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Russian attacks kill 3, injure 69 over past day: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/25/russian-attacks-kill-injure-over.html

Russian bots pose as The Insider to spread disinfo about Moldova’s President Maia Sandu, alleging she uses orphans to win votes
https://theins.press/en/news/283467

Russian bots pose as The Insider to spread disinfo about Moldova’s President Maia Sandu, alleging she uses ...
The Kremlin-linked Matryoshka bot network, named after the famous Russian nesting doll, is spreading disinformation on Twitter and Bluesky while posing as The Insider. The false narratives in the network’s latest campaign target Moldovan President Maia Sandu and her ruling Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), as revealed by the bot-monitoring project Bot Blocker (@antibot4navalny).

Ukraine returns to Kursk! Russian troops are losing thousands daily: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/ukraine-returns-to-kursk-russian.html

"Russia's only real hope of winning this war is to convince the West to abandon Ukraine. " a key sentence from https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-25-2025 That is more an…

Analysis: A7A5, billed as the first Russian ruble-pegged stablecoin for cross-border payments, has moved $9.3B on a dedicated exchange after a February launch (Financial Times)

Crypto coin for Russian shadow payments moves $9bn
The A7A5 token aims to facilitate financial flows disrupted after Ukraine war

Social engineering and Signal chats led to new Russian malware attacks, Ukraine says https://therecord.media/ukraine-new-russian-malware-social-engineering-signal-chats

Ukrainian drones attack Russian chemical plant in Stavropol Krai, local officials, media report: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/25/ukrainian-drones-attack-russian-chemical.html

Russian glide bombs strike Kharkiv residential high-rise building, injuring at least 33: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/russian-glide-bombs-strike-kharkiv.html

Russian glide bomb hits medical facility in Kharkiv, killing at least 1, injuring at least 12, including child: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/25/russian-glide-bomb-hits-medical.html

Investigation: pages affiliated with RT, Sputnik, and other entities remained part of Facebook's ad revenue program months after being subject to EU sanctions (Eliza Gkritsi/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/sanctioned-russian-med…

Sanctioned Russian media still partnered with Facebook
Sanctioned pro-Russian media are still part of Facebook’s advertising revenue program, new research out Friday showed. Russian state broadcasters, including Rossiya Segodnya — the organizatio…

Blowing up NATO's foundation, right before its Summit:
"Trump refused to give a clear commitment to NATO’s Article 5 — its collective defense clause — as he departed for The Hague, raising fresh concerns about his stance on one of NATO’s core principles."
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Trump casts doubt on NATO defense pledge as alliance confronts Russian threat
Although Article 5 is central to NATO’s security framework, U.S. President Donald Trump has previously expressed skepticism about honoring it, often criticizing member states for not contributing enough to shared defense efforts.

What a nightmare.
This is the problem with every form of mass online age and identity verification: the only kind of data that is completely secure is data that does not exist. Once you upload that driver’s license photo, you’re playing a game of Russian roulette.
https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox/114914547899818144

Trump and his team are proclaiming that President Barack Obama and his team torqued the intelligence analysis process to deliberately discreditTrump’s 2016 election.
The administration has coupled that case with overheated and attention-grabbing claims.
Trump has accused Obama of treason,
and his top officials have made criminal referrals about national security officials under Obama
— all as the administration is trying to distract supporters who are angry about it…

New Reports on Russian Interference Show Trump’s Claims on Obama Are Overblown
The administration’s claims are overblown, but newly declassified information provides some messy details about a January 2017 intelligence assessment of Moscow’s election interference.

Yikes, there is always so much infosec news but Metacurity helps a lot with the overload.
Check out today's issue for the cybersecurity developments you should know, including
--Cyber insurance premiums dropped for the first time in 2024,
--CyberAv3ngers shift to psychological manipulation,
--Another hacker hits Paraguay,
--50% of ransomware payments are less than expected,
--Pro-Russian group was reportedly behind Norwegian dam hack,
--UK 2025 …

Cyber insurance premiums dropped for the first time in 2024
CyberAv3ngers shift to psychological manipulation, Another hacker hits Paraguay, 50% of ransomware payments are less than expected, Pro-Russian group was reportedly behind Norwegian dam hack, UK 2025 strategy calls for stronger cyber capabilities, Hackers abuse Trezor's support form, much more

New Reports on Russian Interference Don't Show What Trump Says They Do (Charlie Savage/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/us/trump-obama-russia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZU8.G1XD.fcxqFuw9_3i-&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
http://www.memeorandum.com/250725/p119#a250725p119

That's assuming it even tries.
It doesn't.
So what are we going to do next? One more toothless fine?
https://flipboard.com/@euronews/tech-news-tecns1r3z/-/a-lw-N-iJoQdSdiPJTlP8M5A:a:89340020-/0

Exclusive: Elon Musk’s X fails to deal with Russian disinformation, breaching EU rules, study says
Some 125 reports of Russian disinformation were reported to X, but only one was removed. The rest went largely ignored. More than 100 pieces of …

Measures of Systems of Oscillators and Properties of Trajectories
Vsevolod Sakbaev (Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences), Igor Volovich (Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18093

Measures of Systems of Oscillators and Properties of Trajectories
Properties of trajectories of systems of harmonic oscillators equipped with a point, absolutely continuous or singular measure are considered in this paper. Linear flow of an infinite system of oscillators on an infinite dimensional tori in the phase space are studied. It was shown in [28] that for infinite-dimensional linear flows of a countable system of oscillators there is a new type of trajectories that is not periodic and has no transitive projection on any 4-dimensional symplectic subspa…

What We Know About Rumor American Derek Huffman Was Killed Fighting for the Russian Military: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/what-we-know-about-rumor.html

Ukraine arrests the suspected administrator of Russian-speaking hacking forum XSS.is at the Paris public prosecutor's request, with help from France and Europol (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

Seeking a distraction from his current political travails,
Donald Trump is attempting to relitigate the nearly decade-old controversy over Russian involvement in the 2016 election.
Trump claims that President Barack Obama committed treason,
-- a crime that may be punishable by death.
Trump is wrong on the facts and the law,
and his sensational allegation serves only to demonstrate how completely he has degraded contemporary political discourse.

Opinion | The Line Trump Crossed by Accusing Obama of Treason
President Trump’s history of intemperate remarks has earned him a perverse kind of immunity; the more outrageous his statement, the faster it is often dismissed.

Russian attacks kill 4, injure 28 over past day, damaging UNESCO-protected landmarks in Odesa: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/russian-attacks-kill-injure-over.html

Russian Gazprom wins asset release in Dutch court after claims by Ukrainian companies, Reuters reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/23/russian-gazprom-wins-asset-release.html

Netherlands, OSCE seek investigation into Russian torture of Ukrainian POWs: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/25/netherlands-osce-seek-investigation-into.html

"Putin is afraid to admit how many [Russian] people have died. Because if the moment comes when he needs to mobilize, his society will be afraid," Zelensky said.
Ukrainian authorities have confirmed that at least 20 of the bodies Russia returned as Ukrainian were actually Russian soldiers.
"Sometimes these bodies even have Russian passports," Zelensky said.
He also cited the case of a deceased Israeli citizen fighting on Russia's side, whom Moscow had …

Russia 'afraid to admit' scale of losses, trying to hide by dumping soldiers' bodies on Ukraine, Zelensky says
Ukrainian authorities have confirmed that at least 20 of the bodies Russia returned as Ukrainian were actually Russian soldiers, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Georgian-Ukrainian electronic music festival ICKPA returns to Kyiv amid shared resistance to Russian imperialism: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/georgianukrainian-electronic-music-festival-ickpa.html

Ukraine war latest: Russian troops enter Pokrovsk, Ukrainian 'search and destroy' operation ongoing: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/22/ukraine-war-latest-russian-troops.html

Fire engulfs iconic Odesa market amid Russian attack: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/fire-engulfs-iconic-odesa-market.html

Pope Leo to meet Russian Orthodox Church envoy for the first time: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/22/pope-leo-to-meet-russian.html

Indian company sent explosives to Russia despite US warnings, Reuters reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/indian-company-sent-explosives-to.html

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,047,250 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/25/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

Russia deploys additional electronic warfare systems near Estonian border: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/russia-deploys-additional-electronic-warfare.html

Russia plans sweeping gasoline export ban to stabilize domestic market, sources tell Reuters: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/25/russia-plans-sweeping-gasoline-export.html

Over 1,300 residents remain in embattled Pokrovsk, governor says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/over-residents-remain-in-embattled.html

Kremlin indicates Putin-Zelensky meeting unlikely before August amid ongoing Russia-Ukraine negotiations: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/kremlin-indicates-putinzelensky-meeting-unlikely.html

Russian attacks kill 2, injure 30 across Ukraine over past day, cause blackouts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/23/russian-attacks-kill-injure-across.html

3 killed, 45 injured in Russian strikes across Ukraine, including child killed in Kramatorsk bomb attack: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/22/killed-injured-in-russian-strikes.html

Ukrainian Forces counter Russian advances amid intense clashes on Zaporizhzhia front: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/21/ukrainian-forces-counter-russian-advances.html

Russian forces intensify push towards Pokrovsk, threatening key Ukrainian supply routes: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/21/russian-forces-intensify-push-towards.html

UK sanctions 135 Russian oil tankers, 2 firms linked to shadow fleet: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/21/uk-sanctions-russian-oil-tankers.html

Heroes at HOME! Ukrainians return from Russian captivity – new stage of the EXCHANGE #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/23/heroes-at-home-ukrainians-return.html

Ukrainian Forces destroy Russian military convoy on Lyman front: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/21/ukrainian-forces-destroy-russian-military.html

Dehumanization of opponents – the core strategy of Russian propaganda | Hate Speech: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/23/dehumanization-of-opponents-the-core.html

Negotiations in ISTANBUL: the meeting of the Ukrainian and Russian delegations HAS ENDED #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/23/negotiations-in-istanbul-the-meeting.html…

Russian Supreme Court chair dies at 71 after illness: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/22/russian-supreme-court-chair-dies.html

Ukrainian military releases footage of Russian troops killing civilian in Donetsk Oblast — and Ukraine's retaliation: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/22/ukrainian-military-releases-footage-of.html

Zelensky slaps sanctions on Russian exiled journalist, ex-Ukrainian lawmakers: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/20/zelensky-slaps-sanctions-on-russian.html

Destroyed homes, crippled lives — Russian terror continues: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/20/destroyed-homes-crippled-lives-russian.html

UK lowers Russian oil price cap to $47.6 per barrel: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/18/uk-lowers-russian-oil-price.html

Moldova's opposition forms pro-Russian bloc ahead of key parliamentary vote: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/22/moldovas-opposition-forms-prorussian-bloc.html

1 killed, 3 injured in Russian drone attack on Odesa: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/19/killed-injured-in-russian-drone.html

Another light brigade becomes heavy mechanized: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/25/another-light-brigade-becomes-heavy.html

Kolomoisky embezzlement case to be sent to court: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/kolomoisky-embezzlement-case-to-be.html

Denmark will help Ukraine shoot down Shaheds with AI drones: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/denmark-will-help-ukraine-shoot.html

Exchanges, strikes, drones: A hot day of war | News Pulse: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/exchanges-strikes-drones-a-hot.html

Global Starlink outage disrupts Ukrainian front lines: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/global-starlink-outage-disrupts-ukrainian.html

Ukraine wants 10 new Patriots but only has 3 secured, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/25/ukraine-wants-new-patriots-but.html

Negotiations in Istanbul: will expectations meet reality?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/negotiations-in-istanbul-will-expectations.html

War with Russia could last until 2034, Ukraine's ex-top general Zaluzhnyi warns: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/war-with-russia-could-last.html

I was 18 when I protested at EuroMaidan. I’m proud of new generation protesting now: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/i-was-when-i-protested.html

Ukraine’s demands in Istanbul: ceasefire, return of children, summit: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/ukraines-demands-in-istanbul-ceasefire.html

Soviet-era An-24 plane crashes in Russia's Amur Oblast, all 49 on board feared dead: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/sovietera-an-plane-crashes-in.html

Kremlin’s logistics under threat: How Ukrainian drones are disrupting Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/kremlins-logistics-under-threat-how.html

Germany sending Ukraine 8th IRIS-T air defense system — here's what they can do: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/25/germany-sending-ukraine-th-irist.html

US senator Lindsey Graham criticises Zelensky's signing of anti-corruption law: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/us-senator-lindsey-graham-criticises.html

Ukraine renews ceasefire offer — Kremlin silent: Zelenskyy on negotiations: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/ukraine-renews-ceasefire-offer-kremlin.html

Von der Leyen urges China to press Putin to engage seriously in Ukraine-Russia peace talks: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/von-der-leyen-urges-china.html

Ukraine's central bank holds key rate at 15.5%, lowers growth and inflation forecasts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/ukraines-central-bank-holds-key.html

List of the Kremlin’s secret contractors: Russian businesses profiting from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/22/list-of-the-kremlins-secret.html

Trump pushes, ISW analyzes: what will force Putin to sit down at the negotiating table?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/trump-pushes-isw-analyzes-what.html

Ukrainian MP, businessman Yaroslav Rushchyshyn dies in motorcycle accident: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/25/ukrainian-mp-businessman-yaroslav-rushchyshyn.html

US approves $330 million in military sales to Ukraine for artillery, air defense support: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/us-approves-million-in-military.html

'There should have been a dialogue' — Zelensky on controversial Ukrainian law that sparked protests: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/25/there-should-have-been-a.html

Putin grants Belarusians residing in Russia right to vote, run in local elections: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/putin-grants-belarusians-residing-in.html

Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Fighter Jet Being Shot Down During Air Combat In Thailand-Cambodia Conflict: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/25/fact-check-video-does-not.html

Over 23,000 civilians, 113 children trapped in active combat zones in Donetsk Oblast, official says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/25/over-civilians-children-trapped-in.html

INSIDIOUS attack after negotiations: Russia strikes Ukraine with DRONES and MISSILES #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/insidious-attack-after-negotiations-russia.htm…

Ukraine war latest: China covertly supplying drone engines to Russia despite sanctions, Reuters reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/ukraine-war-latest-china-covertly.html

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,046,270 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

China covertly supplying drone engines to Russia despite sanctions, Reuters reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/china-covertly-supplying-drone-engines.html

'Your move, Mr President' — 48 Ukrainian lawmakers submit bill to safeguard independence of anti-corruption bodies: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/24/your-move-mr-president-ukrainian.html

Belarus threatens to shift Zapad-2025 military drills closer to NATO border: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/23/belarus-threatens-to-shift-zapad.html

Ukraine, Russia carry out another prisoner swap as third round of Istanbul peace talks concludes: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/23/ukraine-russia-carry-out-another.html

Russian attacks kill 7, injure 28 in Ukraine over the past 24 hours: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/19/russian-attacks-kill-injure-in.html

Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 7, injure at least 28 over past day: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/20/russian-attacks-against-ukraine-kill.html

UK sanctions Russian intelligence units involved in cyberattacks: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/18/uk-sanctions-russian-intelligence-units.html

Ukrainian and Russian forces report gains amid intense clashes on Pokrovsk front: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/18/ukrainian-and-russian-forces-report.html

2 killed, 11 injured in Russian attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/18/killed-injured-in-russian-attack.html

Wagner mercenary who trained Russian boxing champion, fought in Ukraine, was killed in Mali, intelligence source says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/18/wagner-mercenary-who-trained-russian.html

Russian strikes hit Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia oblasts — 5 injured, homes damaged: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/18/russian-strikes-hit-kharkiv-zaporizhzhia.html

US urges Europe to join potential secondary tariffs on Russian oil: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/21/us-urges-europe-to-join.html

Kindergarten on fire! Aftermath of massive Russian attack on Ukrainian civilians: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/21/kindergarten-on-fire-aftermath-of.html

Ukrainian drones reportedly attack Samara plant making raw materials for Russian artillery, bombs: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/22/ukrainian-drones-reportedly-attack-samara.html

Ukrainian ex-police official reportedly found dead in same Spanish complex where Russian defector was killed: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/21/ukrainian-expolice-official-reportedly-found.html

Russian double-tap attack injures 5, including emergency workers, in Nikopol: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/russian-doubletap-attack-injures-including.html

3 killed, 40 injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over past day: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/16/killed-injured-in-russian-attacks.html

Madness on Russian TV screens: Solovyov calls for war with NATO: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/16/madness-on-russian-tv-screens.html

The Russian offensive is at a standstill: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/the-russian-offensive-is-at.html

Russian youth brainwashing programs in the West: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/russian-youth-brainwashing-programs-in.html

Russian attacks kill 7, injure 25 in Ukraine over past day; train hit in drone strike: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/18/russian-attacks-kill-injure-in.html

Latvian mayor injured in Russian strike while delivering aid in Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/16/latvian-mayor-injured-in-russian.html