Footage shows the moment of a strike near the Yahodyn checkpoint on Ukraine’s border with Poland.
Footage shows the moment of a strike near the Yahodyn checkpoint on Ukraine’s border with Poland.
Footage shows the moment of a strike near the Yahodyn checkpoint on Ukraine’s border with Poland.
An armor plate used to test armor-piercing shells, displayed in Kronstadt, Russia, with the projectile still embedded in the steel.Science and facts💡
A fire broke out at a fireworks factory in Russia’s Yaroslavl region, engulfing two production workshops. Detonations were reportedly heard from the facility during the blaze. Five people were reportedly killed in the incident.
A Finnish Army delegation led by Commander Lt. Gen. Pasi Välimäki visited Ukraine and met Ukrainian Ground Forces Commander Brig. Gen. Sviatoslav Zaiets. The delegation visited Ground Forces training centers and took part in joint Finnish-Ukrainian activities. Future cooperation will focus on new training formats, joint courses and instructor exchanges aimed at strengthening both countries’ defens...
Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps says Russian losses across all three seasons of Operation Vivaldi have reached 5,000 troops, with 250 Russian soldiers surrendering. During the third phase, robotic BTR-60s were used to demolish heavily fortified positions, while Ukrainian assault troops breached key defensive strongpoints. The Corps says it also destroyed launch sites used by Russia’s elite Rubikon drone ...
Ukraine’s 1020th Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery Regiment says its Yastrub crew successfully used a new jet-powered interceptor against a Geran-5 for the first time. The target was destroyed while flying at 425 km/h and an altitude above 3 km. The interceptor was funded by the Serhiy Prytula Foundation and is identified as the fourth Ukrainian interceptor drone capable of engaging newer jet-po...
❗️EU officials are discussing the idea of adding Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency to the bloc’s terrorist list, according to RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak. No decision has been announced.
Russian mobile air defense groups may be using Chinese QW-18/19 MANPADS, Militarnyi reports. Russian TV footage showed an unmarked system during exercises involving a mobile fire group of Russia’s 51st Air Defense Division in Rostov region. Analysis found similarities with China’s QW-18A/QW-19 and Iran’s Misagh-3, but the Chinese systems were considered a closer visual match.
A Russian drone struck the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine building in central Kyiv, sparking a fire and sending a column of black smoke over the city. Footage from the scene showed people escaping through windows as the building burned.
EU countries should provide Ukraine with Patriot interceptor missiles from their existing stocks, Kaja Kallas said ahead of a meeting of EU defense ministers. She said member states could transfer available interceptors now and replenish their inventories later.
A delivery of seeds arriving at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway, where backup seed samples from around the world are stored to help protect crop diversity and future food security. This shipment includes seeds from Morocco.Science and facts💡
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❗️The EU is developing detailed accession roadmaps for Montenegro, Ukraine, Moldova and Albania, Politico reports. The plans would specify required reforms, clarify expectations for each candidate and establish concrete timelines for opening and closing negotiation clusters.
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Russia struck a business center in Dnipro, with casualties reported. Footage from the scene shows extensive damage to the building following the attack.
Dallas Analytics says internal documents obtained before the Sept. 26 strike reveal the Azov Optical-Mechanical Plant as a supplier to Russia’s Tactical Missiles Corporation. The documents reportedly link AOMZ components to at least seven Russian missile programs, including the Kh-101 strategic cruise missile, R-37M long-range air-to-air missile and Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile. O...
Ukraine’s General Staff says its forces struck several Russian military targets on Sept. 27-28. A Pantsir-S2 air defense system was hit near Seltso in Russia’s Bryansk region, while UAV command and deployment sites were struck in occupied Vynohradivka. An attack-drone storage, preparation and launch site was also hit in occupied Donetsk. Additional strikes targeted a repair unit in Mariupol, ammun...