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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · Nov 10

🌍 Welcome, insight seekers! 🌍

I'm providing You with best #Intelligence insights, covering global issues from 🇺🇦 / 🇷🇺 to 🇨🇳 / 🌎, & beyond.

Let’s explore pressing topics like #GeoPolitics, all while diving into #OSINT, #DataScience, & more. Together, we'll navigate complexities over a cup of ☕ enjoy!

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 23h

#Beijing’s latest move signals a deeper resource war. Rare earths are becoming a strategic #weapon — one that could reshape #global tech and #defense industries for years.

www.chathamhouse.org/2025/10/chin...

China’s new restrictions on rare earth exports send a stark warning to the West

China’s new rare earth export controls should galvanize the West to build resilience against China’s growing dominance in global manufacturing and its control over crucial supply chains.

www.chathamhouse.org

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 23h

The U.S. #military depends heavily on Chinese rare earths. New restrictions could hit #defense #supply chains hard, from #jet engines to precision #weapons. #Washington is scrambling to stockpile and diversify.

www.ft.com/content/cd52...

Pentagon steps up stockpiling of critical minerals with $1bn buying spree

Trump administration challenges Chinese dominance of supply chain for metals essential to defence industry

www.ft.com

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 23h

#China is tightening export controls on #RareEarths — the metals vital for #US #weapons and #chips. With about 70% of global production, #Beijing now holds a powerful card in the trade standoff.

www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Beijing blames US for raising trade tensions, defends rare earth curbs

China called President Donald Trump'slatest U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods hypocritical on Sunday and defended its curbs on exports of rare earth elements and equipment, but stopped short of imposing new levies on U.S. products.

www.reuters.com

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 1d

Reports indicate intense #clashes at the #Afghanistan #Pakistan border after alleged Pakistani #airstrikes & #Taliban retaliation. If verified, this marks a serious escalation risking regional instability & civilian harm.

english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2...

'Heavy clashes' at Afghanistan-Pakistan border: Taliban forces

Heavy clashes broke out late Saturday between Afghan and Pakistani security forces on the common border after Kabul accused Islamabad of carrying out

english.alarabiya.net

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 1d

#US agreed to host a #Qatari Emiri #AirForce facility at Mountain Home #AFB in #Idaho — #Qatar will fund training site for #F15QA #jets & personnel, base remains under US control.

www.reuters.com/world/us/act...

Activist Laura Loomer blasts Pentagon over planned Qatar military facility in Idaho

Far-right activist Laura Loomer slammed President Donald Trump's administration on Friday over its deepening defense ties with Qatar and made false accusations that spread on social media that the Pentagon was giving it a military base on U.S. soil.

www.reuters.com

Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 1d

Don‘t miss the video of #ERR showing the troops: news.err.ee/media/video/...

The Russian Border Guard has the right to carry out enforcement activities. The #PPA has no authority in the area.

You can watch the video from the PPA below in the "Aktuaalne kaamera" broadcast.

| ERR

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news.err.ee

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 1d

A group of armed #Russia #soldiers was seen standing in #SaatseBoot in south #Estonia, a stretch of Russian territory that Estonians can drive through, which the #Police and #Border Guard Board #PPA temporarily closed on Friday.

news.err.ee/1609827133/p...

PPA: Armed Russian groups seen in Saatse Boot

A group of armed Russian soldiers was seen standing in Saatse Boot in south Estonia, a stretch of Russian territory that Estonians can drive through, which the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) temp...

news.err.ee

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 1d

The #Belarus #Defense Ministry is holding a snap #inspection of the republic’s armed #forces, bringing them to the highest level of #alert, the agency’s press service said.

tass.com/world/2028395

eng.belta.by/society/view...

Belarus reviews combat readiness by president's order

On the instruction of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, a number of measures are being taken to bring the armed forces to the highest level of comb...

eng.belta.by

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 2d

#China copies #Ukraine #drone interceptors

At #PLA #AF „Anti-Uncontested Front-2025” #AUF2025 maker competition in #Xian, Chinese developers displayed a new family of interceptor drones intended to counter hostile reconnaissance & strike #UAV #UAS.

defence-blog.com/china-copies...

China copies Ukrainian drone interceptors

At the People's Liberation Army Air Force’s “Anti-Uncontested Front-2025” maker competition in Xi’an, Chinese developers publicly displayed a new family of interceptor drones intended to counter hosti...

defence-blog.com

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 2d

#Kyiv to Receive #Skyranger #AntiDrone Systems Mounted on #Leopard #Tank Chassis

#Rheinmetall, the system’s manufacturer, said the batch – quantity unspecified – is financed by an unnamed #EU nation using proceeds from frozen #Russia assets.

www.kyivpost.com/post/61832

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 2d

#NorthKorea #KimJongUn lauded what he called his country's fight against a #US led #military threat & vowed to turn #DPRK into “the best #socialist paradise in the world," addressing state anniversary celebrations with #China, #Russia and others.

www.military.com/daily-news/2...

North Korea's Kim Vows to Build a 'Socialist Paradise' Ahead of a Likely Military Parade

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lauded what he called his country's fight against a U.S.-led military threat and vowed to turn North Korea into “the best socialist paradise in the world."

www.military.com

Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 2d

#Monero #FluorineFermi #update enhances #privacy by fighting #nodes that try to link user #IP addresses to their #transactions.

cointelegraph.com/news/monero-...

Monero releases ‘Flourine Fermi’ update to fight spy nodes

A new Monero software release enhances network privacy with an improved algorithm that blocks spy nodes from deanonymizing users.

cointelegraph.com

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 8d

#Europe needs to ‘get serious’ about threat posed to it by #Russia, #Ukraine minister says

Sergiy #Kyslytsya says #Kremlin already at war with Europe and predicts that Vladimir #Putin will ‘escalate escalating’

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Europe needs to ‘get serious’ about threat posed to it by Russia, Ukraine minister says

Sergiy Kyslytsya says Kremlin already at war with Europe and predicts that Vladimir Putin will ‘escalate escalating’

www.theguardian.com

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 10d

#RedHat #LEAK An extortion group calling itself the #CrimsonCollective claims to have stolen nearly 570GB of compressed data across 28,000 internal development respositories, with the company confirming it was a #breach of one of its #GitLab instances.

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Red Hat confirms security incident after hackers breach GitLab instance

An extortion group calling itself the Crimson Collective claims to have stolen nearly 570GB of compressed data across 28,000 internal development respositories, with the company confirming it was a br...

www.bleepingcomputer.com

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 10d

New Safe Confinement at #Chernobyl left without electricity after #Russia #strike on #Kyiv Region

A Russian #drone strike on a power substation in #Slavutych on the evening of Oct. 1 “plunged the #Chornobyl #NPP into a #blackout,” the #Energy #Ministry reports.

theins.press/en/news/285502

New Safe Confinement at Chornobyl left without electricity after Russian strike on Kyiv Region

Facilities at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, including the New Safe Confinement over the destroyed reactor unit, were left without electricity after a Russian strike on energy infrastructure in th...

theins.press

Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 10d

🤩🥳 great shots!

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 13d

“There are still #Russia #ships sailing around our country. I’m quite certain that all sails are being set,” says #JacobKaarsbo.

Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 13d

“It indicates that we are in a completely extraordinary situation. That’s why we’re seeing these extraordinary measures. I don’t recall hearing about anything like this before.”

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 13d

According to sources, the call-up involves the #mobilization of several hundred soldiers.

Jacob #Kaarsbo, a security policy advisor and former chief analyst at the Danish #Defense #IntelligenceService, says it’s highly unusual:

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 13d

#BREAKING #Denmark calls up its #military #reserves after unknown #drones violate its airspace and force several #airports to close.

A number of #Danish #soldiers were urgently called up for service in Denmark on Sunday according to a confidential call-up notice seen by Danish #TV2.

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 13d

#Dutch teen duo arrested over alleged #WiFi #sniffing for #Russia. #Police in the #Netherlands arrested two 17-year-olds over claims Russian #intelligence recruited them to #spy near the headquarters of #Europol, #Eurojust, & near the #Canada #embassy.

www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/i...

Dutch teens arrested over Wi-Fi 'sniffing' for Russia

Infosec In Brief: PLUS: Interpol recoups $439M from crims; CISA criticizes Feds security; FIFA World Cup nets dodgy domain deluge

www.theregister.com

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 14d

#Swiss voters back #ElectronicIdentity cards in close vote.

In response to concerns, the Swiss #state will now provide the #eID, optional & free of charge.

>1.6 million people signed a petition against eID, which’ll be mandatory for workers in #UK by 2029.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Swiss voters back electronic identity cards in close vote

Pollsters confounded by 50.4% support for e-IDs after forecasting stronger support for ‘yes’ vote

www.theguardian.com

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 14d

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · Nov 13

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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 14d

- 500-650 #UAVs of various types
- 45-55 #Kh101
- Up to 8 #Kalibr
- 2 #Kinzhal
- several #Kh59

Map shows missiles & UAVs. Main #strike direction: #Kyiv, #BilaTserkva, #Starokostiantyniv, #Vasylkiv, & significant various settlements of Kyiv region.

src: t[.]me/mon1tor_ua/55171

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