Wednesday 25 March 2026 In the long, uncertain years following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the geography of solidarity has extended far beyond the front lines. It has settled, quietly but decisively, into the towns and cities of allied nations. Amongst the most notable institutional embodiments of this solidarity in the United Kingdom is the Ukrainian Support Hub, an organisation whose work has evolved from emergency assistance into something more enduring: a civ

Tuesday 24 March 2026 In the afternoon of 24 March 2026, the illusion of distance from the front line was once again shattered in Lviv. A Russian Shahed drone, part of a now-familiar arsenal of low-cost, long-range loitering munitions, penetrated the city’s air defences and struck at the heart of her historic centre. The Bernardine Monastery, a sixteenth-century landmark embedded within a UNESCO-protected urban landscape, was reportedly hit — a moment at once symbolically cha

Tuesday 24 March 2026 In the quiet diplomatic quarter of Ottawa, where embassies sit behind manicured hedges and protocol ordinarily governs behaviour with almost ritual precision, a different rhythm has taken hold. Outside the Embassy of Russia in Ottawa, a persistent line of demonstrators has formed over the course of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine — a line not merely of protest, but of witness. In their flags, their placards and their voices, these protesters arti

Monday 23 March 2026 The emergence of the so-called Corona and DarkSword exploit chains marks a notable moment in the evolution of mobile insecurity. For years, Apple devices were widely regarded as comparatively resilient to remote compromise. That assumption is no longer sustainable. What distinguishes these two exploit frameworks is not merely their technical sophistication, but their proliferation beyond tightly controlled intelligence operations into a wider and less pre