Ruslan Trad
@ruslantrad
Researcher on info ops, narratives, security-related topics, and hybrid warfare from Syria to Eurasia. Editor, Security and Defense, Capital. Non-Resident Fellow at DFRLab. DRM Journal co-founder.
First known use of U.S. seaborne drones during war - during attacks on Iran.
Interesting details on Epstein’s Russian visa and links to the FSB by Novaya Gazeta Europe: novayagazeta.eu/articles/202...
“China has unveiled plans for a space carrier that can deploy unmanned fighter jets capable of firing missiles from the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere.” Aha, okay. Well, good graphics. I hope Nvidia will make it easier to play. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
A Russian army strike hit a maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhia, leaving at least six people injured, including two women who were undergoing examinations at the time of the attack.
Using a combination of archaeological and historical sources, academics found an extra 100,000km of Roman roads and plotted them all on a publicly available map: itiner-e.org
Residents of the Republika neighborhood in Kyiv organized a party after another power outage caused by the latest Russian attacks.
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) called Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew "the Antichrist in a cassock."
Two soldiers from the Revolutionary Guard's forces were killed during clashes in the Iranian city of Kermanshah. According to information from the Iranian state news agency Tasnim, they died in clashes with "separatists."
Tonight saw some of the largest demonstrations in Iran. There are reports of protests in over 100 cities across the country, including Tehran, with clashes having been reported in major urban centers.
Gunfire has already been reported from several Iranian cities. The IRGC appears to have been given the green light to take all necessary measures against the unrest in the country.
Lately, I've been returning often to one of my favorite comic book series—Undiscovered Country by Snyder and Soule. Somehow, it seems very realistic to me these days. 👀
If by "many" you mean a few dozen people who participated in the protests against the euro, then yes, "many" are opposed to the euro.
This is - to put it mildly - simply not true. The main anti-Euro camp is the pro-Russian camp. I have read a dozen articles in the foreign press and am very unpleasantly surprised by the simplistic presentation of the situation in Bulgaria.
The @nytimes.com reported on the protests sparked by calls from an Alawite cleric close to Assad in a bizarre way (Calls for federalism were not mentioned at all.). Not to mention that it continues to quote the SOHR, an organization that has long been controversial. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/w...
In Russia, militarized Christmas tree decorations are currently a trend. www.currenttime.tv/a/russia-war...
A 🇺🇦 MiG-29 fires a French AASM HAMMER at a 🇷🇺 post in the Kherson region. By 2025, the 🇫🇷 company Safran had produced 1,200 sets of AASM HAMMER bombs for Ukraine: ~ the same number that Russia drops on Ukrainian territory in ten days. Imagine what Ukraine could achieve if its army had enough ammo.
In Russia, a legislative proposal has been made to require bloggers to promote "traditional values" at least once a month. The initiative was announced at a meeting of the Federation Council on December 24 by Senator Sergei Karyakin, who drafted a bill amending the advertising law.
Waited 15 years for this. The Syrian city of Homs tonight. For years, the city was besieged, and its population witnessed one of the fiercest battles during the war.
Inside the building of Suspilne (National Public Radio and Television Company of Ukraine) in Dnipro, following the nighttime attack. Russian forces attacked the city with 35 Shahed drones. As a result of the strike, the branches of Suspilne Dnipro and Ukrainian Radio Dnipro were damaged.
A drone view of the mass grave site in the desert near the eastern Syrian town of Dhumair (REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi) “Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds”: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
NATO is “preparing” defensive measures? I thought that such a strategy had already been not only discussed but also adopted and was ready for implementation? NATO exists to be a defensive alliance.
Russia fired four Iskander-M ballistic missiles at the city of Dnipro. Civilian infrastructure has been hit, including a kindergarten.
