Russia steers its long-range drones from ground towers—Kyiv says it hit one in occupied Crimea
Explosions rolled across occupied Crimea through the night as Sevastopol declared three air-raid alerts and much of the peninsula lost power.
Türkiye wants to send Ukraine old US-made cluster munitions—one human rights group is fighting to stop it
HRW is targeting a $256 million transfer of decades-old rockets and shells that Kyiv wants to resist the Russian invasion.
Sea drones, jet drones, and Neptune missiles hit one Russian port in a single night
Kyiv paired three different weapon types in a coordinated operation its president called unique against the Black Sea Fleet's last big base.
Romania found two Russian drones bobbing in its sea—and didn’t wait to ask questions
The military blew up the uncrewed aircraft near its flagship gas field once Kyiv confirmed they weren't Ukrainian.
Twelve kilometers from the war, a drone blast set a Moldovan field alight
Farther south, Bulgaria's defense ministry judged a separate drone that exploded near its gas network to be a Ukrainian decoy that strayed off course.
A wiring maker for Volkswagen and Škoda takes a Russian hit in Zhytomyr Oblast
The blow fell on a fully German-owned manufacturer that officials count among the region's budget-forming businesses.
Winter aid, a free-trade target, and a food-safety pact: what Ukraine and Serbia agreed in Belgrade
Beyond the symbolism, the two sides put concrete cooperation on paper across health, energy, and trade.
Third one down: Ukraine keeps destroying Russia’s $1.8 million Starlink jammers
Satellite imagery places the latest confirmed hit at an FSB border base in Gelendzhik on Russia’s Black Sea coast.
Russia parked an S-400 on a Black Sea shore. Ukraine’s drones knew exactly where
The coastal position of the anti-air missile system, sitting in plain view near a Russian resort town, burned for hours after the overnight strike.
Russia’s morning strike on a Kharkiv high-rise kills two men and wounds 21
Regional and city officials watched the toll climb through the day, with a young child among the many people hurt in the residential tower.
Five Russian defense bosses lose their EU assets and travel rights over Iskander and Sarmat missile production
The listed individuals run plants that produce precision components for the Iskander-M ballistic missile and the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental rocket. Three others head Russian companies building drone software, military radios, and space-based weapons technology.
Russia calls them “volunteers.” They’re Ukrainian prisoners of war forced into a new combat brigade
Moscow's Defense Ministry merged several POW-based battalions and detachments into a single formation, escalating a practice ISW has tracked since late 2022.
Russia covered its Pantsir-S1 in camouflage. Ukraine’s naval platforms delivered the drones that burned it
Separately, overnight strikes swept occupied Crimea from Kerch to Sevastopol, setting fire to the Hvardiiske airfield fuel depot, hitting a military equipment cluster in Feodosia, and forcing the Crimean Bridge to close.
The wreckage Russia collects from Ukrainian drone strikes may have a second life—aimed at NATO, Lithuania warns
Military intelligence gathered data showing Moscow may use captured drone parts for strikes on critical infrastructure in the region, aiming to obscure responsibility and shift blame to Kyiv.