Ukraine’s government says that it has restored services to governmental websites that were subject to a cyberattack earlier on Friday. Multiple governmental websites were defaced with messages telling users to… Continue reading "Ukrainian Government Websites Subjected To “Massive” Cyberattack"
Officials from the United States and Ukraine claim that Russia is preparing a false flag operation as a pretext for a large-scale incursion into Ukraine. A US official that spoke… Continue reading "US & Ukraine: Russia Planning False Flag Attack As Pretext For War In Ukraine"
Recruiters for Russian private military companies have reportedly stepped up their recruitment activities since late November 2021, looking for Russian mercenaries willing to bolster the ranks of Russian-backed separatists in… Continue reading "Reports: Russia Steps Up Mercenary Recruiting For Donbass Deployments"
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed on Tuesday that American private military contractors present in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region were preparing a “provocation using unknown chemical components”. The state-run TASS… Continue reading "Russia Rehashes Syrian Chemical Warfare Disinformation Against Ukraine"
Russia’s Foreign Ministry released on Friday a draft agreement with NATO member states and a draft treaty with the United States, laying out its demands for “legally binding” guarantees from… Continue reading "Russia Demands Eastern European NATO Presence Rolled Back To 1997"
The first FPB 98 MKI patrol boat, built by the France-based OCEA shipyard for the SBGS Sea Guard, was launched at a ceremony in France on December 9, according to… Continue reading "OCEA Launches First FPB 98 Patrol Boat Built For Ukraine"
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated last Friday that the relations between Kremlin and its Western counterparts have come to a critical point. The cause of the determination in… Continue reading "A Critical Line in Russian Relations With the West"
The United States’ Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that Russia would face “severe costs” if it attempted to invade Ukraine, calling for a diplomatic solution to the… Continue reading "Secretary of State Blinken: “Severe Costs” For Further Russian Aggression Against Ukraine"
The head of Ukraine’s defense intelligence agency has said that the nearly 100,000 Russian troops amassed near the border separating the countries are preparing for an attack that could take… Continue reading "Ukrainian Military Intelligence Chief: Russia Preparing For Invasion In Late January"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important news. As we enter the second half of November we have covered a variety… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (15-19 November)"