Peter Schrijver
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Peter Schrijver
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PhD student Faculty Military Sciences Breda | Leiden University | interests: influence, intelligence, drones | BA History Utrecht, MA Military Strategic Studies Breda

Latest article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08850607.2025.2522222
Over Palantir:

“the absolute bleeding edge of military technology.”

Mosley, Palantir’s UK head, explains how Ukraine is the “R&D lab for AI” in the battlefield, telling Mackenzie there is an “extraordinary acceleration” in military tech innovation right now.

www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Belangrijk artikel van collega @julianpostulart.bsky.social
"De doelbewuste verwoesting van bebouwd gebied is geen collateral damage, maar een onderdeel van een Russische strategie die is gericht op urbicide: het doden van Oekraïense dorpen en steden."

Door @julianpostulart.bsky.social
Hoe Oekraïense steden sterven
platformraam.nl
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Aanrader:

‘Life, death and terror - this is 24 hours in Ukraine’s 'kill zone.'

In a command centre that looks more like a gaming hub, these Ukrainian soldiers from Freedom Force are directing the war. And their missions are nerve-shredding.’

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnIu...
Tank escapes, ground-drone rescues and Russian surrender on Ukraine's frontline
YouTube video by Sky News
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Reposted by Peter Schrijver
Minister Hryntsjoek (Energie), pas sinds juli in functie, is het eerste politieke kopstuk dat vertrekt vanwege een nieuw corruptieschandaal in 🇺🇦. Zelensky drong aan op haar ontslag, maar ook voor hem kan dit een zeer lastige zaak worden.

Wat is er aan de hand? 🧵 1/10
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
‘Master class voor de NAVO’.
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
‘The operators likely employed powerful signal repeaters that extended the drones’ control range and maintained stable video transmission over long distances’. 1/2
militarnyi.com/en/news/deep...
Deep Strike: Small FPV Drones Cover 60 Kilometers, Hit Russian Supply Trucks - Militarnyi
To complete the mission, troops used FPV drones with 8- and 10-inch frames. The UAVs were supplied by volunteer Serhiy Sternenko.
militarnyi.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
‘The center has recorded waves of disinformation AI videos — about the "mass surrender of Ukrainian soldiers in the Pokrovsk area," about the "difficult situation" of Ukrainian soldiers in the areas of Vovchansk and Kupiansk, and so on’.

UA Center for Countering Disinformation
t.me/CenterCounte...
ЦЕНТР ПРОТИДІЇ ДЕЗІНФОРМАЦІЇ
⚡️ Центр фіксує нову серію фейкових відео у TikTok, спрямованих на деморалізацію українського суспільства. У роликах згенеровані штучним інтелектом «бійці ЗСУ» говорять про «катастрофічну ситуацію» на...
t.me
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
1/ De Zwitserse militair historicus Fontanellaz heeft een boek geschreven over de ontwikkeling van de Oekraïense strijdkrachten vanaf 1991 tot 2025. In een interview maakt hij een aantal interessante observaties. aassdn.org/amicale/hist...
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukra...

Geen optimistisch stuk:

‘The tragic irony about the last nine months of war is that while international discussion has been dominated by the prospects for negotiations and cease-fires, Russia has ramped up the intensity of fighting….’ 1/2
Ukraine’s Hardest Winter
With the Donbas in peril, Europe must pressure Russia now.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Reposted by Peter Schrijver
First the Dutch announce (publicly!) that they won’t share certain critical intelligence with the US because of its politicization. Now the UK won’t share intelligence to enable what it (rightly!) says are illegal strikes. That’s how you emasculate your national security. www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
‘“Russian narrative operations create an atmosphere of fear and anxiety about Ukrainian claims in Poland.” The Polish Armed Forces warn of Russia’s growing information warfare targeting and intensifying its psychological operations in Poland’.

insightnews.media/russias-psyc...
Russia’s Psychological Operations in Poland Grows, Targets Ukrainians - Polish Armed Forces
Discover how Russia’s psychological operations in Poland aim to fuel anti-Ukrainian sentiment and weaken Western support for Ukraine. Read the report.
insightnews.media
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
‘Syrskyi said the logistical role of ground unmanned systems is also growing: in October they delivered almost 300,000 kg of provisions to defence units. Evacuation of the wounded, mine clearance and combat employment are also current realities of their use at the front’.
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Van pilot-in-the-loop naar operator-on-the-loop:

Helsing hatte in den vergangenen Wochen in mehreren Ländern seine „Loitering Munition“ unter realitätsnahen Bedingungen vorgeführt. Nach Firmenangaben bedienten vor allem Soldaten die Systeme. 1/3

esut.de/2025/11/fach...
Militärtest mit Kamikaze-Drohnen: Helsing, Stark und Rheinmetall im Vergleich
Helsing setzt bei seinem „Loitering Munition“-System auf hohe Automatisierung und robuste Zielerfassung. In einem Exklusivgespräch erklärt das Rüstungs-Start-up aus München, wo seine Drohnen den Anspr...
esut.de
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Reposted by Peter Schrijver
Russian government will reportedly add a law allowing the FSB to have individual subscribers cut off by their telecom companies in order to protect the public or the State from threats.

www.agents.media/vlasti-sobra...
Власти собрались легализовать шатдауны и уполномочить ФСБ отключать россиян от связи • «Агентство»
Минцифры разработало поправки в закон о связи, согласно которым, операторы связи должны будут отключать услуги связи по запросу от ФСБ, пишут «Ведомости» и «Интерфакс». Изменения позволят властям лега...
www.agents.media
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
1/2 ‘Memorial of Heroes, a Ukrainian memorialization and documentary project that records the stories of those killed by Russia's war against Ukraine, has had its YouTube channel deleted without the right to appeal’.

kyivindependent.com/memorial-of-...
‘Destroying our memory’ YouTube wipes Ukrainian memorial channel, erasing stories of the fallen
The nature of the mass reports' accusations, unrelated as they are to the channel's actual content, is a clear sign of a coordinated Russian operation, according to the project's deputy editor.
kyivindependent.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Report from @hrw.org on Russian forces hunting civilians with drones:

"Warning: This story contains video and
images of violence and disturbing audio.
Viewer discretion is advised".

www.hrw.org/feature/2025...
Listen, Run, Hide
Since the summer of 2024, Russian forces have increasingly armed quadcopter drones and used them to chase, injure, and kill residents living in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson.
www.hrw.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
‘For almost 3 years a special unit called Lasar’s Group has operated within the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU). So far, there have been no public reports about it. Yet its record includes destruction of more than 2,000 tanks, 3,000 infantry fighting vehicles, … 1/2
www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“Militaire drones draaien op software die soms zo gebrekkig is, dat soldaten er met hun leven voor betalen. Intelic, winnaar van de MT/Sprout Challenger Award, ontwikkelt een beter en veiliger systeem. Nu breekt een cruciale fase aan. 'Het is erop of eronder.'”

mtsprout.nl/groei/inteli...
Intelic wil met software voor militaire drones de 'Android van defensie worden
Militaire drones draaien op software die soms zo gebrekkig is, dat het levens kost. Intelic ontwikkelt een beter en veiliger systeem.
mtsprout.nl
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
‘Swarms of kamikaze drones with combat artificial intelligence that can strike targets 100 km deep using "motherships", or Shaheds that autonomously bypass air-defense systems — these are realistic vectors of the enemy's development’.
en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_t...
Longer Range, Smarter Swarms: What russia's Drone Advances Mean for Ukraine — The Next Wave of Unmanned Threats | Defense Express
Swarms of kamikaze drones with combat artificial intelligence that can strike targets 100 km deep using "motherships", or Shaheds that autonomously bypass air-defense systems — these are realistic vec...
en.defence-ua.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Reposted by Peter Schrijver
Dat de oorlog in Oekraïne in een "patstelling" is beland, is een misleidend en gevaarlijk beeld.
www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/h...
Hoe sterk Oekraïne uit zijn vierde oorlogswinter komt, hangt vooral af van Europa
Dat de Russische oorlog tegen Oekraïne in een ‘patstelling’ is beland, is een misleidend en gevaarlijk beeld. Oekraïne blijft overeind dankzij enorme inspanningen, maar de Europeanen lijken niet te be...
www.volkskrant.nl
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Proliferation:

‘These attacks are more than tactical surprises: they reveal the integration of drones into combined arms operations, forcing security forces into dilemmas where defending against one threat opens vulnerabilities to another’.

warontherocks.com/2025/10/colo...
Colombia Is Struggling to Keep Up With A Criminal Air Force
Armed groups in Colombia have built an air force — and it flies on cheap, store-bought drones. In late August 2025, the National Liberation Army claimed
warontherocks.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Results of the 5 November Ukrainian drone strike:

‘Satellite images confirmed the destruction of two warehouses that stored Shahed-type strike drones and their warheads at Donetsk airport.

Satellite images were published by the Osint channel Dnipro OSINT’.

militarnyi.com/uk/news/supu...
Супутникові знімки підтвердили знищення складів «Шахедів» на території Донецького аеропорту
Супутникові знімки підтвердили знищення двох складів, на яких зберігалися «Шахеди» та бойові частини для них на території Донецького аеропорту
militarnyi.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
‘In Ukraine, this technology has already been tested by Kyivstar, which launched the Direct-to-Cell beta test in the autumn of 2025.

But it is important to say right away: Direct-to-Cell is not a magic solution that will instantly replace all communication towers’.

militarnyi.com/en/blogs/wha...
What is Direct-to-Cell from Starlink and how does it work - Militarnyi
What stands behind the satellite mobile communication technology that Kyivstar is already testing with Starlink. What to expect from it, and what not to. Myths and realities.
militarnyi.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Reposted by Peter Schrijver
AI chatbots push Russian propaganda about Russia's war—study #cybersecurity #infosec
AI chatbots push Russian propaganda about Russia's war—study
British analysts have discovered AI chatbot manipulations by Russia. Almost 20% of the responses from popular chatbots cited Russian propaganda media sources, many of which are under EU sanctions. A new disinformation threat has emerged from Russia—artificial intelligence manipulation. Analysts from the British analytical center Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) reached this conclusion. The institute, an independent London-based think tank, conducted research on the extent to which AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Grok filter out media sources that are supposed to be banned by sanctions. British experts analyzed the responses of 4 popular chatbots (ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and DeepSeek) to a series of questions in different languages (English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian) on topics related to the Russian war against Ukraine. The British analytical team put 300 questions to four bots—ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and DeepSeek—and found that overall, 18% of responses contained information sources from restricted channels. “Almost a fifth of the responses cited Russian state sources, many of which are under EU sanctions. Questions biased in favor of Russia more often included these sources in the responses, as did queries related to the military conscription of civilians in Ukraine and the perception of NATO. Some chatbots found it difficult to identify state-related content, especially when it was disseminated by third-party media or websites,” the ISD concluded. The questions focused on five topic areas: stance toward NATO, Ukraine-Russia peace talks, Ukraine’s recruitment of civilians for the military, Ukrainian refugees, and Russian war crimes in Ukraine. “These included citations of Russian state media, sites tied to Russian intelligence agencies, and sites known to be involved in Russian information operations that were surfaced during prior research into chatbot responses,” the institute reported. The neutral queries returned 11% Russian state-aligned answers compared to 18% for biased questions and 24% for malicious prompts. The Institute for Strategic Dialogue stated that these findings are aligned with previous research that has shown AI tools to “display confirmation bias.” British analysts emphasize that the research raises deep concerns about the ability of chatbots to restrict sanctioned propaganda media in the EU. “This is not a new challenge for companies like Google, whose platforms have long been scrutinized for potential bias in the results displayed to users when searching for complex topics. This close analysis intensified during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, when Google was asked to restrict results from state media in response to EU sanctions,” the British experts summarize. Of the four AI tools explored, the one most susceptible to grooming appeared to be ChatGPT, followed by Grok, then DeepSeek, with Google’s Gemini producing the least information with Russian propaganda. The institute highlighted that in response to malicious prompts, Gemini sometimes presented researchers with information that it was unable to help with requests that may be “inappropriate or unsafe.” In terms of language, questions entered in Spanish and Italian jointly topped the list of Russia-biased responses, followed by English, with French and German in joint last place.
insightnews.media
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
‘Ukrainian paratroopers have strengthened the defence of Centauro B1 "wheeled tanks" transferred as part of military assistance from Italy, so that they correspond to the realities
of the Ukrainian battlefield’. militarnyi.com/uk/news/pere...
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM