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Europe’s ‘Security Guarantees’ Leave Ukraine Exposed to Russia’s Next Move
The phrase “security guarantees” has reverberated across European capitals for months, echoing through parliamentary speeches, summit communiqués and interviews with diplomats. It has become the polite euphemism of the age: a term that sounds solid, perhaps even reassuring, but whose…
Lithuania Builds Multi-Layered Defensive Line Against Russia and Belarus Threats
Lithuania has announced plans to construct a formidable, multi-layered defensive line across its frontiers with Russia and Belarus, a move that underlines the Baltic state’s growing unease in the face of Moscow’s aggression and Minsk’s complicity. The Ministry of Defence…
Ukraine reports counter-attack regains six settlements on Pokrovsk axis
Ukraine’s National Guard and General Staff said on Friday evening (15 August) that a counter-attack on the Pokrovsk front in Donetsk region had halted recent Russian gains and restored control over six settlements near Dobropillia. The First Corps “Azov” of…
Ukraine claims strike on Russian cargo ship at Caspian port used for Iran–Russia transfers
Ukraine’s Armed Forces say Special Operations Forces struck the Russian seaport of Olya in Astrakhan region on 14 August, hitting the general cargo vessel Port Olya-4, which Kyiv alleges was carrying components for Shahed-type drones and ammunition from Iran. The…
Missiles Over Dnipro: Putin’s Calculated Strike on the Eve of Anchorage
The timing could hardly have been more provocative. Just hours before Vladimir Putin is due to sit across the table from Donald Trump in Anchorage, the Russian president ordered a ballistic missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro —…
Ukraine strikes Syzran oil refinery in Russia’s Samara region amid intensifying long-range campaign
Ukraine said its forces struck the Syzran oil refinery in Russia’s Samara region in the early hours of Friday, 15 August, igniting fires at one of Rosneft’s larger processing plants. The General Staff reported “a target hit” at the facility…
Ukraine’s drone industry tops ₴99bn (€2.28bn) in 2024; 2025 procurement points higher
Ukraine’s unmanned systems sector expanded rapidly over 2024–2025, shifting from a niche activity to a leading segment of the defence-industrial base by unit volume and revenue. Companies registered in Ukraine’s aircraft- and spacecraft-manufacturing category reported aggregate revenue of ₴17bn (≈€496m)…
Satellite images point to possible Burevestnik test ahead of Trump–Putin talks
Russia appears to be preparing to test the 9M730 Burevestnik, a nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered cruise missile, according to two independent US researchers and a Western security source, ahead of Vladimir Putin’s meeting with US President Donald Trump on Ukraine. Commercial satellite…
Europe’s drone race to 2030: can the EU scale in time — and how Ukraine can help
A pair of recent airspace breaches over Lithuania, involving a suspected Russian “Gerbera” decoy drone that traversed Vilnius and later crashed inside the Gaižiūnai military training area, underlined how exposed Europe’s eastern flank remains. The incidents coincided with NATO Secretary-General…
Ukraine disputes reports of Russian “breakthrough” near Dobropillia and Pokrovsk in Donetsk region
Ukraine’s Operational-Strategic Group of Forces “Dnipro” has rejected claims of a Russian breakthrough on the Pokrovsk and Dobropillia axes in Donetsk region, saying a small enemy party of roughly 5–10 soldiers infiltrated beyond the first Ukrainian defensive line but did…