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Reports of “mysterious weapon” follow US raid that seized Venezuela’s Maduro
The United States’ 3 January operation in Caracas that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has prompted a second, more opaque debate: whether US forces used a directed-energy or acoustic system to disable Venezuelan defenders during the…
Russian submarine escorts Marinera as US pursuit of ex-Bella 1 continues
Russia has deployed a submarine and other naval assets to accompany an oil tanker pursued across the Atlantic by the United States Coast Guard, escalating a sanctions-enforcement operation into a direct encounter with Russian military forces in international waters. The…
Ukraine’s SBU claims drone strike on Russian “shadow fleet” tanker in Mediterranean Sea
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it has struck a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker in neutral waters of the Mediterranean Sea, describing the operation as its first such attack in the region and the longest-range maritime strike publicly attributed to…
Ukraine Says Central Pokrovsk Cleared of Russian Troops as Street Fighting Continues
Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces say they have cleared Russian troops from key locations in the centre of Pokrovsk in Donetsk oblast, a move they say has stopped Moscow’s forces from consolidating a foothold in the city. The statement was issued…
Ukraine Uses Long-Range Neptune Missiles in Strike on Novorossiysk Port
Ukraine’s General Staff has identified a series of strategic targets in Russia hit in a recent long-range strike, saying that Ukrainian-made Neptune cruise missiles and attack drones were used against the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk and energy facilities in…
Kyiv sends intelligence special forces to embattled Pokrovsk as pressure mounts
Ukraine has deployed special forces from the Defence Intelligence directorate (HUR) to the embattled city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, in an operation intended to stabilise the front after Russian units pushed into the urban perimeter earlier this month. The…
Ukraine reports overnight strikes on Russian refinery, missile ship and command post
Ukraine’s Armed Forces said they conducted a series of strikes overnight into 4 October, claiming hits on an oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast, a small missile ship in Karelia, military equipment in Kursk Oblast, and a command post of Russia’s…
Ukraine targets Russian energy sites in Bashkortostan and Volgograd
Ukrainian forces struck two major energy facilities deep inside Russia overnight on 17–18 September, hitting the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat petrochemical complex in Bashkortostan and the Lukoil-operated Volgograd oil refinery. Regional authorities in Bashkortostan reported a fire at the Salavat site…
Drone Strike Forces Suspension at Russia’s Primorsk Oil Terminal
A Ukrainian drone attack has, for the first time, halted loading operations at Russia’s key western oil terminal at Primorsk, according to industry sources and Ukraine’s security service. The strike, carried out overnight into Friday, marked the first reported attack…
Ukraine’s SBU says long-range drones hit Shahed storage site in Tatarstan, 1,300km from Ukraine
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it used long-range unmanned aerial vehicles to strike a logistics hub storing Shahed one-way attack drones in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan on 9 August. The facility is located in the settlement of Kzyl-Yul and, according…