Russian troops are attempting to encircle Kostyantynivka, a strategic city in eastern Ukraine, which Ukrainian soldiers describe as being in a 'grey zone'. Its potential fall could allow Russia to advance towards Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, key Ukrainian strongholds in the Donbas region.
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is pushing through legislation to establish the country’s first centralised intelligence agency since the second world war, driven by concerns that its existing set-up is too fragmented to keep pace with espionage, cyberthreats and “grey zone” operations. The plan, recently endorsed by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, would transform the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO) into a central hub, drawing in analysts, technologists and...
A US soldier accused of using classified information to place bets on a covert military operation has thrown a spotlight on the fast-growing world of prediction markets.
