Russia may target southern Europe with drones launched from merchant ships—El Mundo
The drones’ small explosive payloads could temporarily close airports or ports without causing widespread destruction, the outlet says.
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A fresh $42 million, new sanctions, and a seat in the coalition rebuilding Ukraine’s Navy. Australia just signed its long-term security pact with Ukraine
The pact bundles weapons, energy, and humanitarian aid, widens sanctions to nearly 1,900 measures, and brings Canberra's total support to nearly $1.3 billion.
300 Russian shadow fleet ships disabled in 11 weeks—the Azov Sea is at a standstill, Ukrainian drone force commander says
The milestone marks a jump from the 201 reported in late July, though the pace has slowed as shipping traffic in the strike zone thinned out.
The US House just passed the first major Russia oil sanctions in two years—one signature stands between them and law
Named for the late Senator Lindsey Graham, it clears the way for tariffs of up to 100% on China, India, and the other top buyers of Russian energy.
US struck 5 Iranian tankers – 3 were also linked to Russia’s shadow fleet
The vessels had carried Russian oil, called at Russian ports, or operated through networks used to evade sanctions, according to Ukraine.
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.
A 141-meter ship mysteriously “disappeared” in the Black Sea near Novorossiysk, while Russian authorities are keeping the incident under wraps
The vessel may have been carrying military cargo, according to the OSINT project Exilenova+.
Ukraine sinks Russian ship and hits three refineries processing millions of tons a year, same night
Kyiv continues to dismantle Russia's tools of war against Ukraine.
Russia builds sea drones to hunt Ukraine—Ukraine just torched the base where they sit in occupied Crimea
Operators struck the hangars of a Russian naval uncrewed-boat base at Snizhne, near Yevpatoriia, setting off a large blast. Other targets: radars, a launcher, a Shahed base.
Ukraine hits 201 Russian shadow fleet ships in three weeks. Commander says Crimea’s supply route is now blocked indefinitely
The campaign has run alongside strikes on Crimea's power grid and air defenses, part of a broader effort to make holding the peninsula costlier by the week.
EU adopts largest sanctions package on Russia: 218 names and 100+ banks and crypto platforms among those on the list
Banks, refineries, drone parts, crypto exchanges: the bloc's 21st sanctions package reaches further into Russia's economy than any round before it.
Ukrainian drones slash Kerch ferry crossing capacity by 75%, as daily strikes continue on Russian vessels and occupation energy infrastructure
Ukraine’s drone forces reported strikes against Russian logistics and energy infrastructure, including the Kerch ferry crossing, Black Sea vessels, and power substations in occupied Crimea and eastern and southern Ukraine.
Ukraine is trying to wreck Russia’s oil fleet without spilling its oil—the Black Sea can’t take another slick
Ukraine's countershipping campaign risks polluting the fragile Black Sea. Drone operators are trying to spill less oil.
US Sen. Graham’s Russia sanctions bill sat stalled for over a year—now the Senate has the votes to pass it
Lindsey Graham told colleagues he had the White House on board just hours before his sudden death.
Ukraine just hit its 159th Russian ship in 12 days—and the campaign has no end date
The drone chief promised the "shipfall" would run indefinitely.
Baltic nation boosts security at dam, gas storage facility due to Russian threat
Latvia's Prime Minister named a gas facility and the dam upstream of the capital as the sites now under heavier guard.
Ukraine’s spy service and navy team up to strike two Russian crude tankers in the Black Sea
The "Mamai" naval drones destroyed vessels the SBU calls legitimate targets and working parts of Russia's war machine.
Ukraine hit 147 Russian shadow-fleet ships in 10 days. Now Moscow is pulling its best drone unit off the front to guard the tankers, partisans say
Rubicon built its reputation hunting Ukrainian logistics near Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine. A partisan network says it's being sent to sea instead.
One Greek company keeps Russia’s Arctic gas moving—and Athens won’t let the EU touch it
Dynagas has carried more than 10 million tons of Russian LNG since 2025 across 144 voyages.
A month’s worth of Russia’s oil exports is stuck at sea—135 million barrels loaded but not delivered
Bloomberg's vessel-tracking and price data put the four-week value of Russia's seaborne crude exports back near $1.7 billion, down from a weekly spike near $2.5 billion on the chart earlier this year.