Ukrainian forces are attacking the Russian port of Novorossiysk, with Russian air defenses actively engaging. The attack comes shortly after reports that Ukraine launched around 400 drones.
Russia stopped producing the jet-powered Geran-3, which became a transitional step toward the Geran-4, according to Ukraine’s HUR. The Geran-3 largely retained the Geran-2 airframe while replacing its piston engine with a Telefly JT80 jet engine. The newer Geran-4 instead uses an airframe specifically adapted for the more powerful Telefly LX-WP-160, increasing both cruising speed and range.
Drone pilots of Ukraine’s 28th Mechanized Brigade are operating on the Kostiantynivka front, striking Russian forces and working to prevent further advances in Donbas.
The Orsk oil refinery in Russia’s Orenburg region after this morning’s strike. The facility is around 1,500 km from Ukraine’s border.
US State Department says Ukraine meets the minimum requirements for fiscal transparency in its 2026 report. Despite martial law, Ukraine kept its budget and debt obligations widely accessible online, fully resumed medium-term budgeting and published public procurement information. The report says budget documents provide a substantially complete picture of planned revenues and expenditures, while ...
❗️The US sold two seized tankers linked to Russia’s shadow fleet for scrap. Era, formerly Marinera and Bella 1, was detained in the North Atlantic on January 7 after the US said it carried sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran. Lileo, formerly Galileo and Veronica, was detained in the Caribbean and was under US sanctions over links to Russia. Dubai-based Global Marketing Systems bought both vesse...
Fighters from Ukraine’s HUR units BAT-13 and ARATTA successfully infiltrated Russian-held territory and captured a prisoner.
❗️Russia’s Zapsibneftekhim petrochemical complex in Tobolsk, western Siberia, was damaged in a drone attack and shut indefinitely while the impact is assessed, industry sources said. The facility is Russia’s largest LPG plant, producing around 6 million tonnes annually, or roughly 40% of national output. No LPG volumes from the Tobolsk loading point were offered for delivery on Tuesday, after arou...
❗️Europe is struggling to find more Patriot interceptors for Ukraine ahead of expected Russian winter attacks. Kyiv is seeking hundreds of missiles, but Germany says its stocks are reaching their limits and other European donors have few they can safely spare. US supplies are also strained, while new production will come too late. In July, Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 29 of 195 Russian balli...
Ukraine’s General Staff says its forces struck a Russian Buk-M3 air defense system near Topoli in Luhansk region, a command and observation post near Terebreno in Russia’s Belgorod region and logistics depots in Rovenky on August 11. A day earlier, Ukrainian forces struck six Russian UAV control points at locations in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions and Russia’s Kursk region. The General Staff sa...
❗️Poland and the Baltic states are tightening security around critical infrastructure amid concerns Russia could stage a false-flag attack using Ukrainian-made drones. Lithuania deployed military personnel to help secure its LNG terminal, oil products terminal, a key power link with Poland and a hydro plant, while Latvia increased security around all critical infrastructure. A Baltic intelligence ...
Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Orsknefteorgsintez refinery in Russia’s Orenburg region overnight on August 11. A fire was recorded at the facility, while the extent of damage is still being assessed. The refinery can process around 6 million tonnes of oil annually and produces gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, fuel oil, bitumen and other petroleum products.
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation is searching for the black box of a MiG-29 lost in Odesa region yesterday. A criminal case was opened under Article 416, Part 2 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code, covering violations of flight, flight preparation or aircraft operation rules that resulted in a crash. Investigators examined the area, collected wreckage and are questioning witnesses and military perso...
Zelensky says Russia struck Zaporizhzhia with North Korean ballistic missiles, Zircons and guided aerial bombs, killing 6 people and injuring 19. A fire was still being extinguished at one impact site. In Kyiv, a missile strike damaged an infectious diseases hospital and businesses, while strikes on substations in Kherson and Kharkiv caused outages. More than 120 drones were launched across Ukrain...
Ukrainian forces reportedly also hit the Orsk Mechanical Plant, around 1,500 km from Ukraine, with footage showing fires in the industrial zone. The Rostec-linked plant supplies artillery cartridge cases and components for multiple-launch rocket systems.