Yuri Zoria

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A philologist by education, in 2003-2007 Yuri worked as a journalist in a Luhansk online media. He was born and lived all his life in the peaceful provincial city of Luhansk, where nothing serious happened. Until 2014. Now he is an IDP. Follow Yuri on twitter: @loogunda

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bulgaria's new government plans halt weapons supplies ukraine · post bulgarian defense minister dimitar stoyanov council ministers sofia fakti db news ukrainian reports

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Sofia gets seven minehunters from Belgium and the Netherlands for a sea Russia mined

Parliament signed off on two separate agreements this week, one a purchase and one a transfer, with the Dutch side restoring part of the fleet before it changes hands.

romania's jets shoot down bulgaria's navy blows up moldova only now funding air defense russia hits ukraine · post moldovan president maia sandu kyiv anniversary chernobyl nuclear disaster 26 2026

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Moldova is investing in air defense against the Russian drones crossing from Ukraine—Romania shoots down the ones that reach it

Allied fighters over the neighboring NATO member have destroyed intruding drones repeatedly this year, while the neutral country in between can track them crossing but not shoot them down.

suspected russian scheme obtain finnish citizenship ran more than 20 years before finland noticed · post passport police licensing service point tiina jutila / yle ukraine news ukrainian reports

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A suspected Russian scheme to obtain Finnish citizenship ran for more than 20 years before Finland noticed

Police and the Border Guard say the size of what they uncovered took them by surprise, and that several naturalizations were still moving through the system when the inquiry opened.

russia's number two online retailer reports drone attacks logistics hubs regions · post smoke rising beyond residential area blagoveshchensk bashkortostan russia 27 2026 exilenova ukraine news ukrainian

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Russia’s number two online retailer reports drone attacks on logistics hubs in two regions

Ozon reported attacks on two logistics hubs while analysts placed smoke over a Rosneft refining complex in Ufa.

norway's first drone defense went live fighter base—and it's training its own drones do same job · post launcher norway has acquired specifically shoot down mounted beside runway ørland base

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Norway’s Air Force put its first anti-drone system into service at the fighter base—and wants its own drones doing the same job

The system can detect a drone, identify it, and shoot it down—capability the base did not have when lights appeared over it last autumn.

russian aerospace forces officer killed bomb own car st petersburg · post which explosion lieutenant colonel cordoned off slavyanka micro-district russia 27 2026 blown up ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Russian Aerospace Forces officer killed by a bomb in his own car in St. Petersburg

The explosion tore apart a Geely outside an apartment block in a district where the Defense Ministry has bought housing for servicemen.

warehouse built hold 54 million items fire tambov oblast russia · post burned-out buildings wildberries logistics center kotovsk 26 2026 exilenova+ ukraine news ukrainian reports

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A warehouse built to hold up to 54 million items burned down in Tambov Oblast, Russia

It opened only last year as the central logistics point of Russia's largest online retailer and has now been hit by drones twice.

gasoline polystyrene—the mix police call napalm—was meant ukrainian drone plant slovakia · post man detained suspicion preparing arson attack items seized site eastern 2026 slovak ukraine news reports

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A gasoline and polystyrene mix—police call it napalm—was meant for a Ukrainian drone plant in Slovakia

Investigators say the three men charged were hired to set the fire, and about 70 employees could have been inside the hall when it went up.

SBU officers in camouflage and tactical gear, seen from behind during an operation.

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One tracked tank repairs, one marked artillery, one aimed bombs at civilians—all three got 15 years

Ukraine says two of the men came to Russian intelligence's notice through their own comments in chat groups, and the third through a relative working for Moscow's domestic security service.

ukraine mapped russia's su-35 down individual control units—and found 22 firms nobody has sanctioned · post interactive 3d model su-35s multirole fighter published ukraine's war&sanctions portal l-150-35 radar warning station

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Ukraine mapped Russia’s Su-35 down to individual control units—and found 22 firms nobody has sanctioned

The names cover engines, guidance, jamming gear, and the air-to-air missiles the aircraft fires.

fifth fire same refinery year—and russia still calls debris · post afipsky oil seen road night krasnodar krai 25 2026 сили оборони завдали удару по афіпському нпз у росії exilenova+

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The fifth fire at the same refinery this year—and Russia still calls it debris

Ukraine's military confirmed the strike, naming the Afipsky plant as a fuel supplier for the forces invading Ukraine.

fifty grams hexogen ten days late what germany missed after attack ukraine's plane · post german police vehicles officers apron beneath wing ukrainian cargo aircraft leipzig/halle airport 2026 leipzig halle

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About 50 grams of suspected military explosive lay in a German field 10 days after the attempt on Ukraine’s plane

Germany's police worked the ground for two days before a first assessment identified the substance, and other leads had already taken officers to a village north of the runways.

aid ukrainian red cross stockpiled winter kherson burned russian drone attack · post smoke rising over warehouse where caused fire 23 2026 fb kherson784818077_2 ukraine news reports

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Aid the Ukrainian Red Cross stockpiled for winter in Kherson burned in a Russian drone attack

Alongside the cold-weather equipment, the warehouse held the emergency materials aid workers use to close up buildings torn open by Russian strikes, the Ukrainian Red Cross says.

second russian mig-29 two days ukraine's drones worked over millerovo airbase · post fighter jet beside shelter rostov oblast russia ukrainian drone's sights 24 2026 telegram madyar ukraine news reports

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Second Russian MiG-29 in two days: Ukraine’s drones worked over Millerovo airbase

Four radar sets went down the same night, along with a plant SBS calls a solid-rocket-fuel works and two shadow-fleet ships—all named by Ukraine's drone commander.

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Yuri Zoria

Sofia gets seven minehunters from Belgium and the Netherlands for a sea Russia mined

Moldova is investing in air defense against the Russian drones crossing from Ukraine—Romania shoots down the ones that reach it

A suspected Russian scheme to obtain Finnish citizenship ran for more than 20 years before Finland noticed

Russia’s number two online retailer reports drone attacks on logistics hubs in two regions

Norway’s Air Force put its first anti-drone system into service at the fighter base—and wants its own drones doing the same job

Russian Aerospace Forces officer killed by a bomb in his own car in St. Petersburg

A warehouse built to hold up to 54 million items burned down in Tambov Oblast, Russia

A gasoline and polystyrene mix—police call it napalm—was meant for a Ukrainian drone plant in Slovakia

One tracked tank repairs, one marked artillery, one aimed bombs at civilians—all three got 15 years

Ukraine mapped Russia’s Su-35 down to individual control units—and found 22 firms nobody has sanctioned

The fifth fire at the same refinery this year—and Russia still calls it debris

About 50 grams of suspected military explosive lay in a German field 10 days after the attempt on Ukraine’s plane

Aid the Ukrainian Red Cross stockpiled for winter in Kherson burned in a Russian drone attack

Second Russian MiG-29 in two days: Ukraine’s drones worked over Millerovo airbase

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