Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has asked Russia to repair Soviet-era fighter jets and supply missiles, while seeking radar systems from China and long-range drones from Iran, according to internal US government documents obtained by The Washington Post
According to Zaluzhnyi, a new doctrine is being formed that will create armies of robots and artificial intelligence, but Europe still postpones difficult defense decisions in favor of comfort and political popularity.
Ukraine’s sanctions envoy said that Moscow’s drone assembly plants in Tatarstan and Izhevsk can’t operate without imported microcontrollers and digital converters.
Moscow's agricultural crime network generates millions in military funding while international buyers become unwitting accomplices in financing Ukraine's destruction.
Iran's most dangerous nuclear material—408kg of uranium enriched to near-weapons-grade levels—was not destroyed in US bunker-buster attacks because it had been reportedly moved from the targeted Fordow facility beforehand.
Iran's missile transfers to Russia face disruption as Tehran prioritizes its own stockpile amid escalating conflict with Israel, with Western officials reporting the Islamic republic now holds 1,445 missiles from an estimated 3,000 original inventory.