Tag: Russia
Drone Barrage Hits Logistics, Industrial Sites Near Moscow
A logistics warehouse south of Moscow caught fire and an industrial plant was reportedly struck overnight during a large Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian capital and surrounding region.The Koledino fire broke out at a facility operated by 3PL, an independent logistics and fulfillment provider located next to Wildberries’ major…
Sweden Builds New Spy Agency for 2027
Sweden's government has formally submitted the legislation needed to stand up its new foreign intelligence service by January 1, 2027, a step framed as a structural response to a security environment reshaped by NATO membership rather than a routine bureaucratic reshuffle. Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard, writing in a Foreign…
China Learns War Through Russia
Trading Blood for BlueprintsSince 2024, Chinese personnel have trained at a facility near Volgograd also used by Russia's 8th Combined Arms Army, one of the formations that has fought in eastern Ukraine – The Economist reported, citing European intelligence. The confirmed curriculum there covers drone warfare and urban combat. Separately,…
Romania Starts Shooting Down Russia’s Drones
Romania shot down a drone over the Black Sea on July 26, the third such interception in three days, marking a sharp change in how the NATO member responds to incursions linked to Russia's attacks on neighboring Ukraine.A Romanian F-16 destroyed the drone roughly 12 kilometers northeast of Sulina, in…
Gulf Oil Faces a Two-Strait Trap
The thesis works with two qualifications: the Gulf is not completely sealed because the UAE retains its Fujairah outlet, and American energy companies may benefit while the United States as a whole absorbs higher prices and military costs.The Houthi missile and drone attack claimed against Saudi Aramco facilities in Jizan…
Ukraine Says Russia Plans 30,000 More North Korean Troops
Russia is preparing to receive another 30,000 North Korean troops for its war against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday. The addition would potentially more than double Pyongyang's current troop commitment to Moscow's war effort.Zelenskyy said preparations have been underway in Russia's Voronezh region since June, and that North Korea…
Ukraine Strikes Russian Targets 1,200 Kilometers From Border
Ukrainian forces struck the sanctioned Avitek defense plant in Kirov with an FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile early Friday, killing six workers and injuring 26. The strike, according to Kyiv Independent, hit a facility that is part of the Almaz-Antey conglomerate and produces surface-to-air missile components and parts for Kh-101 cruise…
Russian Ally Urges Putin to Freeze War
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, leader of a country formally allied with Russia through the Collective Security Treaty Organization, publicly urged Vladimir Putin on July 25 to freeze the war in Ukraine.The significance lay not simply in another ceasefire proposal, but in its delivery from inside Moscow's own security bloc –…
Russia Builds Toward Madagascar’s 2027 Vote
Madagascar lies near the northern mouth of the Mozambique Channel, on the sea lane connecting southern Africa to the Gulf and Asia, next to some of the largest untapped gas reserves on the continent. That position has made it a quiet prize in a contest most coverage still frames as…
Ukraine Strikes Wildberries Warehouses for Third Time
Ukrainian forces struck the sanctioned Avitek defense plant in Kirov with an FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile early Friday, killing six workers and injuring 26, according to Kyiv Independent. The facility, part of the Almaz-Antey conglomerate, produces surface-to-air missile components and parts for Kh-101 cruise missiles, and is sanctioned by the…
