Delegations from Ukraine and Russia met in Istanbul on Monday for their second round of direct negotiations in three weeks. As in the previous meeting, held on May 16, the Russian side was led by presidential advisor Vladimir Medinsky. Ukraine’s delegation was headed by Defense Minister Rustem…

The math is unforgiving: Ukraine has fewer than 50 F-16s. Russia has 50,000 troops massing on one front alone. The Ukrainian air force is sortieing its small fleet of ex-European F-16s to drop American-made glide bombs on Russian regiments rolling into Sumy Oblast. Two months after an elite Russian…

Cue the Star Wars theme music. In Ukraine, we just witnessed an epic real-life fiery version of the “Return of the Jedi” movie. Of the nine principles of war described by Carl Von Clausewitz in his book “On War,” surprise often yields the biggest dividend. It is achieved by “strik[ing] the enemy at…

On May 25, Russia and Ukraine completed the largest prisoner exchange since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion. The deal brokered during renewed talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul allowed thousands of people to return home. But not a single one of them was from the…

Screenshots via YouTube. Russian state media personalities reacted glumly to the news of Ukraine’s drone strike on Russian aircraft in a clip flagged by Daily Beast reporter Julia Davis, calling for a harsh crackdown on the truckers who were unwittingly duped and the soldiers who posted video of the…

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By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Panama’s Maritime Authority has removed from its registry more than 650 vessels since 2019 as part of an effort to fulfill U.S. sanctions and enforce stricter rules for the ships it flags, it said on Monday. A total of 214 vessels have been withdrawn from…

It is noted that a satellite image confirms the destruction of at least one A-50 AEW&C aircraft. "High definition satellites are suspected to have captured multiple damaged early warning aircraft at Ivanovo Severniy Air Force Base (with signs of damage still visible on the apron) from Mizarvision,"…

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Donald Trump’s demand for a sprawling legislative package of expensive tax cuts and big spending reductions is running into trouble as even his strongest Republican allies…

A day after a coordinated Ukrainian drone attack on long-range bombers deep inside Russian territory, military observers are calling it a major blow against Moscow and a dramatic new offensive strategy. Ukrainian officials said the drones were smuggled into Russia on trucks and carried out strikes…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia called the issue of deported children a “show for childless European grandmothers” during Istanbul talks and admitted to abducting several hundred youngest Ukrainians, UkrInform reports. These were the second direct talks between Ukraine and Russia…

07:27 EDT 03 Jun 2025, updated 07:33 EDT 03 Jun 2025 Ukraine's SBU security service said on Tuesday it had hit the road and rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula below the water level with explosives. The SBU said in a statement on the Telegram app that it had used 1100 kilograms of…

An explosion occurred at Kerch Strait Bridge this morning. Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) on 3 June confirmed it carried out an operation to damage the Kerch Bridge from below the waterline, marking the third time Ukrainian forces have struck the Russian-built structure connecting occupied Crimea…

ENGРУСУКР Censor.NET News Events Articles Photo Video Statistics Archive Censor.NET on social networks Mobile Applications About us Donate to CN 16538 visitors online News SSU special operation blow up of a Crimean bridge 03.06.25 14:20 17 804 The Security Service of Ukraine has hit the Crimean…

The Ukrainian delegation in the US will discuss sanctions against Russia, the return of Ukrainian children, and an investment fund for reconstruction Kyiv • UNN June 3 2025, 10:10 AM • 1604 views A Ukrainian government delegation has arrived in Washington for talks. The priorities are strengthening…

Darren Beattie and his Russian wife Yulia Kirillova A senior official who dismantled the US government's Russian disinformation unit is married to a Russian woman with ties to the Kremlin, The Telegraph newspaper has revealed. Darren Beattie has caused alarm within the State Department since he was…

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A Ukrainian delegation led by Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko has arrived in the United States for meetings with representatives of US President Donald Trump's team to discuss a range of issues. Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, stated that in Washington, the…

Today, there are a lot of interesting updates from the Kupiansk direction. Here, along the Oskil River near Kupiansk, Ukrainian special forces just carried out one of the boldest operations of the war. In a surprise helicopter raid deep behind Russian lines, they landed undetected and tore through…

“Imagine you’re wearing a backpack. Not for a day, not for a week — for three years. You sleep with it, play with it, go to school with it. That backpack is fear.” This is how Oksana Pisareva, a psychologist at the Voices of Children foundation, describes the emotional burden Ukrainian children have…

ENGРУСУКР Censor.NET News Events Articles Photo Video Statistics Archive Censor.NET on social networks Mobile Applications About us Donate to CN 9140 visitors online News Photo 03.06.25 22:28 1 848 Zelenskyy couple presents presidential "Future of Ukraine" award to children for first time. PHOTO…

On a quiet Sunday morning, the remote Belaya air base in Russia’s Irkutsk region, over 4,000 kilometers from Ukraine’s front lines, became the scene of a dramatic escalation in the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Photo credit: UAC Shattered nuclear triad? How Ukraine exposed Russia’s…

by Ship & Bunker News Team Tuesday June 3, 2025 Follow @shipandbunker Sweden will enforce new rules from 1 July requiring foreign ships to submit insurance details. File Image / Pixabay The Swedish government has taken a decisive step to counter the growing threat of Russia's shadow fleet. Starting…

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The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has ordered the US navy to strip the name of prominent gay rights activist and navy veteran Harvey Milk from a ship during the middle of June – a month meant to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community – according to multiple outlets. The order to rename the USNS Harvey…

Europe's efforts to make ready its armed forces in anticipation of a major conflict with Moscow have broken new ground as the Russia-Ukraine war entered a new phase this weekend following a historic operation by Kyiv's security service. Ukraine on Sunday pulled off an unprecedented attack in which…

Now, new purchases of military equipment specifically for Ukraine, as well as investments in Ukraine’s defense industry, will be counted by NATO countries as defense spending under the Alliance’s new budgetary targets. According to Euractiv, the deal is still subject to revision before NATO’s annual…

Available Downloads Download the Brief 13385kb Remote Visualization The Issue Russian military forces have failed to effectively advance along multiple axes in Ukraine, seized limited territory, lost substantial quantities of equipment relative to Ukraine, and suffered remarkably high rates of…

Topic: Aircraft Blog Brand: The Buzz Region: Eurasia June 3, 2025 Share Russia has three main strategic bombers—all of which suffered losses from Ukraine’s daring “Operation Spiderweb” attack on Sunday. Operation Spiderweb, the daring Ukrainian drone attack targeting Russian strategic bombers deep…

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A chilling new wave of ultra-nationalist fiction is sweeping through Russia, and it is aimed straight at the country's teenagers and young men. Dubbed 'Z literature', the action-packed novels are being branded the Kremlin's latest weapon in a growing propaganda war as they lure vulnerable young…

The Armed Forces of Ukraine showed the destruction of the latest Russian electronic warfare system "Borisoglebsk-2" from a distance of 70 kilometers Kyiv • UNN May 31 2025, 03:06 AM • 31757 views SBS operators, in cooperation with other units, discovered and destroyed the RB-301B Borisoglebsk-2…

News Defense “It’s love nonetheless, so it’s better than no love,” EU’s chief diplomat says at a defense forum in Singapore. Share options Copy Link EMail Twitter WhatsApp Linkedin Free article usually reserved for subscribers High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and…