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Defence Production Act Deployed as US Seeks Arsenal Expansion
The Trump administration has taken a significant step towards reshaping America’s defence industrial capacity, invoking the Defence Production Act (DPA) to address what it describes as growing vulnerabilities in the country’s munitions supply chains and weapons manufacturing base. The move…
Ukrainian drone strike on Moscow refinery extends pressure on Russia’s fuel infrastructure
A reported drone strike on Gazprom Neft’s Moscow refinery points to Ukraine’s continued effort to put pressure on Russia’s domestic fuel system, not only its front-line logistics. A Ukrainian drone attack damaged the Moscow oil refinery on Tuesday, according to…
Franco-British Hormuz Mission Tests Europe’s Ability to Secure Shipping After Iran Deal
France and Britain are pushing a multinational maritime mission for the Strait of Hormuz, but the practical test will be whether Iran accepts any foreign security presence and whether insurers judge the waterway safe enough for normal traffic to resume.…
SBU Says Russian Geran-2 Drone Hit Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
Ukraine’s Security Service says debris found at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra confirms that the historic monastery complex was struck by a Russian Geran-2 attack drone, contradicting Moscow’s claim that the damage was caused by a Ukrainian air-defence missile. Ukraine’s Security Service…
Russia’s Mass Strike Tests Ukraine’s Air Defences as Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Burns
Russia’s latest overnight missile and drone attack on Ukraine has underlined two parallel realities of the war: Moscow can still mount large-scale combined strikes against Ukrainian cities, but the military effect of such attacks remains constrained by Ukraine’s air defences…
Russia’s Latest Mass Strike Puts NATO Border Air Defence Back Under Pressure
Russia’s latest missile and drone attack on Ukraine again forced Poland to activate aircraft, underlining the recurring air-defence burden carried by NATO states on the Alliance’s eastern border.
Iran May Have Rebuilt Missile Arsenal With Russian Help During US Ceasefire, Reports Say
Western allies reportedly believe Iran used the eight-week pause in fighting with the United States to reopen missile storage sites, replenish stocks and possibly add Russian-made missiles to its arsenal. Iran may have used its eight-week ceasefire with the United…
Ukraine Targets Russia’s Alternative Supply Routes Into Crimea
Ukrainian strikes on northern Crimea indicate a widening campaign against Russian military logistics, moving from bridges to pontoon crossings, checkpoints, rail links and air-defence assets. Ukraine’s latest strikes on northern Crimea point to a developing campaign against Russia’s military logistics…
Ukraine Hits Volgograd Oil Facility as Overnight Strikes Keep Pressure on Russian Energy Network
Ukraine’s General Staff said its forces struck an oil preparation and pumping station in Russia’s Volgograd region overnight, while Russian officials reported a deadly drone-related fire at a Black Sea export terminal in Krasnodar. Ukraine has reported a new overnight…
Crimea’s Growing Isolation Exposes Russia’s Strategic Miscalculation
The latest overnight attacks on Russian-occupied Crimea have again exposed the peninsula’s central military weakness: its dependence on vulnerable supply routes linking it to occupied parts of southern Ukraine and to Russia itself. Strikes around Armyansk, following earlier damage to…