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Ukraine widens drone campaign against Russian energy and industrial targets
Ukrainian drones have struck energy and industrial sites across several Russian regions, extending a campaign that is increasingly aimed at fuel infrastructure, logistics and economic pressure rather than battlefield targets alone. Ukraine’s drone campaign against Russia is moving deeper into…
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…
Three Shadow Fleet Tankers Hit in Black Sea Drone Attacks
Three tankers linked to Russia’s sanctions-evasion network were reportedly struck near Turkey’s Black Sea coast, in a further sign of the growing risks facing Moscow’s seaborne oil trade. Three oil tankers associated with Russia’s shadow fleet were reportedly hit by…
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…
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,…
Ukraine Launches ‘Logistics Lockdown’ to Hit Russian Rear Supply Network
Kyiv is putting an additional 5 billion hryvnias (€96.97 million) into middle-strike systems, aiming to disrupt Russian logistics, command posts, depots and air defence assets at operational depth. Ukraine has launched a new defence programme called “Logistics Lockdown”, designed to…
Israel Expands Lebanon Operations as Hezbollah Drone Campaign Raises Risk of Wider Escalation
Israeli forces have intensified operations against Hezbollah positions in Lebanon, with fighting reported around the Litani River and new strikes in the Bekaa Valley, as the conflict on Israel’s northern front becomes increasingly linked to wider US-Iran tensions. Israeli forces…
US Strikes in Southern Iran Test Fragile Ceasefire as Hormuz Talks Continue
Washington says its latest strikes were defensive and aimed at Iranian missile sites and mine-laying boats, but Tehran has accused the United States of breaching the ceasefire as negotiations continue over the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear programme. The…