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The head of the British Army told his troops that they must "prepare to fight in Europe again" in order to defeat Vladimir Putin's forces. This is reported by Sky News, reports censor.No with reference to the Ukrainian truth. General Patrick Sanders, who replaced Mark Carleton Smith as chief of the British General Staff on Monday, warned soldiers about the challenges they face amid the war in Ukraine. "There is now an urgent need to create an army capable of fighting alongside our allies and defeating Russia in battle," the general said. Read also on " Censor.No": Johnson on talk...

I was the first to write about Russia’s infamous high-tech military strategy. One small problem: it doesn't exist.Everywhere, you’ll find scholars, pundits, and policymakers talking about the threat the “Gerasimov doctrine” — named after Russia’s chief of the general staff — poses to the West. It’s a new way of war, “an expanded theory of modern warfare,” or even “a vision of total warfare.”There’s one small problem. It doesn’t exist. And the longer we pretend it does, the longer we misunderstand the — real, but different — challenge Russia poses.I feel I can say that because, to my immense chagrin,...

Russia has stepped up its propaganda war against Sweden by producing bus stop advertisements accusing the peaceful Scandinavian nation of being Nazis. The hybrid warfare strategy comes as Sweden prepares for NATO accession, abandoning decades of neutrality in light of Moscow's military aggression towards Ukraine. The provocation comes hot on the heels of Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov's incendiary comments that 'Hitler had Jewish blood', which drew demands for an apology from Israel. The campaign has seen adverts pop up in Russia depicting various Swedish national heroes as Nazis with the slogan: 'We are against Nazism, they are not.' The...