Russian President Vladimir Putin and his purported secret palace in Lake Valdai, Russia.Getty Images, Navalny.com Ukraine launched a drone attack on a St Petersburg oil terminal on Thursday, per multiple sources. One of the drones also flew over Putin’s palace at Valdai, a military source told RBC. Ukraine claimed one of the drones struck the […]
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Russia’s Kinzhals are frustrating Chinese analysts who want to find out how Beijing’s hypersonic missiles might stack up against US battlefield defenses
China has been watching the Kinzhal closely to see how it stacks up against US systems in Ukraine. Beijing hopes that its own hypersonic missiles will give it an edge over the US in a potential war. But some defense analysts in China are questioning Russia’s performance with the missile. Modern militaries have been looking […]
‘Good news’ regarding air defenses, missiles, drones, and ammunition is on the way — Zelenskyy
Good news is on the way regarding the strengthening of Ukrainian air defense, and Ukraine can expect to see more drones, missiles, and electronic warfare (EW) equipment, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address on Jan. 14. “Good news about air defense will be heard soon: more drones, along with both missiles […]
‘To confuse & locate air defenses’ – Why Russia throws so many munitions at sleeping Ukrainian cities
While Russia attacked Ukraine in a mass multi-wave missile and drone attack for the third time in 10 days on Jan. 8, they did not use any novel tactics, military analyst Denys Popovych explained to Radio NV. Explosions were heard in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Kharkiv, and Khmelnytsky Oblasts, leaving at least four dead and 33 injured. One oblast […]
Ukrainian air defenses intercept 18 cruise missiles and 8 drones during mass Russian strike
Russia launched yet another massive air strike on Ukraine, utilizing cruise, aviation, ballistic, anti-aircraft guided missiles, and strike drones, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi reported on Telegram on Jan. 8. Ukrainian air defense shot down 18 cruise missiles and eight Shahed drones. In total, 59 enemy air attack assets were recorded: […]
Trump tests two new election interference defenses
Former President Donald Trump asks a Washington appeals court to toss special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case against him, claiming he cannot be prosecuted for a crime similar to the one for which he was acquitted by the U.S. Senate during his second impeachment trial. In a social media post, Trump pushes that defense even […]