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Polish Premier Blames Russia for Cyberattack on Energy Facilties

Jan 16 2026 // Poland fought off a wave of cyber threats from Russia which targeted its energy infrastructure in December, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.A series of attacks in the last days of the month hit two power plants and...

Dark Fleet Seeking Russian Protection as US Seizes Oil Tankers

Jan 15 2026 // The dark fleet of tankers shipping illicit oil around the world is rushing to seek the perceived protection of the Russian flag after the US started seizing vessels involved in the Venezuelan trade.At least 26 ships have...

Finnish Police Release Russia-Linked Ship Held in Cable Sabotage Case

Jan 12 2026 // Finnish police said on Monday they had lifted the seizure of a ship which had been held on suspicion of sabotaging an undersea telecoms cable running from Helsinki to Estonia across the Gulf of Finland, although the...

Russian-Bound Tanker Hit by Drone in Black Sea, Maritime Sources Say

Jan 9 2026 // A Russia-bound oil tanker suffered a drone attack in the Black Sea that prompted it to request Turkish coastguard assistance and divert from its course, according to a notice by Lloyd’s List Intelligence and a...

US Seizes Russian-Flagged Tanker and Another Tied to Venezuela

Jan 7 2026 // The U.S. seized two Venezuela-linked oil tankers in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, one sailing under Russia’s flag, as part of President Donald Trump’s aggressive push to dictate oil flows in the Americas and...

Germany Sees Russian Covert Attacks as Prelude to Wider Conflict

Jan 6 2026 // Russia is intensifying covert attacks on key infrastructure in Germany in a campaign of hybrid warfare that Berlin views as a possible prelude to a wider conflict, according to a military document obtained by Bloomberg.As...

Denmark Blames Russia for Cyberattacks on Utility That Left Houses Without Water

Dec 22 2025 // Russia carried out cyberattacks against infrastructure and websites in Denmark in 2024 and 2025, Danish authorities say in a new assessment published this week describing new cases not previously reported.Moscow was...

Russia Is Trying to Overwhelm Europe With its Sabotage Campaign: Western Officials

Dec 19 2025 // In November, a train carrying almost 500 people came to a sudden halt in eastern Poland. A broken overhead line had smashed several windows, and the track ahead was damaged. Elsewhere on the line, explosives detonated...

Russian Oil Tankers Cleave to Turkish Coast to Cut Drone Risks

Dec 18 2025 // Oil tankers hauling Russian crude across the Black Sea are taking a roundabout route along the coastlines of Georgia and Turkey โ€” a measure that might help them to reduce the risk of being targeted by Ukrainian sea...

Passenger Ferry Held for Hours After Suspected Russian Hack

Dec 17 2025 // European investigators are probing whether Russian military hackers breached computer systems on a vessel owned by MSC-Mediterranean Shipping Company SA, the world’s largest container shipping group, according to...

Russian Cargo Jet Grounded 16 years in Michigan May Soon Fly Again

Dec 16 2025 // One of Michigan’s most enduring sagas in the Upper Peninsula โ€” the grounding of a Russian cargo jet marooned near Marquette for 16 years โ€” may soon come to an end after years of lawsuits, police investigations...

Update: EU Announces New Sanctions on Companies and Individuals Over Russian Oil

Dec 15 2025 // The European Union adopted fresh sanctions against Russian oil interests on Monday, targeting traders Murtaza Lakhani and Etibar Eyyub for helping Moscow to circumvent Western sanctions on crude exports that help to fund...

Germany Summons Russian Envoy Over Surge in Cyberattacks

Dec 15 2025 // Germany’s foreign ministry summoned the Russian ambassador in Berlin and said it made it clear there’ll be consequences for hybrid attacks backed by the government in Moscow aimed at undermining...

US Slaps New Charges on Ukrainian Over Russian Cyberattacks

Dec 10 2025 // The US Department of Justice unveiled additional charges against a Ukrainian woman accused of supporting Russian state-backed cyberattacks against critical infrastructure.Victoria Eduardovna Dubranova, 33, was indicted on...

EU, G7 Weigh Ban on Maritime Services for Russian Oil Exports, End to Price Cap

Dec 8 2025 // The Group of Seven countries and the European Union are in talks to replace a price cap on Russian oil exports with a full maritime services ban in a bid to reduce the oil revenue that helps finance Russia’s war in...

Yet Another Russia-Linked Tanker Gets Attacked in the Black Sea

Dec 2 2025 // A fourth Russia-connected tanker in under a week was attacked on Tuesday, a sharp uptick in strikes on Moscow-associated shipping as the war in Ukraine nears a fifth year.The tiny oil and chemicals tanker Midvolga-2 was...

Third Russia-Linked Oil Tanker Suffers Explosions at Sea

Dec 1 2025 // An oil tanker carrying diesel suffered four external explosions near Dakar, Senegal, its manager said, the third vessel with links to Russia to have been struck over the last few days.Seawater entered the engine room of...

Poland Expects Russia to Escalate Sabotage After Rail Explosion

Nov 26 2025 // Poland’s deputy prime minister said he expects Russia to escalate its sabotage activities in the country following an explosion on a busy rail route to Ukraine for which authorities blame Moscow.Krzysztof Gawkowski...

Russia Attacks on EU Are State-Sponsored Terrorism, Top Diplomat Says

Nov 19 2025 // The European Union’s top diplomat said that Moscow’s aggression against the bloc, including an explosion that occurred in Poland over the weekend, should be considered terrorism.“These sabotage acts they...

Big Russian Port Operator Says its Systems Were Targeted by Foreign Hackers

Nov 14 2025 // Russia’s Port Alliance group, which operates a network of sea cargo terminals, said on Thursday that foreign hackers had targeted its systems over three days in a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack and an...