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Ukraine’s drone campaign puts renewed pressure on Russian oil infrastructure
A new wave of long-range strikes on Russian energy sites suggests that Kyiv is continuing a systematic effort to disrupt refining, fuel storage and export logistics far beyond the front line. Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign against Russian energy infrastructure appears…
Russian drone strike in Romania exposes NATO’s unresolved air-defence dilemma
Russian drone that hit a residential building in Galați has turned a familiar Black Sea security risk into a direct test for NATO’s eastern flank. A Russian drone striking a residential building in Romania has brought the security consequences of…
Russia Installs Air Defence Systems on Moscow Rooftops as Drone Threat Reaches Capital
Russian forces have reportedly placed Pantsir-SMD-E air defence systems on civilian buildings in Moscow, highlighting the growing pressure on the capital’s defences as long-range drone warfare increasingly reaches Russian territory. Russian forces have reportedly begun installing short-range air defence systems…
UK Intelligence Puts Russian War Dead Near 500,000 as Hybrid Threats Against Europe Intensify
The head of GCHQ has given one of the clearest public British assessments yet of Russia’s military losses in Ukraine, while warning that Moscow is expanding cyber, sabotage and infrastructure threats across Europe. Russia has lost almost half a million…
Dutch Seizure of 800 Servers Highlights Europe’s Exposure to Russian Cyber Infrastructure
Dutch investigators have arrested two men and seized hundreds of servers in a sanctions-related investigation into infrastructure allegedly used by Russian-linked cyber actors to target European governments, public services and companies. Dutch financial crime investigators have seized about 800 servers…
Ukraine’s Long-Range Strikes Test Russia’s Rear-Area Defences
A series of overnight explosions across Russia and occupied Crimea points to a widening Ukrainian campaign against airfields, repair plants, fuel infrastructure and logistics nodes. Ukraine appears to have carried out another broad overnight strike campaign against Russian rear-area infrastructure,…
Lavrov–Rubio Call Signals Moscow’s Attempt to Reframe Strikes on Kyiv
Russia’s warning of “systematic” strikes on Kyiv appears designed to put diplomatic pressure on Washington while seeking to justify further attacks on the Ukrainian capital after one of the largest combined missile and drone assaults of the war. Russia’s Foreign…
Second Oreshnik Claim Raises Questions Over Russia’s Missile Accuracy
Open-source analysis following Russia’s latest mass strike on Ukraine has raised the possibility that more than one Oreshnik missile was launched, with one apparently failing to reach its intended target. The claim remains unconfirmed by Ukraine’s Air Force, but the…
Russia’s Oreshnik Strike Raises Questions Over Escalation and Military Effect
Russia’s latest large-scale attack on Ukraine combined drones, cruise missiles and advanced ballistic systems, including Oreshnik, Kinzhal and Zircon missiles. The strike caused civilian casualties and damage, while also exposing questions over Moscow’s escalation strategy and the practical effect of…
Ukraine Says Russia Used Oreshnik Missile in Massive Overnight Barrage
Kyiv authorities said two people were killed and 56 injured in the capital after Russia launched a major overnight attack involving hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles, including, according to Ukraine’s Air Force, an Oreshnik missile. Russia launched one…