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Mass Drone Raid on Moscow Tests Russian Air Defences and Critical Infrastructure
Russian authorities say 620 drones approached the Moscow region during an overnight Ukrainian attack, forcing air-defence units into sustained action and disrupting airports and electricity networks. The operation illustrates how massed long-range UAV attacks can impose costs even when a…
Russia Expands Jet-Powered Drone Launch Network Near NATO’s Eastern Flank
Satellite imagery indicates that Russia has developed up to 10 new long-range drone launch sites in its western regions, with at least 59 launch rails identified. The network is primarily supporting attacks on Ukraine, but infrastructure designed for faster Geran-4…
Ukraine Hits Wildberries Mega-Hub and Russian Rocket-Fuel Plant in Major Overnight Strike
A vast Wildberries logistics centre south of Moscow and a plant producing solid rocket propellant in the Rostov region were among the sites hit during one of Ukraine’s largest overnight attacks on Russian territory. Kyiv also struck Russian military logistics…
Ukraine Says Flamingo Missiles Hit Russia’s Soyuz Rocket Centre in Samara
A reported FP-5 strike on the Progress Rocket and Space Centre brings Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign into infrastructure supporting Russia’s military space programme. The scale of the damage remains unclear, but the Samara plant is a key production site for Soyuz…
Lavrov Rules Out Front-Line Ceasefire as Moscow Signals Continued Escalation
Russia has rejected both a halt to fighting along the existing front and a proposed Black Sea moratorium, while Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that Moscow intends to make its military methods “much tougher”. The statements point towards continued…
Ukraine Turns Back to Russia’s Baltic Ports After Major Novorossiysk Strike
A reported new attack on Ust-Luga follows Ukraine’s large-scale operation against Novorossiysk, pointing to sustained pressure on widely separated Russian naval, energy and export infrastructure. Ukraine has reportedly struck the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga, returning to one of Moscow’s…
Novorossiysk Strike Damages Four Russian Warships as Ukraine Penetrates Black Sea Fleet Base
Ukraine says two Kalibr-armed frigates, a Buyan-M missile ship and a Project 22160 patrol vessel were damaged at Novorossiysk. Satellite analysis indicates that the combined missile, aerial-drone and maritime attack may have reached additional ships and submarine-support infrastructure inside the…
Ukraine Says Eight-Month Counter-Offensive Has Retaken 745 sq km and 26 Settlements
Kyiv says Ukrainian forces have reversed Russian gains across a 60-kilometre sector where the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions meet. Battlefield mapping supports substantial Ukrainian advances, although control over parts of the territory remains contested. Ukraine says its forces have…
Ukraine Hits Novorossiysk Naval Base in Combined Missile and Drone Attack
Palianytsia jet drones, Neptune missiles and unmanned surface vessels were used against air defences, piers and port infrastructure at the principal Russian naval base on the eastern Black Sea, increasing pressure on a fleet already displaced from much of its…
Ukrainian Drones Hit Petrochemical Complex More Than 2,000km Inside Russia
A confirmed strike on a gas-fractionation installation at Tobolsk extends the geography of Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign into western Siberia, raising the cost of defending industrial infrastructure previously protected largely by distance. Ukrainian forces struck a major petrochemical complex in Russia’s…