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Kyiv sends intelligence special forces to embattled Pokrovsk as pressure mounts
Ukraine has deployed special forces from the Defence Intelligence directorate (HUR) to the embattled city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, in an operation intended to stabilise the front after Russian units pushed into the urban perimeter earlier this month. The…
Pentagon deems Tomahawk transfer to Ukraine feasible; decision rests with Trump
The Pentagon has judged that supplying Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles would not degrade U.S. military readiness, according to reporting attributed to multiple U.S. and European officials. The assessment, delivered to the White House earlier this month, effectively leaves…
Ukraine says it destroyed a Russian ‘Oreshnik’ launcher at Kapustin Yar — Kyiv reveals covert strike
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has said that one of Russia’s three “Oreshnik” intermediate-range ballistic missile systems was destroyed in a covert operation at the Kapustin Yar test range in Russia’s Astrakhan region. The claim was made on 31 October during…
Polish MiG-29s again intercept Russian reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic
Polish Air Force MiG-29 fighter jets have intercepted a Russian reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea for the second time this week, Poland’s defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Thursday, 30 October. Speaking at a press conference in Kartuzy, he…
Trump orders immediate US nuclear testing as Moscow touts new weapons
US President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to “immediately” begin testing American nuclear weapons, citing the need to respond to rival powers “on an equal basis”. The directive was issued hours after Vladimir Putin announced Russia had tested Poseidon,…
Russia launches multi-wave missile attack on Ukraine, with western regions in the crosshairs
Russia conducted a large-scale overnight strike against Ukraine using multiple waves of drones and missiles, prompting nationwide air-raid alerts from late on 29 October into the morning of 30 October. Ukrainian authorities reported the use of both cruise and aeroballistic…
Putin’s Poseidon test: Russia touts ‘super torpedo’ as nuclear signalling intensifies
Russia says it has successfully tested the nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable underwater drone Poseidon, days after heralding a fresh trial of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile. President Vladimir Putin announced the Poseidon test on Wednesday, stating it was conducted the previous day…
Ukraine’s overnight strikes target oil and chemical infrastructure deep inside Russia and occupied Crimea
Ukraine mounted a series of long-range strikes in the early hours of 29 October, hitting oil and petrochemical facilities across multiple regions of Russia and occupied Crimea, according to local officials and media reports. The reported targets included an oil…
Romania confirms planned reduction of US troops on NATO’s eastern flank
Romania’s Ministry of National Defence (MApN) has confirmed that the United States will reduce part of its military presence in Europe, including elements assigned to Romania’s Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base. The ministry said Bucharest and allied capitals had been informed…
Norway confirms ‘Burevestnik’ launch from Novaya Zemlya as debate over Russia’s nuclear-powered cruise missile intensifies
Norway’s military intelligence service has confirmed that Russia’s most recent test of its nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable cruise missile, 9M730 Burevestnik—NATO reporting name SSC-X-9 “Skyfall”—was launched from the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic. “We can confirm that Russia has conducted a…