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Putin’s escalating air offensive is overwhelming Ukraine’s defenses
01 Jul 2025 20:45 GMT
… of Ukrainian cities. The Kremlin’s goal is to make … missiles and ballistic missiles to overload Ukraine’s air defenses. Russia is also … blunting the threat posed by Putin’s expanding drone fleet.
… Eastern Europe and Turkey in the West to the Caucasus, Russia …
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The EU's defence push risks neglecting drone revolution
01 Jul 2025 17:58 GMT
In the early hours of 1 June, a fleet of unmarked trucks rolled into Siberia, each carrying what looked like an ordinary wooden trailer. Inside were 117 Ukrainian drones — quadcopters the size of a pizza box, armed with 3.2 kilogram warheads and vision- …
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Russian Black Sea Fleet Intends to Establish Base in Abkhazia
01 Jul 2025 18:01 GMT
Executive Summary:
Badra Gunba, president of the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia, has reiterated the region’s intentions to establish a Russian naval base at the Port of Ochamchire on the eastern coast of the Black Sea.
Moscow sees this move as essential …
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Will Russia’s capture of an entire Ukrainian region change course of war?
01 Jul 2025 17:47 GMT
… neighbouring Donetsk region.
Russia officially recognised the independence … Putin announced at a glittering ceremony in the Kremlin … in the city when Russian ballistic missiles damaged schools, hospitals and … war, the biggest in Europe since 1945, will reach …
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Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian drones strike Russian plant 1,300km from border, SBU source says
01 Jul 2025 21:12 GMT
Key developments on July 1:
'With surgical precision' — Ukrainian drones strike Russian plant 1,300km away, SBU source says
Russian missile strike on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast kills brigade commander, injures 30 people, Zelensky says
Ukrainian forces …
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Drone warfare: do Russia and Ukraine have sufficient resources for air defense?
01 Jul 2025 18:02 GMT
… least as many anti-missile missiles per year.
In … defense systems.
It is impossible to verify Putin and Shoigu's claims—Russia … used for air defense – than Russia.
And that's not … and the EU.
But to repel the massive strikes of Russia and Ukraine…
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EU Buying Weapons Tested on Palestine
01 Jul 2025 17:27 GMT
Israel sees an opportunity in a Europe rearming because of the supposed threat of Russia, writes Jessica Buxbaum.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at a defence ministers’ session in Brussels on June 5. (NATO/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
By Jessica …
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Ukraine says its drones hit Russian anti-aircraft missile plant
01 Jul 2025 15:31 GMT
Ukraine said its long-range drones hit a military plant on Tuesday that produces anti-aircraft systems in the Russian city of Izhevsk.
The Kupol facility in Russia’s Udmurtia Republic in the Volga region, more than 1,300 kilometers (808 miles) from the …
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Israel to supply Romania with air Defense System in $2.2B agreement
01 Jul 2025 14:11 GMT
Baku, July 1, AZERTAC
Romania has selected Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems for a $2.2 billion air defense deal, marking the second-largest defense export in Israel’s history, according to the Press Service of Israel (TPS-IL).
Romania’s Defense …
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How does sending more troops to Russia benefit North Korea?
01 Jul 2025 13:35 GMT
A delegation of senior North Korean military personnel left for Moscow on Monday, with analysts suggesting that Pyongyang is preparing to dispatch more troops in the coming weeks to help Russia in its war against Ukraine.
After visiting North Korea last …