Russia’s Afipsky oil refinery and the Beriev aircraft plant in Taganrog—where Moscow repairs its strategic bombers—came under Ukrainian attack overnight. Ukrainian Defense Forces hit the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai and an aircraft […]
The budget totals 44.1 trillion rubles in spending, about $520 billion, with revenues at 40.3 trillion rubles and a 4 trillion ruble deficit. Defense gets 12.9-13 trillion rubles ($166 billion), rising to 38 percent when […]
Ukrainian underwater drones have struck two tankers belonging to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea, according to an official in Ukraine’s security services (SBU). Ukraine claimed the attacks after explosions hit the two […]
Yaroslavl Shipbuilding Plant employees say they have not received salaries for nearly two months, citing unpaid military orders and stalled production, according to Ukrainian outlet Ekonomichna Pravda. The Yaroslavl Shipbuilding Plant, a Russian company under […]
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces say an FP-1 long-range “deep strike” drone has shot down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter in midair over Russia’s Rostov region, roughly 180 to 190 kilometers from the front line. If verified, […]
A retired Ukrainian officer called for Taiwan’s president to be involved in simulations of possible wartime scenarios, warning Taipei not to “repeat our mistakes” as it shores up its defenses amid threats from China. Many […]
The Soviet Union’s military deception doctrine, known as maskirovka, was a comprehensive system encompassing camouflage, feints, misinformation, and strategic misdirection to achieve surprise and confuse an adversary. It was applied at all levels of warfare, from […]
The Ukrainian Air Force released footage on November 17, 2025, showing a French-supplied Mirage 2000-5F fighter jet on a combat mission, which involved intercepting six Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles. France delivered these multirole jets earlier […]
A Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 dropped two US-supplied GBU-62 guided bombs with JDAM-ER kits on a Russian road bridge near Kamianske in occupied Zaporizhzhia, collapsing a key logistics crossing. The strike, documented by the Soniashnyk […]
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) executed a nighttime strike on November 13-14, 2025, using Neptune missiles and drones to destroy four S-400 launchers and two key radars at a military unit near Novorossiysk port. Ukraine destroyed […]
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