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Ukraine’s Drone Campaign Puts Renewed Pressure on Russia’s Oil Infrastructure
A new fire at the Tuapse oil refinery underlines the growing vulnerability of Russia’s energy infrastructure as Ukrainian long-range drone strikes target refineries, ports and export terminals central to Moscow’s wartime revenues. Russian authorities have reported another fire at the…
Exosens: Night vision, drones and the quiet boom powering Europe’s newest defence darling
By any conventional metric, Exosens remains, for the moment, a relatively modest player in Europe’s sprawling defence ecosystem. Yet its latest results suggest something more significant is unfolding: not merely a good quarter, but a company riding the leading edge…
Ukraine Reports Damage to Russian Oil Facilities in Yaroslavl and Tuapse
Ukraine’s General Staff has released updated details of strikes on Russian oil infrastructure, saying attacks on facilities in Yaroslavl and Tuapse damaged key refining and storage assets. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a strike…
Russian Setback in Mali Exposes Limits of Moscow’s Sahel Strategy
The killing of Mali’s defence minister and the reported withdrawal of Russian-backed forces from Kidal have exposed the limits of Bamako’s reliance on Moscow, as jihadist and Tuareg forces challenge the authority of the military junta. Mali’s military authorities are…
Ukraine Strikes Russian Naval and Air Assets in Crimea in Coordinated Drone Operation
Ukrainian drones have reportedly hit several Russian military targets in occupied Crimea, including Black Sea Fleet vessels, a reconnaissance ship, radar infrastructure and an aircraft at Belbek airfield, in one of the latest attacks on Moscow’s military presence on the…
NATO northern-flank exercise tests UK-Norway maritime co-operation
Exercise Tamber Shield has begun in western Norway, bringing together Royal Navy helicopters, uncrewed systems, patrol boats and Norwegian naval units for intensive training in fjord and coastal operations. British and Norwegian naval forces have begun a maritime exercise in…
The Falkland Islands: A Dispute Settled in Battle, Confirmed in Law, Revived in Politics
Argentina’s periodic reawakening of its claim over the Falkland Islands is as predictable as it is politically useful. Each resurgence tends to coincide less with any meaningful shift in international law than with domestic pressures in Buenos Aires. The latest…
Russia’s Defence Minister Andrei Belousov Flies Into North Korea
The arrival of Russia’s defence minister Andrei Belousov in Pyongyang this weekend might, at first glance, appear a routine diplomatic engagement. It is anything but. Beneath the ceremonial language and carefully staged commemorations lies a relationship that has evolved with remarkable…
France and Greece put EU mutual defence back into operational focus
Emmanuel Macron and Kyriakos Mitsotakis have renewed the Franco-Greek defence partnership in Athens, using the visit to argue that Europe’s mutual assistance clause should be treated as an operational commitment rather than a treaty provision rarely tested in practice. France…
Ukrainian drones reach the Urals as Russia’s air defence gaps come under scrutiny
Ukrainian long-range drones have reached Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk, around 1,800 kilometres from Ukraine’s border, exposing gaps in Russia’s air defence network and challenging Moscow’s claims that such attacks require access to NATO airspace. Ukrainian long-range drones have reached Russia’s Urals…