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Turkey’s Korkut guns now shoot down Russian drones over Ukraine. Almost half of the jet-powered Shaheds still get through

Russia launched about as many of the fast ones as slow ones in September, by one analyst's count, and its winter assault on the power grid is still ahead.

byDavid Axe

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Putin calls Zelenskyy’s airspace warning “state terrorism” as shares in Russia’s national airline fall 5%

European and US airlines already avoid Russian airspace, while carriers from China, Turkey, and Gulf states continue using it.

byDaniel Thomas

Smoke rises from the burned and heavily damaged superstructure of the Golden Leo cargo ship at sea.

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Reuters: Russia dismisses Black Sea ceasefire idea after Ukraine’s offer

Reuters says Kyiv passed the proposal through a third party after attacks pushed carriers from Odesa and choked routes that move Ukrainian grain.

byDaniel Thomas

The negotiations took place in Istanbul under the mediation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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Erdoğan tells Merz Turkey is working to restart Russia-Ukraine peace talks ahead of Ankara NATO summit

Turkey is pushing to revive diplomacy ahead of the NATO summit it will host in Ankara next month.

byMaria Tril

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Washington just removed seven more Russians, two ships, and two Turkish firms from its sanctions blacklist

The Treasury's sanctions arm gave no reason for the 24 June deletions, which restore asset access and let American companies deal with the named parties again.

byYuri Zoria

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Finland’s FM: It’s too early to negotiate with Russia—while the EU is already weighing contact

Helsinki's top diplomat tied any future talks to one missing condition and pointed to next month's NATO summit as a place to take stock.

byYuri Zoria

russian drone kills egyptian cook civilian cargo ship black sea · post burning after strike 22 2026 ukr navy ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Russian drone kills an Egyptian cook on a civilian cargo ship in the Black Sea

The Turkish-owned bulk carrier Victress, bound for a Ukrainian port, caught fire after the overnight strike on 22 June. Another commercial ship sustained minor damage.

byYuri Zoria

szijjártó told lavrov he'd removed 72 russian entities eu sanctions — asked russia help find arguments removing more investigation reveals · post foreign minister sergei pins order friendship hungarian péter

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Szijjártó told Russia’s deputy minister he’d removed 72 entities from EU sanctions — then asked Moscow to write his arguments for removing more

The detail, buried in leaked transcripts from a call with Russia's deputy energy minister, reveals the full scope of Hungary's collusion: not just delisting oligarchs on request, but seeking Kremlin-authored justifications for Budapest's own EU lobbying.

byYuri Zoria

eu's 21st russia sanctions package target shadow fleet banks firms selling stolen ukrainian grain—politico · post altura vessel f5e0350f09933f86b813143d8314ece5e124eab757d855543e066b8431273664152698jpg ukraine news reports

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Sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker struck by drone near Istanbul, 140,000 tons of oil on board

The ALTURA had transported millions of barrels of Russian crude to India and China before the strike.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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Turkey’s Ukraine war bill: soybean imports at risk as Erdoğan warns of global crisis

Wartime disruptions already cut Ukrainian grain deliveries to Turkey 16%—and Ankara is now pushing hard for peace talks.

byPeeter Helme

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Ukraine’s defense industry is building a direct pipeline into Europe’s weapons market — one NATO certification at a time

Finland became the eighth Alliance member to finalize a mutual quality assurance deal, with five more in negotiation.

byYuri Zoria

iran hit abu dhabi peace talks — zelenskyy says next ukraine-russia-us round still days away · post ukrainian president volodymyr 14 2026 photo_2026 -02-14_22-11-42 us-pushed trilateral remains track despite us-iran

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Iran hit Abu Dhabi but not the peace talks — Kyiv says the next Ukraine-Russia-US round is still days away

The Ukrainian president says the 5-6 March trilateral is on track — he prefers Geneva, though Austria, the Vatican, or Turkey are also options if Russia wants a neutral venue.

byYuri Zoria

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Frontline report: Russian drone incursions push Turkey to the brink of closing Black Sea shipping routes

After shooting down unauthorized Russian drones near defense facilities and Istanbul, Turkey is signaling that continued violations could trigger crippling trade restrictions.

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Russian Orlan-2 drone reportedly found crashed in Turkey. Source: Clash Report

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Russian Orlan-10 drone crashes near Istanbul as Black Sea surveillance intensifies

Second drone incident in Turkish airspace this week.

byBenjamin Murdoch

A Russia's S-400 air defense system launchers.

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Erdoğan asks Putin to take back Russian S-400 SAM systems in move to win Trump’s favor

Ankara hopes returning the anti-air system will reset ties with Washington and lift US sanctions on its defense sector, per Bloomberg.

byYuri Zoria

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Turkey downs drone in Black Sea as aircraft strays into NATO-patrolled airspace

The aircraft was destroyed in a safe zone away from populated areas, though officials did not identify its type or origin.

byMaria Tril

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Ukraine denies involvement in attack on Russian tanker off the coast of Turkey

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry denied any involvement in the reported attack on Russian tanker Midvolga 2 off Türkiye's coast,…

byMaria Tril

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Turkish UAV fighter destroys aircraft for first time in history, marking Ukraine’s defense industry triumph (VIDEO)

Five F-16s fly alongside Turkish unmanned fighter as it shoots down aircraft.

byOlena Mukhina

washington lets russian oil loophole expire ending months seaborne sanctions relief · post benin-flagged boracay crude tanker shadow fleet vesselfinder 1 ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Russia-bound tankers hit by explosions off Turkish coast

Two oil tankers under international sanctions for transporting Russian crude exploded within an hour of each other off Turkey's Black Sea coast on 28 November, forcing the rescue of 45 crew members

byMaria Tril

mysterious explosion disables russian shadow fleet tanker off turkey’s coast — second ship hit hours later · post location fleet's kairos virat oil tankers evening 28 2025 vessel finder russian-shadow-fleet-tankers-kairos-virat-blew-up-in-black-sea-vesselfinder

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Two Russian shadow fleet tankers hit by mysterious blasts off Türkiye’s coast — both incidents in same area (MAP)

Turkey confirms Kairos suffered external impact and fire, while Virat billowed smoke just miles away in the Black Sea.

byYuri Zoria

Turkey

Turkey’s Korkut guns now shoot down Russian drones over Ukraine. Almost half of the jet-powered Shaheds still get through

Putin calls Zelenskyy’s airspace warning “state terrorism” as shares in Russia’s national airline fall 5%

Reuters: Russia dismisses Black Sea ceasefire idea after Ukraine’s offer

Erdoğan tells Merz Turkey is working to restart Russia-Ukraine peace talks ahead of Ankara NATO summit

Washington just removed seven more Russians, two ships, and two Turkish firms from its sanctions blacklist

Finland’s FM: It’s too early to negotiate with Russia—while the EU is already weighing contact

Russian drone kills an Egyptian cook on a civilian cargo ship in the Black Sea

Szijjártó told Russia’s deputy minister he’d removed 72 entities from EU sanctions — then asked Moscow to write his arguments for removing more

Sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker struck by drone near Istanbul, 140,000 tons of oil on board

Turkey’s Ukraine war bill: soybean imports at risk as Erdoğan warns of global crisis

Ukraine’s defense industry is building a direct pipeline into Europe’s weapons market — one NATO certification at a time

Iran hit Abu Dhabi but not the peace talks — Kyiv says the next Ukraine-Russia-US round is still days away

Frontline report: Russian drone incursions push Turkey to the brink of closing Black Sea shipping routes

Russian Orlan-10 drone crashes near Istanbul as Black Sea surveillance intensifies

Erdoğan asks Putin to take back Russian S-400 SAM systems in move to win Trump’s favor

Turkey downs drone in Black Sea as aircraft strays into NATO-patrolled airspace

Ukraine denies involvement in attack on Russian tanker off the coast of Turkey

Turkish UAV fighter destroys aircraft for first time in history, marking Ukraine’s defense industry triumph (VIDEO)

Russia-bound tankers hit by explosions off Turkish coast

Two Russian shadow fleet tankers hit by mysterious blasts off Türkiye’s coast — both incidents in same area (MAP)

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