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![Ukrainian Air Force Su-24M with two SCALP-EG/Storm Shadow missiles.]( "Ukrainian Air Force Su-24M with two SCALP-EG/Storm Shadow missiles.")
![Antennas of the Nostradamus radar site, at a former US air base in Crucey, on September 4, 2025.]( "Antennas of the Nostradamus radar site, at a former US air base in Crucey, on September 4, 2025.")
![Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "“This is a Serious Mistake”: Zelenskyy Slams Starlink Restrictions")
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![Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk with Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly Ágnes Forstoffer. (Source: Facebook/Ruslan Stefanchuk)]( "Hungarian Parliament Speaker Meets Ukrainian Counterpart to Back Kyiv’s EU Ambitions")
![The St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, one of Russia's largest terminals for the transshipment and storage of petroleum products in the Baltic region. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia’s Oil and Gas Tax Revenues Set to Rise 10% in October Despite Production Slump")
![French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Europe Provides Two-Thirds of Intelligence to Ukraine, French Foreign Minister Reveals")
![A Storm Shadow low-observable, long-range air-launched cruise missile is displayed at the MBDA chalet at Farnborough International Exhibition Center on July 22, 2026, in Farnborough, England. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A Storm Shadow low-observable, long-range air-launched cruise missile is displayed at the MBDA chalet at Farnborough International Exhibition Center on July 22, 2026, in Farnborough, England. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Illustrative image of two commemorative bitcoins seen in front of the national flag of Russia displayed on a computer screen. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Illustrative image of two commemorative bitcoins seen in front of the national flag of Russia displayed on a computer screen. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Ukrainian FP-2 long-range strike drone in flight. Illustrative image. (Photo: Open source)]( "Ukrainian FP-2 long-range strike drone in flight. Illustrative image. (Photo: Open source)")
![Alice Weidel, chair of the AfD parliamentary group, speaks during a press briefing before the parliamentary group meeting in the Bundestag on 13 October 2026 in Berlin, Germany. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Alice Weidel, chair of the AfD parliamentary group, speaks during a press briefing before the parliamentary group meeting in the Bundestag on 13 October 2026 in Berlin, Germany. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Czech Chief of the General Staff Miroslav Hlaváč during an interview with the Czech News Agency (ČTK) in Prague, Czechia, on October 13, 2026. (Photo: Ondřej Deml/ČTK)]( "Czech Chief of the General Staff Miroslav Hlaváč during an interview with the Czech News Agency (ČTK) in Prague, Czechia, on October 13, 2026. (Photo: Ondřej Deml/ČTK)")
![A satellite image dated October 14, 2026, shows the rapid construction of a Russian drone attack base near Millerovo airfield in the Rostov region. (Source: Reuters)]( "A satellite image dated October 14, 2026, shows the rapid construction of a Russian drone attack base near Millerovo airfield in the Rostov region. (Source: Reuters)")
![The Silence of the Bots: What Happened After Russia’s Biggest Data Centers Were Hit?]( "The Silence of the Bots: What Happened After Russia’s Biggest Data Centers Were Hit?")
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![Joseph Place]( "Joseph Place")
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Russia’s internet went haywire after Ukraine struck Yandex data centers. Services faltered, websites went dark, and even Russian bots appeared to go quiet. How did just three strikes cause so much disruption?
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