The Swedish government has announced a new military aid package to strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses. The announcement, which was published in Svenska Dagbladet on February 23, 2025, the third anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, was made by Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson,…

Available Downloads Download the Brief 5324kb Remote Visualization The Issue Russia is conducting an escalating and violent campaign of sabotage and subversion against European and U.S. targets in Europe led by Russian military intelligence (the GRU), according to a new CSIS database of Russian…

Berezovsky City District Administration A court in the Russian town of Berezovsky has overturned the results of a mayoral election in which the incumbent tried to secure his own victory by making his driver’s wife his only opponent — only for her to win. But the unexpected winner, local government…

As of March 20, Ukrainian farmers had sown 250,400 hectares of spring grains and legumes across 19 regions – 16.7% more than by the same date last year, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported on Friday. According to the ministry, the sowing area includes 36,700 hectares of wheat (up from…

0 0 Author: Dr Javed Alam, Research Associate, Centre for Air Power Studies Keywords: North Korea, Nuclear-powered Submarine, Korean Peninsula The current global nuclear order is witnessing a significant transition. All nuclear weapons states are now in the process of modernising their weapon…

Over the past three years of full-scale war, Ukraine’s cultural figures have shifted from focusing solely on their craft to becoming diplomats, advocating for their culture abroad as the Russian army continues its relentless attempt to destroy it. At the same time, within Ukraine itself, a…

NewsArticlesBlogsVideo content Eng Укр Pol Esp Eng Укр Defense industry of UkraineUkraineWar with RussiaWorldEuropeMilitary assistance 21 March, 2025 Satellite Images Confirm Destruction of Engels 2 Ammo Depot A Ukrainian drone strike on the Engels 2 airbase in Russia’s Saratov region has resulted…

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The material state of Russia’s brand new Yasen-M class submarine has been called into question after apparent missing pieces were spotted on the hull as it arrived in Havana. But here’s why it’s a completely normal thing to see. As previously reported by The Aviationist, a fleet of Russian Navy…

When talks on the possibility of a ceasefire in Ukraine resume on Monday, the safety of Black Sea navigation will be on the agenda, according to both Ukraine and Russia. On Monday, U.S. officials will be meeting with a Ukrainian delegation in Riyadh, then separately with a Russian delegation.…

Last week, the Argentine Navy carried out a challenging rescue tow for a Chilean supply vessel that had lost power off Livingston Island, north of the Antarctic Peninsula. On March 13, the newly-established Maritime Rescue Coordination Center at Argentina's base on Dundee Island received a distress…

Discussions underway at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on how to decarbonize shipping ignore effective near-term solutions including slow steaming, more efficient routing and wind-assist retrofits. The implementation of these advances could be achieved by strengthening the Carbon…

The Syrian government's news outlets are hailing the arrival of the first crude oil tanker into the country since the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024. It comes mounting evidence points to Russia building a supply chain to alleviate Syria’s ongoing energy crisis. In a posting…

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended that 30 owners of 68 bridges across 19 states conduct a vulnerability assessment to determine the risk of bridge collapse from a vessel collision. The recommendation comes as part of the ongoing investigation into the collapse of…

I loved the 1980s, when I was a college student, and I especially loved the music. Lately, I’ve been thinking of a classic ’80s anti-war song by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, a British new-wave band, whose lyrics were an angry ode to the airplane that dropped the first nuclear weapon on Japan:…

Photo: Сергей Иванович via Adobe Stock Remote Visualization According to reports from Ukraine’s air force, Russia launched more than 19,000 missiles, including over 14,700 one-way attack drones, at targets in Ukraine from September 28, 2022, through December 28, 2024. Most of these one-way attack…

Share on: The ambassador of Russia in Cuba, Víktor Koronelli, reaffirmed his country's support for the improvement of the island's beleaguered energy system. During a work visit to the province of Mayabeque, Koronelli spoke about a project to modernize three generation units of 100 MW in Cuba,…

His first national voyage since joining the Navy in November 2023 The first visit to Galicia of the submarine 'Isaac Peral' S-81 of the Spanish Navy @DefAviation Esp 3·20·2025 · 21:57 0 The Spanish Navy's new S-81 submarine, the first of its class, "Isaac Peral," is the protagonist of a historic…

Two men have been found guilty of plotting to assassinate the Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in New York City in a murder-for-hire scheme that prosecutors said was financed by the Iranian government. The verdict was returned at a federal court in New York on Thursday, ending…

Visit the UK Parliament website House of Commons Library Home Research Resources Training and events About Subscribe Search UK ParliamentHouse of Commons LibraryResearch BriefingUkraine and Russia: A shift in US policy Research Briefing Published Thursday, 20 March, 2025 Research Briefing Americas…

Ukraine’s Air Force has released new official photographs providing the clearest view yet of their innovative “FrankenBuk” air defense system, which combines Soviet-era Buk-M1 tracked vehicles with Western RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles. This hybrid system represents just one of several creative…

​​Russia has overtaken the United Arab Emirates as India's top naphtha supplier in the past year, as Indian refiners capitalize on discounted Russian shipments, Reuters reported on March 20, citing preliminary ship-tracking data. Russia has redirected fuel exports to Asia following Europe's ban on…

"You're not in power yet but already lying like Goebbels," Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president and prime minister, wrote on Telegram on Thursday, comparing Germany's likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. Medvedev, who served a single term as…

Regional tensions over the South China Sea have tanked the sales of a popular children’s doll in Vietnam after it was put under investigation and accused of being unpatriotic because a design marking appeared to resemble China’s “nine-dash line”. The Baby Three doll is Chinese-made and had…

The recall of about 46,000 vehicles includes all models that were manufactured from November 2023, when the Cybertruck was first produced, through February. Listen to this article · 3:21 min Learn more The latest recall of the Tesla Cybertruck includes all models manufactured from Nov. 13, 2023 to…

Bloomberg Total Views: 918 February 28, 2025 Share this article By Weilun Soon Feb 28, 2025, (Bloomberg) –An aging oil tanker sanctioned by the US is being taken apart in an Indian scrapyard, a potential watershed moment for the so-called dark fleet in a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape.…

Russian forces launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine early on Wednesday, firing Iskander-M and S-300 missiles and deploying 145 Shahed-type drones, as well as decoy drones, according to Ukraine’s Air Force Command. Ukrainian military officials reported that air defenses shot down 72 attack drones…

The U.S. Military Sealift Command has marked a key milestone nearly a decade after it started the program to introduce a new class of fleet replenishment oilers, now known as the John Lewis class. Construction was authorized in 2016 and began in 2018 on the first ship of the class, and now she has…

A heated exchange between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a televised February 28 White House meeting triggered a variety of responses around the globe. In the Czech Republic, it unleashed an unprecedented wave of solidarity with Ukraine. Within the space…

NewsArticlesBlogsVideo content Eng Укр Pol Esp Eng Укр Defense industry of UkraineUkraineWar with RussiaWorldEuropeMilitary assistance 19 March, 2025 Patriot PAC-3 anti-aircraft missile system launcher. Photo: Swedish Ministry of Defense Air Defense Ukraine Ukraine - USA USA US President Donald…

By Maya Mehrara is a News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K.. Her focus is reporting on international news. She has covered Ukraine, Russia, immigration issues, and the revolution in Iran. Maya joined Newsweek in 2024 from the Londoners and had previously written for MyLondon, the Camden New…

The recently leaked trove of internal chat logs among members of the Black Basta ransomware operation has revealed possible connections between the e-crime gang and Russian authorities. The leak, containing over 200,000 messages from September 2023 to September 2024, was published by a Telegram user…

The French Caesar and Swedish Archer are two of the best artillery guns the West has produced, and both of them are in use after being donated to Ukraine. They are purpose-built for the kind of war the Ukrainians are fighting - where eyes are everywhere thanks to spy drones, and where any vehicle…

Military USAF’s ‘Angry Kitten’ EW pods to turn F-16s, A-10s, C-130s into electronic warriors The ongoing testing on the C-130 Hercules introduces real-time updates to electronic warfare tactics. Updated: Mar 18, 2025 01:39 PM EST Kapil Kajal a day ago Representative image of F-16. US military The…

France has said it will establish another nuclear-capable air base — its fourth — which will be equipped with two squadrons of the latest version of the homegrown Dassault Rafale multirole fighter. The change in fortunes for the base, Luxeuil, in eastern France, once threatened with closure, comes…

A Russian fighter drops a glide bomb. Russian air force capture A year ago, Russian air force fighter-bombers were lobbing a hundred glide bombs every day all along the 800-mile front line of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine. The satellite-guided KAB or UMPK glide bombs, each traveling 25 miles or…

More pages honoring diversity in US military history have been removed from defense department websites as the Pentagon undergoes what appears to be a purge of content that it considered to be related to diversity, equity and inclusion – or DEI. Articles about the Native American code talkers in the…

Ukraine’s Defence Ministry has approved the use of the Liut (Rage) ground robotic system in defence forces units. The system is designed for various tasks, including reconnaissance and fire support. Quote: "The Liut robotic system has been tested in real combat conditions. The robot is armed with a…