The Russian military has struck a Ukrainian Gyruza-M-class patrol boat using its sophisticated Lancet loitering munition. Russian news agency RIA Novosti shared a video on Telegram of what appears to be a direct hit on one of the Ukrainian Navy’s few remaining patrol boats. Although the location of the attack was not indicated in the footage, […]
Iran admitted for the first time on Saturday that it has sent drones to Russia, but insisted they were supplied to its ally before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “We supplied Russia with a limited number of drones months before the war in Ukraine,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said, quoted by the official news agency IRNA. Ukraine and its Western allies have accused Russia of […]
Russia has claimed UK "specialists" helped Kyiv launch a drone attack on the fleet in Moscow-annexed Crimea
The Ukrainian government has ordered counter-drone systems with funds received through the sale of bracelets made of pre-war Azovstal steel, Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov revealed. Fedorov didn’t reveal the number of systems — called the “Shahed Catcher” — ordered from the 200 million Ukrainian hryvnia ($5.4 million) sale. Ukrainian blogger and volunteer Igor Lachenkov, […]
Russia has finally admitted to running out of weapons and equipment to supply its troops in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov recognized the weapons shortage months after media outlets reported suffering major blows in its invasion of Kyiv. He said that the government is taking “vigorous measures” to address the problem, such as creating a […]
Ukraine blames Israel for military alliance
Moscow said Monday that Ukraine had nearly completed developing a “dirty bomb,” after Russia’s defence minister in calls with NATO counterparts claimed Kyiv’s forces were planning to deploy the weapon. “According to the information we have, two organisations in Ukraine have specific instructions to create a so-called ‘dirty bomb.’ This work is in its final […]
Iranian personnel have been on the ground in Russian-occupied Crimea helping Moscow’s forces conduct attacks on Ukraine with Iran-made drones, the White House said Thursday. “We assess that Iranian military personnel were on the ground in Crimea and assisted Russia in these operations,” White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters. Kirby said that […]
Ukraine military shoots down more than 220 Tehran-supplied Shahed-136 weapons in a month
Ukraine has reported a spate of Russian attacks using Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones