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Russia’s Assault Arithmetic Points to a Growing Manpower Problem
Russia increased the number of assault actions along the Ukrainian front in May, but the additional effort produced little territorial gain. The figures point to a widening imbalance between the resources Moscow is committing and the results it is achieving.…
Ukraine’s St Petersburg strike extends long-range campaign deeper into Russia
Ukraine has claimed a long-range strike on Russia’s St Petersburg Oil Terminal, marking one of the most distant publicly acknowledged Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy infrastructure since the start of the full-scale war. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces had…
The Mathematics of War: Why Ukraine’s Air Defence Battle Is Becoming an Industrial Equation
Russia’s large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine on 1–2 June illustrated a central feature of modern war: battlefield outcomes are increasingly determined not only by tactics, but by arithmetic. The number of missiles produced, the number of interceptors available, the rate…
Ukraine’s Taganrog Strike Highlights Russia’s Exposure to Long-Range Drone Warfare
Ukraine’s reported drone strike on Russian military assets near Taganrog has drawn attention not only because of the value of the targets, but because of what the operation may indicate about the changing balance between unmanned systems and Russia’s strategic…
Ukraine’s Defence Start-Ups Show How Battlefield Procurement Is Changing
Ukraine’s defence start-ups are moving from improvisation to organised production, using battlefield feedback, digital procurement tools and private investment to shorten the distance between design, testing and frontline use. Ukrainian and foreign-linked start-ups are developing systems ranging from sea-drone swarms…
Russia’s Mass Strike on Ukraine Renews Questions Over NATO Border Air Defence
Russia’s latest mass missile and drone attack on Ukraine has again placed NATO’s eastern air-defence posture under scrutiny, after Poland activated military aviation and air-defence systems while Ukrainian cities came under one of the largest combined strikes of recent months.…
Ukraine Says Drone Units Have Reached Russian Logistics Routes Deep Inside Occupied Luhansk
The Third Army Corps says Ukrainian unmanned systems have struck Russian military logistics as far as the Izvaryne border crossing, more than 200 kilometres from the front line, in a further sign that the drone war is extending into areas…
Ukraine’s strike on Kirov oil station exposes vulnerability in Russia’s crude export network
The reported strike on the Lazarevo pumping station, more than 1,000 kilometres from Ukraine, targeted a facility that helps move Siberian crude towards Russia’s western markets, Baltic ports and Belarus. Ukraine’s reported strike on the Lazarevo oil pumping station in…
Israel’s Beaufort Castle advance raises pressure on Lebanon ceasefire
Israel’s capture of Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon has turned a fragile ceasefire with Hezbollah into a test of military facts on the ground, regional diplomacy and the limits of international restraint. Israeli troops have captured Beaufort Castle and its…
Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant claim shows information-war risk around Europe’s largest nuclear site
Russia says a Ukrainian drone struck the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Kyiv denies the claim. The incident underlines how dangerous unverified military accusations have become around a Russian-controlled nuclear facility close to the frontline. Russia’s claim that a Ukrainian drone…