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Russian drone strikes chimney of Estonian power station after crossing from Russian airspace
A drone that entered Estonian airspace from Russia struck the chimney of the Auvere power station in Ida-Viru County in the early hours of Wednesday, in an incident now under investigation by Estonia’s security and prosecutorial authorities. Officials said no…
Zaluzhnyi says Ukraine has already shown how a wider Iran war could unfold
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom and former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, argues that the war against Russia has rewritten the logic of modern conflict, and that those lessons now apply directly to the confrontation…
Ukraine intelligence exposes internals of Russian Lancet and Scalpel loitering munitions
Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate, HUR, has published new technical material on two Russian loitering munitions, the Lancet and the Scalpel, offering a closer look at their internal architecture, electronic components and apparent development trajectory. The material, released through the War&Sanctions…
Iranian missiles hit Arad and Dimona, injuring more than 160 near Israel’s nuclear research centre
More than 160 people were injured after Iranian ballistic missiles struck the southern Israeli towns of Arad and Dimona on Saturday evening, in one of the most sensitive episodes of the war so far because of the proximity of the…
Deep strike on Strela-10 exposes growing pressure on Russian rear-area air defences
A Ukrainian strike on a Russian Strela-10 more than 90km from the front underlines a broader trend: Kyiv’s expanding ability to combine deep reconnaissance, loitering munitions and electronic warfare-resistant systems against air defence assets once considered relatively secure. Ukraine has…
A Coordinated Show of Strength: Why the Hormuz Statement Signals Resilience, Not Crisis
At first glance, the latest joint statement on the Strait of Hormuz reads like a familiar diplomatic reflex: condemnation, concern, and calls for restraint. But look closer, and a far more bullish narrative emerges—one of coordination, capability, and quiet confidence…
New US bunker-buster strike marks another escalation in Iran conflict
The United States has confirmed the use of multiple 5,000-pound deep-penetration munitions against hardened Iranian missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz, in what appears to be a significant escalation in the current war and a notable development in the…
Iran may have damaged US F-35 in first reported hit on American warplane
A US F-35 fighter aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at an American base in the Middle East after a combat mission over Iran, in an incident that may mark the first time Iranian forces have successfully struck…
From Black Sea strikes to ocean operations: Zelenskyy outlines Ukraine’s new drone ambitions
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine is close to fielding new unmanned maritime systems capable of operating not only in the Black Sea but in ocean conditions, marking a further step in Kyiv’s rapid wartime expansion of drone warfare. He…
Israel targets upper ranks of Iranian leadership as Ali Larijani reported killed
Israel said on Tuesday that it had killed Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, in what would amount to one of the most consequential targeted strikes of the war so far. Iranian authorities had not confirmed…