Tag: Ukraine
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…
NATO Certifies Ukrainian Mine-Warfare Command
NATO has certified a Ukrainian Navy headquarters as capable of commanding multinational mine-countermeasure forces, the first such qualification for Ukraine and a practical step in its integration with the Alliance.During Sea Breeze 26-2 in Portland, Britain, the mine-countermeasures headquarters of Ukraine's 1st Division of Mine Countermeasure Ships passed NATO Evaluation…
Romanian F-16 Downs Drone Over Buzău
A Romanian Air Force F-16 shot down an unidentified drone over Buzău County on Friday, the first confirmed shoot-down of a drone over Romanian territory since Russia's full-scale invasion began.The Defence Ministry said radar detected the aircraft at 9:39 a.m., 20 kilometres east of Sulina, on a course along the…
Moscow Keeps Selling a Peace Ukraine Rejects
Thirty-five minutes in Manila settled nothing and clarified a great deal. When U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on July 23 on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum, a leading Indo-Pacific security forum, the two produced no proposal, no timetable and no breakthrough.…
Ukraine Hits Wildberries Hub, Targets Defense Plant
Ukraine struck a Wildberries logistics hub in Russia's Leningrad region on Friday, according to Reuters, which reported that Governor Alexander Drozdenko confirmed the warehouse caught fire and that three people were wounded. Wildberries said operations at two logistics sites in the region were suspended.The strike is the fifth reported attack…
ASEAN Tests Diplomacy Across Three Global Crises
The 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum in Pasay, Metro Manila, was not a venue where the United States, Russia and China came to resolve their disputes. Instead, it became a forum where each managed a different strategic challenge at the same time: Washington sought to preserve…
Russia’s Su-57 Stealth Fighter Reportedly Crashes Near Moscow
A Russian military aircraft crashed near Zvenigorod, west of Moscow, on Thursday during what local reports described as a training flight. The independent Russian outlet Astra said the jet was likely a Sukhoi Su-57, Russia's only operational fifth-generation fighter, a report later cited by UNITED24 Media. Russia's Ministry of Defense…
Trump Envoys Reopen Kyiv Channel While Rubio Meets Lavrov
Washington is pursuing two parallel Ukraine tracks. On July 22, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spoke directly with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, bypassing formal diplomatic channels that have produced little progress since the Iran war shifted Washington's attention away from Ukraine. A day later, Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
Ukraine Calls Emergency UN Meeting on Black Sea
Ukraine has requested an urgent United Nations Security Council meeting for July 27 after Russian attacks brought all shipping through its Black Sea maritime corridor to a halt, according to Kyiv Post. Acting Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said no vessels passed through the corridor Wednesday, at the height of the…
US Probes Russian Role in Iran Strikes on CIA Sites
US intelligence officials are investigating whether Russia helped Iran attack CIA facilities by providing targeting intelligence or enhanced drone technology, although no firm conclusion has been reached. Moscow denied involvement.At least two CIA-linked sites were struck in March: the agency’s station inside the US Embassy in Riyadh and another facility…
