påstår er diskrimination af de russisktalende mindretal.

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EUs 21. sanktionspakke kan også få betydning for Danmark. Tiltagene kan øge presset på den russiske skyggeflåde, der regelmæssigt sejler forbi Danmark. Men samtidigt undlader den at øge nok pres på det russiske fiskeri, der bl.a. kan bruges til overvågning af vores område.

The EU has finally reached an agreement on the 21st sanction package against Russia. There are good and bad news. The good news: There will be measures against vessels that service the shadow fleet. The price on Russian crude oil will be frozen. bsky.app/profile/vond...

Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 2w ago

I welcome the agreement on the 21st sanctions package against Russia. At a time when Ukraine has built military momentum, our sanctions continue to weaken the economic foundations of Russia’s war effort. We’re adding 32 more Russian banks to our transaction ban list.

It would be a major self-own if the Kremlin actually restricted Apple Store in the country. You could say that this would be an equivalent of Russia imposing sanctions on Russia. Interesting to see if this is actually the case. united24media.com/world/app-st...

App Store Starts Going Dark in Russia After Kremlin-Linked Apps Disappear

Apple's App Store and website face widespread disruptions in Russia, with failed connections spiking to 39% amid app removals.

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The EU’s 21st sanction package should hopefully be there within days. I would especially keep an eye on measures against Russian fisheries and non-Russian bunkering services. The former poses a hybrid threat to NATO countries. The latter helps Russia with sanction busting

Russian 531 Soobrazitelny near Danish waters - sending a small quadcopter to inspect an AIS transmitting naval drone (X-WAVE01) June 25th, 2026 from 09:10-11:00Z

Russisk krigsskib nær Bornholm vidner om anspændt situation, siger orlogskaptajn

Russisk korvet sendte drone ud for at undersøge dansk fartøj med militært udstyr. Vidner om spændt situation i Østersøen, siger militæranalytiker.

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Det er rigtigt at Ukraine er gået over til at angribe skyggeflåden i løbet af det seneste år. De fleste angreb er dog i Sortehavet og Det Azovske have. Lige nu er det kun os, bl.a. Danmark og EU, der for alvor kan bremse for trafikken gennem Østersøen www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...

Ukrainske angreb på Ruslands skyggeflåde er 'en ny fase' i krigen

Ukrainske droner har de seneste seks dage ramt 76 skibe fra Ruslands skyggeflåde, siger chefen for Ukraines dronehær.

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Reading complaints on Russian Telegram channels about lack of gas can easily give the impression that some folks have been expecting a comfortable war. I have a hypothesis: Maybe it’s partly a byproduct of the nearly religious worship of a sanitized version of WW2 victory

The absurdity of the US war against Iran: Trump openly built the campaign on the assumption that it needs to be quick to succeed. All Iran needs to ruin US plans is to prolong the war. It so happens that Trump tolerates endless negotiations - experience with Iran’s ally, Russia, shows exactly that

Denmark acquiring two new P-8A aircraft for maritime patrol is a pretty big news for our small kingdom with a rather large sea area 👏 I confess that this is a secret fan boy dream come true www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Denmark to buy two maritime patrol aircraft from Boeing, defence ministry says

Denmark will buy two P-8A Poseidon ​maritime patrol aircraft from Boeing , ‌the country's defence ministry said on Tuesday.

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Fascinerende, hvor meget fokus der er lige nu på mulige droner i Københavns Lufthavn, frem for på det store billede: den faktiske hybride krigsførelse mod Europa.

Nothing says “Russian military might” like Crimeans being prohibited from fueling at the gas station starting from yesterday. Only authorities are exempt. This is the kind of thing that has the potential to add political and psychological pressure

Pro-Russian Telegram channels in Crimea are not in a good mood today. Fuel shortages. Calls to save electricity. Fear of attacks and even amphibious operations. Street events being cancelled. Ferries are halted due to “technical issues”. News of 700+ cars trying to leave Crimea across the bridge

1/4 Last week I was at NATO’s Maritime Security Conference in Istanbul, where Sofia Steensma Tedder and I presented our paper. What a way to celebrate Sofia joining the Department of Political Science (University of Copenhagen) as a Research Assistant!

Some daunting outlooks, some inspiring insights, but overall hesitant optimism among all speakers @golovchenko.bsky.social @claravandeweerdt.bsky.social @keltonminor.bsky.social @robert-habeck.de at this exciting event.

Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science (SODAS)@cphsodas.bsky.social · 3mo ago

SODAS Meets Geopolitics on June 2! 📆 Join us for presentations by SODAS researchers, followed by a talk and Q&A with @robert-habeck.de, Senior Analyst at the Danish Institute for International Studies and former Vice Chancellor of Germany. Register here: eventsignup.ku.dk/sodasmeetsge...

@seagor.bsky.social (et al?) has just published two glorious methods to locate GPS/GNSS jammers using already active satellite constellations where data is open. NASA CYGNSS, a micro-satellite constellation devised to detect hurricanes and NISAR, a global radar to track changes in nature.

Converging on the jammer: Dual-satellite GPS interference localization from space - GPS World

Read the first direct comparison of CYGNSS and NISAR for GPS jammer localization.

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I had a break from Russian news media for a while. Coming back feels like someone is trying to corrode my brain. The “Special Military Operation” continues.

"The Prime Minister has agreed that the UK Armed Forces and law enforcement officers will now be able to interdict vessels that have been sanctioned by the UK and are transiting through UK waters." This could be an impactful move if followed by allies, especially 🇫🇷 & 🇧🇪 www.gov.uk/government/n...

Shadow fleet set to be interdicted in UK waters in latest blow to Russia

British military will be able to board shadow fleet vessels transiting UK waters as the UK steps up its pressure on Putin.

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I was interviewed for an article in France 24 about a sanctioned, Russian-flagged tanker that may or may not be on its way to Cuba. In short, this could be Russia’s way of testing/poking at the U.S. in the “Western Hemisphere” (i.e. the U.S administrations self-percieved sphere of influence)

Interesting dive into China’s use of civilian research vessels for gathering data of military value. Another reminder for those of us focused on hybrid activity in Baltic Sea region that a lot of similar activity has been taking place around Asia for a very long time www.reuters.com/investigatio...

China is mapping the ocean floor as it prepares for submarine warfare with the U.S.

Chinese vessels are mapping the sea floor at strategically vital regions of the world's oceans, building detailed knowledge of marine conditions that naval experts say would be crucial for waging subm...

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1/ Denne artikel kan måske give indtryk af, at Ukraines angreb på gas- og olieinfrastruktur generelt ikke er særlig effektive. Men Ruslands budgetindtægter fra olie og gas faldt med 24% i 2025 under intensiveringen af angrebene - det laveste niveau siden 2020. Det er enormt www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...

Ukraine har på ny angrebet 'vigtig' russisk havn

Ukraine fortsætter med at målrette droneangreb på Ruslands olie- og gasproduktion, men effekten er tvivlsom, vurderer ekspert.

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Krigen mellem Rusland og Ukraine udspiller sig også i Østersøen. Det bliver endnu tydeligere med Ukraines droneangreb på Primorsk Havn. Mange af de skyggeflådeskibe, der passerer Danmark, bliver lastet med olie netop her. www.dr.dk/nyheder/sene...

Droneangreb mod russisk havn nær den finske grænse | Nyheder | DR

Den russiske havn Primorsk, som ligger nær den finske grænse, er blevet ramt i et ukrainsk droneangreb. Det oplyser Aleksandr Drozdenko, som er guvernør i Leningrad-regionen i det vestlige Rusland, på...

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It's been a while. I'm finally back at work and happy to share our newest piece on the detained Iranian tanker Nora, which is currently moored in Kalundborg for mysterious reasons. Leaked data shows it's crewed by Iranians and a single Russian and that all its papers are seemingly falsified.

Leaked data: Detained ship has forged papers and Iranian-Russian crew

The mysterious container ship with Iranian ties carries forged certificates and a Russian-Iranian crew. According to experienced mariners, it is highly unusual

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“It is time for the gloves to come off on the Russia’s shadow fleet”

Kaja Kallas@kajakallas.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Moscow stands to gain from higher energy prices and the diversion of air-defences to the Middle East. EU Foreign Ministers were clear that Ukraine remains Europe’s top security priority. Attention for Ukraine will not be allowed to fizzle out. Extract from my press conference ↓

The US war against Iran is undermining some of the strategic gains achieved by Ukraine's strike against Russian oil facilities as well Western sanctions. Oil prices are now up, sanctions on Russian oil are being temporarily lifted. Stable genius vibes.

“Trump warns Nato faces 'very bad' future if allies do not help secure Strait of Hormuz”. The US was once the core of NATO. It is increasingly becoming the core burden of the alliance. This is just another wake-up call for Europe to become self-reliant in the long term. www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...

Trump warns Nato faces 'very bad' future if allies do not help secure Strait of Hormuz

The US president says he is speaking to several countries about

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1/ The Swedish Coast Guard is on 🔥. Yesterday, they seized another shadow fleet vessel suspected of sailing under a false flag and sanctioned by the EU. As I wrote in one of my previous posts, now is the golden opportunity to ramp up this kind of action. www.kustbevakningen.se/nyheter/ytte...

Ytterligare ett ingripande mot falskflaggat fartyg - Kustbevakningen

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