China Has Hacked Britain's Drone Boats. And More.

Welcome back to The Briefing Room, your weekly Front Stocco programming, where we give our rundown of the global flashpoints, quiet conflicts, and geostrategic chess moves that you might have otherwise missed.

This week, it's a no-good, very-bad week for Russian President Vladimir Putin, as we discuss the new headwinds he's facing from two directions at once, from the increasingly bold nation of Turkey and from a longtime Russian ally in Kazakhstan.

But first, we're going to discuss a recent revelation in the United Kingdom that one of the British military's most important new toys has been compromised by Beijing before it ever got the chance to deploy into combat.