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Assault “Hedgehogs”: Russia Equips Tanks With Massive Steel-Cable Domes - Militarnyi
Assault “Hedgehogs”: Russia Equips Tanks With Massive Steel-Cable Domes #Armor #Russia #T-72 #UAV #War with Russia T-80BVM with TMT-K mine trawl. Photo credits: Vodohray Russian forces have shown assault “hedgehogs” — tanks fitted with massive steel-cable anti-drone structures, mine trawls and…
Righteous wrath: how the legendary Pion howitzer saved Ukraine, and is there a future for 203mm calibre?
Dozens of ripped-off turrets from combat vehicles are strewn on the street, many with their hulls scattered around, deformed beyond recognition. The asphalt is a mess of armoured vehicles, fuel tankers and lorries. The only reminder that this used to be a street is an even row of neatly pruned…
NATO member stuns allies after 3 years of backing Putin amid Ukraine war?| Russia oil, Turkey, Erdogan
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More than just balloons: how Ukraine produces aerostats and why they matter in modern warfare
It's a cold autumn morning. A small group of soldiers fuss around a winch, trying to conceal it under a tree. An instructor and a commander supervise the process. Once the winch is hidden and the cable secured, they release an aerostat shaped like a small airship and fasten the cable to it. After…
Ukrainian forces halt expansion of Russian presence in northern Pokrovsk
The 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Air Assault Forces of Ukraine has stated that the defence forces have halted the expansion of the Russian presence in the north of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, and that the defence of Myrnohrad has been reinforced with additional units. Source: 7th Corps of the Air…
Vučić Offers Ammunition to Europe But Stresses Military Neutrality
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Serbia does not object to Europe purchasing ammunition from Serbia for Ukraine
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has proposed that Europe purchase ammunition from Serbia's defence companies, and stated he is not opposed to the idea that Serbian weapons might later be passed on to Ukraine. Source: Vučić in an interview with German political culture magazine Cicero, as reported…
Belarus again says it is ready to deploy its peacekeepers to Ukraine
Aleksei Skabei, Head of the Department for International Military Cooperation and Peacekeeping Activities of the Command of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Belarus, has said that Belarusian peacekeepers are ready to be deployed to Ukraine if required. Source: Radio Liberty,…
Russia no longer safe: Ukrainian drones changed geography of war
Since summer 2025, Ukraine has intensified its drone strike campaign against strategic Russian targets. Secret launches in rural Ukraine Long-range drones built in underground Ukrainian workshops have struck a series of Russian oil refineries, fuel depots, and military logistics centers, weakening…
Ukraine Proposes Sharing Anti-Drone Experience With Lithuania Amid Rising Russian Air Threats
The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Andrii Hnatov, met with his Lithuanian counterpart, Rear Admiral Giedrius Premeneckas on November 1. During the discussion, Lieutenant General Hnatov offered to share Ukraine's experience in countering unmanned aerial…
Sanctioned, Stateless, and Still Sailing: Expert Insights from the Frontlines of Maritime Sanctions
At a Glance: The EU’s 19th sanctions package and the U.S. actions on Rosneft and Lukoil mark a turning point in global energy enforcement. False-flag vessels now account for 29% of the dark fleet, with new fraudulent registries emerging from Tonga, Maldives, Mozambique, Angola, Botswana, Zambia, and…
Russian LNG Tanker Caught Faking Location to Circumvent U.S. Sanctions
Satellite images analyzed by Bloomberg show the CCH Gas vessel, linked to a Russian export project, is not where it claims to be, highlighting continued efforts to evade Western restrictions. 1 min read The Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez petroleum refinery in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia A liquefied…
Welcome to the Western Hemisphere | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Perhaps you were preparing for another round of operations in the Red Sea, or flying multinational patrols over Poland, or training with partners in the Philippines. Maybe you were a strategist who had been running wargames on defending Taiwan or Estonia. That doesn’t matter now, because the Trump…
Attack Helicopters Must Hunt the Hunters
“Bingo” means the point of no return: the call that fuel is running dry and the mission is over. The same call now threatens the attack helicopter itself. Army aviators face an existential crisis. They must find a meaningful role on the sensor-saturated modern battlefield or retire from combat…
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Punchlines: Wagner and Narva
Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries are not the kind of people you want to see on your doorstep. So it was unwelcome news in Estonia this Sunday when border guards spotted the group’s distinctive flag (skull and lightning bolts on black) on a Russian patrol boat on the Narva river. All the more so…
China has strengthened its positions in Russia's Siberia
Russia is sinking ever deeper into economic dependence on China. Raw-material projects in the Far East and Siberia are turning the region into a resource base for Beijing, while local communities remain excluded from the promised benefits. Details: As an example, the Foreign Intelligence Service…
Ukraine Wipes Out Russian Special Forces on Offshore Platform in the Black Sea, Video
Ukraine’s Navy has carried out a precision strike on a Russian offshore platform in the Black Sea used as a military observation post, according to the Ukrainian Navy on November 3. In a statement, the Navy said the operation targeted the Sivash drilling platform, where Russian forces had stationed…
Russia’s Vologda Unveils 9-Meter Statue of Ivan the Terrible - The Moscow Times
The northwestern Russian city of Vologda has erected a 9-meter-tall statue of Tsar Ivan IV, better known as Ivan the Terrible, the Kommersant business daily reported Monday. The monument, installed on Kremlevskaya Ploshchad near the Vologda Kremlin, will be officially unveiled on Tuesday, when…
Video Report: Meet One of Only Three Female Sappers in Ukraine’s State Emergency Service
Anti-personnel mines, booby traps, and tripwires are discovered daily across territories liberated from Russian occupation. Learn how Ukraine’s deminers are working to clear these hidden threats and reclaim the land. In the scorching heat of late August, a demining crew scans a field in the Kharkiv…
Russia eyes Cuba and Venezuela for nuclear deployment to pressure Washington, ISW says - Euromaidan Press
Russian officials are escalating nuclear threats toward the United States while President Vladimir Putin touts new nuclear systems. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that a senior Russian lawmaker suggested Moscow could deploy nuclear-capable missiles to Venezuela and Cuba, invoking…
Ukraine’s Spy Units Blow Up Russia’s Top-Secret ‘Oreshnik’ Missile Launcher Deep Inside Enemy Territory
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U.S. Soldier Commands Autonomous Black Hawk Missions for First Time
Lockheed Martin AIR Helicopters Usa Military exercise marks milestone in autonomous flight as non-pilot soldier directs cargo drops, resupply, and medevac operations using Sikorsky’s MATRIX technology. Defensemirror.com bureau 08:25 AM, October 31, 2025 348 For the first time, a U.S. soldier with no…
Yale report on taken Ukrainian kids cited by senators, denied by Russia
Ximena Solorzano, Head Photography Editor A Russian official dismissed a Yale report about the abduction and forced re-education of deported Ukrainian children as unscientific propaganda. Since its release in mid-September, a report from the Humanitarian Research Lab detailing the forcible…
The United States Allowed South Korea to Build a Nuclear Submarine in Philadelphia - Militarnyi
The United States Allowed South Korea to Build a Nuclear Submarine in Philadelphia #Asia #Fleet #Navy #Republic of Korea #South Korea #Submarines #USA #World The nuclear-powered submarine USS Massachusetts. Photo credits: US Navy The United States has officially approved South Korea’s plan to build…
Putin’s Strategic Failure: How the Ukraine War Is Eroding Russia From Within
31 October, 2025 RussiaUkraineEurope Former Chief of CIA's Central Eurasia Division Rob Dannenberg served as chief of operations for CIA's Counterterrorism Center, chief of the Central Eurasia Division and chief of the Information Operations Center before retiring from the Agency. He served as…
'Hurricane Hunters' who flew into eye of Melissa had to turn back due to turbulence, NOAA says
The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the "Hurricane Hunters," encountered heavier than normal turbulence while flying into the eye of Hurricane Melissa on Tuesday morning and were forced to turn back. The team is now returning to its operating location in…
DoD to send more military lawyers to Justice Department as some begin serving as temporary immigration judges
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is detailing military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as special assistant U.S. attorneys in offices handling immigration enforcement. The new memo, first reported by the Associated Press, comes as nearly two dozen military attorneys are set to begin hearing…
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Kentucky bans drones from being used to take fish or wildlife
Kentucky is banning the use of aircraft or unmanned aircraft, like drones, for hunting and fishing. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources said the new regulation, which went into effect earlier this month, bans people from using aircraft or unmanned aircraft systems “to fish, hunt…
Key Russia’s Air Defense Unit Was Infiltrated by Ukrainian Agents. Here’s What We Know
Ukrainian partisan movement ATESH claims to have conducted a reconnaissance operation inside a Russian air defense unit located near St. Petersburg. The group reported the infiltration of the 1488th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, military unit No. 03218, based near the settlement of Reshetnikovo in…
Ukraine to Receive Skyranger Air-Defense Systems Funded With “Hundreds of Millions” of Seized Russian Assets
Germany’s Rheinmetall stated that Ukraine will receive Skyranger 35 short-range air-defense systems mounted on Leopard 1 chassis, with the purchase to be financed by an EU member state using frozen Russian assets, the company announced on October 10. German arms manufacturer said the deal is worth…
ADAPTIVE INDOMITABLE UKRAINE's Surprise Airborne Attack inside Pokrovsk. Spy Chief Budanov on Site
Breaking: Ukrainian airborne assault forces currently engaged in surprise operations to cut off the flow of Russian infiltrators in Pokrovsk city: Several Assault Teams Under Kyrylo Budanov's Command Broke into Russian-Occupied Areas of Pokrovsk The operation reportedly involved multiple…
Trump: Orban asked for an exception to sanctions. We did not give it
Donald Trump (Photo: EPA/WILL OLIVER) US President Donald Trump says he has received a request from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to exempt Rosneft and Lukoil from sanctions. He told reporters on Friday on board Air Force One en route from Washington to Florida. "He [Orban] asked us for an…
Striking Russian Oil and The Ripple Effects | JD Supra
As Russian Energy Week concluded last week, Western governments strike to the heart of Russia’s energy sector with sanctions packages to cut of revenue that funds Russia’s continued war against Ukraine. Three significant packages were announced in October 2025: the U.S.’s sanctions targeting the…
Lukoil moves to divest foreign holdings following new wave of Western sanctions
EU energy ministers endorse full withdrawal from Russian oil and gas by 2028 Brussels enacts new measures to block indirect Russian oil flows in refining operations Privately owned Lukoil, Russia’s second-largest oil producer, has announced its plan to divest foreign holdings after the latest wave…
Anti-Tank Mines From Downed Russian Drone Destroyed In Sumy Region
US Europe Arab Asia Africa | Politics Economy Oil&Energy Entertainment Sport 403 Sorry!! Error! We're sorry, but the page you were looking for doesn't exist. Date 2025-11-01 02:04:39 (MENAFN- UkrinForm) According to Ukrinform, the Sumy region police reported this on Telegram. "The Ukrainian Defense…
Russia Now Controls FPV Drones via 4G to Evade Ukraine’s Jamming Systems
Russian forces have begun deploying FPV drones controlled through mobile LTE networks, marking a shift in their tactics against Ukrainian defense positions. According to Ukrainian electronic warfare specialist Serhii Beskrestnov, also known as “Flash,” Russia is using a modified version of the…
2,000 Trucks Stuck in Belarus After Lithuania Closes Border: Association
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Ukraine Destroys Three Lines of Russia’s Strategic Ring Pipeline in Moscow Region Overnight
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