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Romania’s delayed Watchkeeper X programme moves back into delivery phase
Romania’s troubled Watchkeeper X drone programme has moved back into a delivery phase after months of delay and public pressure from Bucharest, giving the country a badly needed procurement reset on NATO’s eastern flank. The immediate news peg came on…
Ukraine says it struck Russian Black Sea platform as analysts point to possible first use of Swedish RBS-15
Ukraine’s armed forces said they struck Russian positions on the Syvash drilling platform in the Black Sea during the night of 6 April, in what Kyiv described as a coordinated operation involving the Ukrainian Navy and the Unmanned Systems Forces.…
Ukraine reports strike on Russian Kalibr-capable frigate in Novorossiysk
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces said on 6 April that Ukrainian drones struck the Russian frigate Admiral Makarovduring a night operation against Novorossiysk, the Black Sea port that has become increasingly important to Russia’s fleet after repeated Ukrainian attacks on Crimea.…
Ukraine strikes Primorsk oil port and Kstovo refinery in renewed blow to Russian energy infrastructure
Ukraine widened its long-range campaign against Russian energy infrastructure on Sunday, with reported strikes on the Baltic oil hub of Primorsk and the NORSI refinery at Kstovo in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, according to Russian regional authorities and Reuters reporting.…
Russian Su-30 crashes in occupied Crimea amid reports of third Russian aircraft loss this week
A Russian Su-30 fighter jet crashed in occupied Crimea on Friday during what Moscow described as a planned training flight, adding to a week in which Russia appears to have lost at least three military aircraft. Russia’s Defence Ministry said…
Kellogg questions NATO and floats new alliance including Ukraine
Retired US Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg has called for a fundamental rethinking of Western defence arrangements, arguing that NATO has failed to respond effectively to recent crises and suggesting that Washington should consider building a new military alliance with a…
Zelenskyy says Ukraine must prepare for possible disruption to US arms supplies
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine must be ready for the possibility that supplies of American weapons could at some stage be reduced, halted or made conditional, even though Kyiv has received no current signal that deliveries under the PURL…
Ukraine’s drone campaign keeps pressure on Russian refining sector after Ufa strike
A fresh drone strike on the Bashneft refining complex in Ufa during the night of 2 April has underlined the continued vulnerability of Russia’s fuel infrastructure, despite repeated Russian attempts to present such incidents as limited or successfully contained. Russian…
Trump says US is considering NATO exit after clash with European allies
Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he was considering taking the United States out of NATO, escalating a dispute with European allies over support linked to the war with Iran and raising fresh questions over the credibility of the alliance’s…
Hegseth refuses to reaffirm Article 5 as Iran-war dispute exposes NATO fault line
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has declined to restate Washington’s commitment to NATO’s collective-defence clause, linking the question to President Donald Trump as tensions deepen with European allies over the Iran war. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth declined on Tuesday…