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Ukraine Says Eight-Month Counter-Offensive Has Retaken 745 sq km and 26 Settlements
Kyiv says Ukrainian forces have reversed Russian gains across a 60-kilometre sector where the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions meet. Battlefield mapping supports substantial Ukrainian advances, although control over parts of the territory remains contested. Ukraine says its forces have…
Russia’s Threat to Seize European Ships Raises the Sanctions Stakes
Moscow’s warning raises the stakes in the EU’s campaign against Russia’s sanctions-evasion fleet, but also underlines Europe’s growing willingness to enforce its economic measures Russia’s confrontation with Europe is moving into an increasingly uncomfortable arena: the world’s shipping lanes. President…
Ukraine Hits Novorossiysk Naval Base in Combined Missile and Drone Attack
Palianytsia jet drones, Neptune missiles and unmanned surface vessels were used against air defences, piers and port infrastructure at the principal Russian naval base on the eastern Black Sea, increasing pressure on a fleet already displaced from much of its…
Romania Destroys Drifting Drones Near Strategic Neptun Deep Gas Project
Military divers neutralised two Gerbera-type unmanned aircraft in Romania's Black Sea economic zone after a civilian vessel found them near infrastructure expected to become central to European gas supply.
Sweden Says It Disrupted SVR Operation Targeting NATO and EU Decision-Making
Säpo's account describes an operation in which human sources were intended to support influence activity, showing how espionage and disinformation can form parts of the same campaign.
Taiwan Tests Mobile-Network Degradation in War Drill for First Time
Authorities deliberately reduced mobile-data capacity across central Taiwan while preserving voice, text and emergency alerts, testing whether essential communications can survive a constrained network rather than a complete blackout.
Poland Seeks Unused EU Defence Loans for Transport and Tanker Aircraft
Warsaw wants to absorb SAFE borrowing capacity left unused by other member states and is considering strategic airlift and aerial refuelling among the beneficiaries, but no additional allocation or aircraft purchase has yet been approved.
Vietnam Begins Building Its Largest Domestically Produced Anti-Submarine Frigate
The Da Nang construction milestone moves Vietnam’s most ambitious indigenous warship from planning into production, but official claims about domestic weapons content and anti-submarine capability await detailed technical evidence.
Ukrainian Drones Hit Petrochemical Complex More Than 2,000km Inside Russia
A confirmed strike on a gas-fractionation installation at Tobolsk extends the geography of Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign into western Siberia, raising the cost of defending industrial infrastructure previously protected largely by distance. Ukrainian forces struck a major petrochemical complex in Russia’s…
Russia Shifts Missile Production Towards Ballistic Weapons as Rassvet Network Expands
Ukrainian intelligence says Russia is exceeding missile-production targets, producing 65 Iskander-M ballistic missiles in July while suspending Kinzhal and Kh-32 production and accelerating deployment of its Rassvet low-orbit communications constellation. Russia appears to be concentrating resources on missile systems it…