


The Lukoil refinery in Kstovo was reported hit for the second time in three days, as Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign increasingly targets Russia’s fuel, refining and petrochemical infrastructure. A major Lukoil refinery in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region was reported burning…

Moscow’s allegation that Ukraine is preparing drone attacks from Latvian territory has been rejected by Riga, but the timing points to a wider Russian effort to exploit Baltic airspace incidents and political instability in Latvia. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has…

The latest attacks on Izmail, Moscow-bound drones and Russian industrial sites point to a widening infrastructure war, in which ports, refineries, air defences and logistics networks have become central targets. Russia and Ukraine have intensified attacks on each other’s infrastructure,…

Kyiv’s expanding use of mid-range drones is putting pressure on Russian logistics, air defences and energy infrastructure, giving Ukraine a growing strike capability between frontline FPV attacks and long-range operations deep inside Russia. Ukraine’s expanding use of mid-range drone strikes…

For much of the post-Cold War era, Britain treated defence manufacturing as an industrial inheritance rather than a strategic necessity. Shipyards shrank, ammunition plants closed, and procurement policy drifted towards a model that prioritised global supply chains over sovereign capability.…

Russia’s overnight attacks on Odesa, Dnipro and other Ukrainian regions underline the continuing pressure on Ukraine’s air-defence network, as Kyiv faces repeated combined attacks involving drones, missiles, airstrikes and shelling. Russia launched another series of overnight attacks on Ukraine, targeting…

Investigators say a Lübeck-based trading firm was used to route European dual-use technology through Turkey and into Russia’s defence sector. German investigators have uncovered a sanctions evasion network that allegedly used a trading company in Lübeck to move European dual-use…

Havana says Washington is fabricating a military threat, as reports of Cuban drones, Russian and Iranian links, and possible charges against Raúl Castro raise tensions around Guantánamo. Cuba has accused the United States of fabricating intelligence about a drone threat,…

The Kremlin has spent more than four years insisting that time is on Russia’s side. Yet the scenes unfolding across Moscow this weekend tell a rather different story. Hundreds of Ukrainian drones penetrated deep into Russian territory in what Russian…

A major fire at the Ryazan oil refinery has highlighted Ukraine’s expanding long-range drone campaign against Russian energy infrastructure, with Moscow facing growing disruption to refining capacity, fuel exports and military supply chains. Ukraine’s latest strike on the Ryazan oil…