Ex-FSB general who wired Russia’s spies and army found dead in Moscow—a gunshot, no note, no official report
The 83-year-old chaired a long-time supplier of encrypted communications for the country's security and military structures.
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Ukraine has knocked out seven of Russia’s 10 biggest warehouses as its air defenses fall short, ISW says
The drones keep reaching depots that help supply Moscow's military, faster than Russia can shield them. The latest strike occurred yesterday.
The Russian missile that hit Poland was made only months earlier, prosecutors found
It came off a production line in Moscow Oblast in the second quarter, according to the Lublin prosecutor's office.
Whatever came down on Lipetsk overnight, it started with a missile warning and ended in flames by the steel mill (updated)
Local Telegram channels had spread the missile-danger announcement hours before residents began filming blasts over the city.
Ukraine’s underground war reached one of Russia’s most important chemical plants
ATESH agents destroyed power and railway relay equipment near the Novomoskovsk Azot plant.
Russian maps blurred 119 of Russia’s own military sites in the Nordics and Baltics—and gave away their locations
The objects blurred on Yandex run from air bases and shipyards to nuclear-weapons facilities, reporters from four countries found.
Russia runs out of T-72Bs to refurbish and is now cannibalizing T-72As from 1970s, says expert
Russia s losing 100 tanks a month.
Russia’s “medical equipment” holding makes photodiodes for Iskander missiles. Most of it is still outside sanctions
The eighth Rostec holding has been exposed.
From Kalashnikov’s engineers to Kamov’s designers — 1.2 million Russian arms workers just lost their anonymity
An interactive map of 6,088 defense factories, released by hacktivists on the invasion's anniversary, exposes the personal data behind Russia's war machine.
Ka-52 Alligators flew to Kyiv’s Hostomel four years ago. The companies that build and fix them still aren’t sanctioned
The HUR intelligence agency published data on 34 Russian Helicopters enterprises under Rostec — 14 of which face no restrictions from any coalition country despite directly supporting Russia's helicopter fleet.
The plant makes ammonia and ammonium nitrate. The Russian army turns them into TNT and RDX. Ukraine just set it on fire — again
Dorogobuzh chemical plant in Smolensk Oblast was hit overnight on 25 February, the second strike in three months on a facility directly feeding Russia's munitions chain.
ISW: Russia is laying the groundwork for rolling involuntary call-ups as its recruitment system runs dry
A new Duma bill adopted on 18 February would criminalize criticism of reserve call-ups, while Bloomberg reports Russia lost 9,000 more troops than it replaced in January 2026 — the first time recruitment has visibly fallen behind losses.
Ukraine destroys Russia’s newest AI drone type on first encounter in air
Recovered Klin sample gives Ukraine window into Russia's AI drone technology with countermeasure adaptation to follow.
Ukrainian drones forced a change. Russia now pays more per shell to fire from farther away
1.1 million artillery rounds ordered. Long-range variants prioritized amid Ukrainian drone assaults.
Satellite imagery confirms Ukraine’s Flamingo missiles scored 4/4 hits Russian Skif-M factory tied to Su-57 production (PHOTOS, MAP)
Contrary to Russian claims that only one missile reached the target, the image shows all four hit the Skif-M facility in Russia's Belgorod on 23 September 2025.
“100% for Ukraine, 20% for Europe”: Expert warns 2026 could bring serious threats not only for Kyiv
Belarus makes chips, Iran makes drones, North Korea sends shells, China floods market
WP: China sent Ukraine just 72 miles of fiber-optic drone cable—but gave Russia 328,000 miles to power its FPVs
Despite cutting direct drone exports, China’s tech factories are keeping Russian drone makers in business—shipping the components that power their most advanced systems.
Ukraine’s drones roar deep into Russia — Penza military electronics plant in flames (video)
Regional authorities confirmed a large fire at the plant after residents posted videos of drones flying low over the city.
India helps Russia to increase Ukrainian civilian death rate with octogen explosives exports worth $1,5 million
Octogen exports from Telangana-based Ideal Detonators empower Russia’s arsenal, as Ukraine suffers record casualties during the last months.
Ukraine’s Intelligence: Massive gas pipeline explosion hits Russian military supply network, thousands kilometers from Kyiv
A strategic pipeline feeding military plants was destroyed in Langepas, causing tens of millions in losses.