Every time the Kremlin speaks in calm, measured tones about “peace negotiations,” the actual machinery of the Russian state is moving in the opposite direction at full speed. The latest report from Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation makes that painful truth impossible to ignore. Vladimir Putin has once again confirmed, with his own decrees and budgets, that he has no intention of stopping the war. The idea that Russia is “ready for talks” is not an offer—it is diplomatic sleight of hand, a carefully staged performance designed to lull the West into a false sense of security while Moscow prepares…

A deep-dive report from TradeWinds News has sent a ripple through the maritime world by asking a question that, until recently, belonged in a spy thriller: Is there a cyber disinformation campaign targeting shipping? For years, the industry has worried about ransomware, hacked systems, and physical attacks on vessels. Now the concern is subtler and more unsettling. Disinformation is a fog that does not stop machinery—it stops minds. It makes a captain doubt his chart. It makes a shipping company hesitate at the wrong moment. It makes a government overreact. It is not a virus that locks down a computer…