• CNBC

    Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil refineries show the growing threat AI drones pose to energy markets

    Ukraine's drone attacks show how long-range drones with artificial intelligence can pummel energy infrastructure.

  • Ukraine war: Russian double-tap strikes hit civilians then rescuers too

    Russia is following up initial attacks with repeat strikes targeting rescuers treating the wounded.

  • Ukraine-Russia war live: Seven Russian officers killed in strike near Mariupol

    At least seven Russian officers have been killed in a missile strike near occupied Mariupol, a Ukrainian official has claimed.]]>

  • New phase in Russia-Ukraine war roils energy markets as battlefield stalemate makes economic assets bigger targets

    “Both sides are probably realizing that the war on the front is turning into a stalemate and they cannot get any decisive outcome there.”

  • Ukraine War Funding and Failed Russian Sanctions

    This past weekend, April 20, 2024 the US House of Representatives passed a bill to provide Ukraine with another $61 billion in aid. Then the meassure quickly passed the Senate and was signed into law by Biden within days. The funds, however, will make little difference to the outcome of the war on the ground More

  • Russian drones chase Abrams tanks from Ukraine front lines

    The proliferation of Russian drones on the Ukrainian battlefield means "there isn't open ground that you can just drive across without fear of detection," a senior defense official told reporters Thursday.

  • Trump, Polish president meet in New York over Ukraine war

    Donald Trump and Polish President, Andrzej Duda discussed the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East over dinner Wednesday in New York, the former US president’s reelection campaign said. Real estate magnate Trump, on a one-day break from court appearances in his hush money criminal trial, hosted Duda at his Trump Tower property in Manhattan. Read More

  • Ukraine Drone Strike Hits Kremlin Bomber Factory in Russia

    Ukrainian forces struck a factory in eastern Russia charged with producing bomber aircraft for Moscow's military, according to Kyiv officials.The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine (HUR) told Ukrainian news outlets that its drones hit the Gorbunov Aviation Plant in Russia's Tatarstan region Wednesday morning. The plant, in the region's capital of Kazan, manufactures missile carriers and special-purpose aircraft, including Tu-22M3 and Tu-160M bombers.The facility is 435 miles east of Moscow...

  • Husband of jailed Russian blogger signs up for Ukraine war to secure her release

    Alexei Blinovsky reported to have joined unit popular with politicians and VIPs keen to curry favour with the KremlinWhen his wife, a prominent Russian Instagram influencer, was threatened with years of imprisonment over tax evasion charges, Alexei Blinovsky opted for what seemed the most viable means to secure her freedom in Russia today: he joined Vladimir Putin’s military campaign in Ukraine.Months earlier, his wife, Yelena Blinovskaya, a former beauty queen turned famous self-help coach,...

  • Video: Ukraine Destroys Russian Air Defense System With Attack Drone

    Ukrainian forces took out one of Russia's "Strela-10" Arrow air defense systems in a drone attack on Sunday, according to Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR).Video of the attack was shared to Telegram on Tuesday by HUR, which said that fighters of Kyiv's special operations unit detected the defense system along the front lines. The roughly 30-second footage shows the moment that Ukraine's first-person-view (FPV) drones struck the system, which went up in smoke after getting struck."On...

    • MSNBC

    Will Iran's drone strike on Israel end shadow wars between the countries?

    Amid drone strikes targeted at Israel, Iran has hinted at a three wave attack, including ballistic missiles which has the biggest potential to escalate things between the two countries. NBC News’ Richard Engel reports on the shadow wars Iran and Israel have been engaged in over the last several decades, and how Iran’s drone strikes on Israel potentially invite a direct response onto Iranian territory.

  • Ukraine war briefing: Long-range Atacms already hitting Russian forces

    Joe Biden gave missiles to Ukraine under prior funding, after the US reportedly warned Russia against using long-range missiles in Ukraine. What we know on day 792Atacms long-ranges missiles capable of hitting targets 300km away had already arrived in Ukraine this month at the president’s direction, before the US security package was passed by Congress on Wednesday, the state department has said. Vedant Patel, a state department spokesperson, explained that the weapons were part of a March aid...