"The center's opening comes weeks after Kyiv and Warsaw announced that Ukrainian and Polish specialists will practice the use of drones and anti-drone systems on Polish territory. The need for increased cooperation on drone warfare gained new urgency after Russian drones violated Polish airspace"

Hvem skal have Danmarks Åbenhedspriser ‘25? Den 22. oktober uddeler jeg dette fysiske bevis til årets prismodtagere. Det sker kl 17-19 i Industriens Hus, og alle er velkomne. Tilmelding på [email protected]

"On why refineries are being attacked—and what matters in refinery attacks [...] Not only is the cracker invaluable to the functioning of the refinery, its an extremely expensive piece of equipment (made up of lots of high grade, very costly metals), and exceedingly difficult to replace"

⚡️ One of Russia's largest refineries in southern Urals hit by Ukrainian drones. The facility lies about 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) from Ukraine-controlled territory.

Europe’s leaders gather in Copenhagen today with the sense it’s now or never. They will thrash out how to ramp up the bloc’s defenses — and where to find the cash. Rarely have the stakes been higher. Here are five things to watch for 👇

"Uanset hvad er det “opsigtsvækkende”, at Oslo Bulk og RSB Group har forbindelse til hinanden, vurderer Karen Philippa Larsen. Særligt i lyset af, at Oslo Carrier 3 var til stede både ved eksplosionen af Ursa Major, dronehændelsen i Køgebugt og droneangrebet i København."

"The intelligence that is circulating in Washington now seems to be very different, and supports the idea that Russia is not doing so well while Ukraine is showing the resilience of a country that can win. And that is the real importance of yesterday"

Danish PM: airport drone incursion a ‘serious attack’ on critical infrastructure

Er vi kommet på galleri, for vi bliver da godt nok udstillet? #dkpol

Most Britons say Russian military aircraft violating NATO airspace should be shot down, following recent incursions in Eastern Europe Should: 55% Should not: 24% yougov.co.uk/topics/inter...

“A demonstration of the toxic melding of the inchoateness of popular discontent, the inability of the left to speak to working-class grievances and the venomous malevolence of the far right that shapes so much of politics.” My ‪@theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Man skal også lige huske de negative konsekvenser ved et gennemskueligt og fair marked for forbrugerne #dkpol

"Even without US leadership, Europe is not incapable of acting and reacting. But the US and its strategic enablers have been the super glue that kept it all together, and having different layers without a coherent overarching structure is a big challenge for Europe to tackle in the coming years."

When Vladimir Putin sent at least 19 drones into Poland last week, the message from the Russian president was clear: He’s not planning to end his war against the West anytime soon.

"Even on the apparently devastating issue of immigration it is simply not true that Farage is the voice of the people. The Reform supporters both Labour and the Tories are vainly chasing are oddities. They are far more concerned with migration than the average voter." Nick Cohen brings the stats

"Within hours of the attack, Ukrainian defense advisory firm Triada Trade Partners saw a surge in inquiries from Europe for both drone interceptors and electronic warfare (EW) systems, Bohdan Popov, head of the company’s analytical department, told the Kyiv Independent."

Von der Leyen's "sentence 'Europe will defend every inch of its territory' was perhaps the most remarkable one [...] Europe alone, and especially the EU as an institution, has no structures in place today to actually provide collective defence outside of NATO. But that may well be the future"

"Russia no longer tries to hide behind a veil of (im)plausible deniability and does not seem to care about the potential consequences of its actions [...] While important in tightening the noose around Russia's struggling economy, sanctions are clearly not sufficient to deter Moscow from escalating"

Feeling seen by the Oxford Uni job portal

“The argument for mass deportations and for refusing to process asylum claims is that ‘we have to look after our own, not the rest of the world’. The trouble is, ‘our own’ will also suffer from the kind of policy Farage proposes.” My ‪@theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...

"Over the past two centuries, the powers that have emerged triumphant have been the ones that not only fought the enemy on the battlefield but also targeted its production and deployment systems—[...] as the United States and Britain did from the air against Nazi Germany."

EU Foreign Affairs ministers gather in Copenhagen today. On our agenda: 🔹 Russian aggression against Ukraine 🔹 Issue of frozen assets 🔹 Situation in the Middle East 🔹 Working methods My doorstep ↓

"While all border policies are unhappy in their own way, they aren’t all equally misery-inducing, or all equally economically harmful. What might an immigration system that aspired not necessarily to be “good”, but at least “not actively terrible” look like?"

Black spaces of the Great Depression: scenes of African American life in the 1930s – in pictures

Mange gode ting hos Arte Concerts - her Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds fra 2025. Hvis du kun har tid til en sang, så tjek udgaven af The Mercy Seat 1:49:50 inde. Ikke den bedste udgave nogensinde, det er stadig originalen, men holder også her med akustisk guitar og gospel back-up

Aug. 23 is Day of the National Flag in Ukraine. Ukraine’s blue-and-yellow flag is not just a national marker, but a rallying symbol of resistance, particularly one against Russian aggression, a centuries-long fight for Ukrainians.

Perspectives from a European millennial on growing up "in a Europe where Russia was largely irrelevant and the whole continent was becoming accessible in completely new ways, thanks to the free mobility granted by the Schengen system. [..] War? It seemed like a very far-away phenomenon"

"European leaders are preparing to send high-profile figures to Washington alongside President Volodymyr Zelensky in a bid to strengthen Kyiv's position during his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump [...] Finnish President Alexander Stubb, a trusted Trump interlocutor, may accompany Zelensky"

"If Trump tries to force Ukraine to take this deal, then European states one way or the other will have to either join with Trump or back Ukraine. The fact that we do not really know what many/most European states will do, is hardly comforting."

"Europe has a historic opportunity to reshape the dynamics in the South Caucasus [...] The South Caucasus is in a tragic geopolitical location, a bit too far to quite feel like part of Europe, but close enough to actually matter."

The Kyiv Independent has gathered reactions from Ukrainian lawmakers, experts, and soldiers about the results of the Putin-Trump summit and their expectations for future peace negotiations.

"The US and Russia were normalizing relations in front of our eyes, Ukraine was being told in no uncertain terms it is up to them to cede territory, and the idea of US sanctions on Russia (which were supposed to be imposed by now) have disappeared like a fart in the wind."

Israeli unit tasked with smearing Gaza journalists as Hamas fighters – report

⚡️Pro-Ukrainian protest held in Anchorage ahead of Trump-Putin summit. Pro-Ukrainian demonstrators took to the streets in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 14 ahead of a planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin the next day.

"International non-governmental organisations working in Sudan issued an urgent statement this week declaring that "sustained attacks, obstruction of aid and targeting of critical infrastructure demonstrate a deliberate strategy to break the civilian population through hunger, fear, and exhaustion"

🚨 BREAKING: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he will not give the Donbas region to Russia as part of a ceasefire deal, days ahead of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s meeting in Alaska. 🔗 ow.ly/TM5850WEKVi

‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse in aftermath of supreme court ruling

"Finland’s deputy prosecutor general’s office said it had filed charges of aggravated sabotage and aggravated interference with telecommunications against the captain and first and second officers of the Eagle S. The Cook Islands-registered tanker is understood to be part of Russia’s “shadow fleet”"

Flere interessante afgangsfilm fra Den Danske Filmskole på DR's hjemmeside Hvis du kan har tid til at tjekke en, vil jeg anbefale Solo Female www.dr.dk/drtv/liste/d...

"What single film best represents a nation? Here, 12 writers choose the one work they believe most captures their home’s culture and cinema" Two of them are on Netflix: Nairobi Half Life (Kenya) + The Match Factory Girl (Finland)

The same forces that have destroyed Sudan are coming for other countries, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social reports. Greed, nihilism, and transactionalism are reshaping the politics of the rich world—and as the liberal world order falls away, there’s nothing to replace it: https://theatln.tc/QFUVKQg3

⚡️'Ukrainians will not gift their land' — Zelensky rejects idea of territorial concessions to end Russia's war. The day before, Donald Trump claimed that peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv would likely involve "some swapping of territories."

En dag som i dag vil jeg anbefale, at man (gen)læser denne artikel i @weekendavisen.dk : 'Derfor får Putin hjælp fra Trump'. www.weekendavisen.dk/udland/derfo...

"What we will see emerge from Alaska will almost certainly be a catastrophe for Ukraine and Europe. Trump and Putin will cook up a brilliant deal for Russia. It will involve the ceding of a great deal of Ukraine’s legally recognized territory to Russia, no security guarantees of any value"

Interesting also for a focus on the economics of warfare. What combination of different types of drones is most costefficient in terms of achieving targets. And for other countries, is itr sometimes more costeffective to provide money for Ukraine's own defense industry rather than highend weapons

"The revelation will raise fresh concern about Uefa’s approach to the Kremlin Polina Yumasheva, the former wife of the Kremlin’s “favourite industrialist”, the billionaire oligarch Oleg Deripaska, sits on Uefa’s governance and compliance committee. She is the daughter of a former adviser to Putin"

‘Working with Kanye? That’s definitely in the past’: rap legends Clipse on beef, Bono and Mr Bean