War & Conflict
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Black Sea Attacks by Russia and Ukraine Squeeze Global Grain Shipments and Energy Markets
KYIV, July 14 — The shift is happening on the water, and it is not subtle. Ukraine’s drone…
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Ukraine’s Drone Forces Report Hitting 1,559 Russian Targets and 15 Vessels in 24 Hours
KYIV, July 14 — The shift is unmistakable. Drone warfare has officially entered its industrial-scale phase, and Ukraine’s…
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Russia Seized Three Ukrainian Navy Ships and 24 Sailors Near Kerch Strait in 2018
KERCH STRAIT, November 2018 — The shift was unmistakable. When Russian coast guard vessels opened fire on and…
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Ukrainian Drones Hit Two Oil Refineries in Ufa, 1,500 km From Front
KIEV, March 23 — The shift is unmistakable: Ukraine is taking the war deep into Russian territory, and…
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Ukrainian Drone Attacks Start Fires at Russian Refinery, Fuel Depots and Port
MOSCOW, July 14 — Ukraine’s military confirmed on January 29, 2025, that its forces had conducted successful drone…
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Ukraine Hits Two Russian Refineries and Three Missile Plants, General Staff Says
KYIV, July 14 — Against this backdrop of grinding war, the geography of the conflict has shifted decisively,…
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Trump Tells Congress US Is Back at War With Iran, Restarting War Powers Clock
WASHINGTON, July 14 — The scene inside the White House briefing room was tense by mid-afternoon, as a…
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Major General Soleimani’s death sparks direct U.S.-Iran military exchange
BAGHDAD, July 14 — Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, was killed by a U.S. drone…
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Israel Says It Killed IRGC Navy Chief Tangsiri, Architect of Iran’s Hormuz Closure
TEHRAN, July 13 — Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, remains…
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Ukraine Hits 105 Russian Shadow Fleet Ships, Strikes Crimea Power Grid
KYIV, July 13 — Ukraine’s military struck 105 vessels belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet over an eight-day period…
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From Praying Mantis to Soleimani: A History of US-Iran Naval Confrontation
MANAMA, July 13 — The Persian Gulf has long been a stage for some of the most dangerous…
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Ukraine’s Drone War: Heavy Losses, Constant Replacements and a Revived Soviet Strike Drone
KYIV, July 13 — The shift is unmistakable. Drones have fundamentally rewritten the rules of engagement in modern…
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Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Depot in Stavropol, Explosions in Moscow Oblast
STAVROPOL, March 1 — Ukrainian forces struck an oil depot in Russia’s Stavropol Krai today, a region in…
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Zelensky Says Drones Hit Omsk Refinery as Russian Refining Capacity Falls
MOSCOW, July 13 — Against this backdrop of grinding war and tightening Western sanctions, Ukrainian drone strikes on…
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Ukrainian Drones Hit Wildberries Warehouse Near Moscow in One of War’s Largest Attacks
KYIV, July 13 — The shift is subtle but unmistakable. After the March 1, 2025 strike, the pattern…
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Ukraine’s 2024 Drone Strikes on Russian Refineries, From Taneco to Novoshakhtinsk
KIEV, July 13 — The mechanics here are straightforward, and they have been grinding away for over two…
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Ukrainian Drone Strikes on Refineries Forced Russia to Import Belarusian Gasoline in 2024
MOSCOW, July 13 — Against the backdrop of a grinding war, Ukraine has systematically turned its attention to…
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Zelensky Says Ukrainian Strikes Cut Oil Shipments at Three Russian Ports
MOSCOW, July 13 — The shift is unmistakable. Ukraine’s campaign of strikes on Russian oil infrastructure has carved…
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Ukraine’s Deep-Strike Drones Hit 697 Targets in Russia in First Half of 2026
KYIV, July 13 — The shift is unmistakable. Ukraine has built a domestic drone industry from scratch, turning…
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Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Digital Minister, Drives the Country’s Drone Production Push
KYIV, July 13 — Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, has overseen the production of thousands of…
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Trump Says Ukraine and Russia Agreed to Halt Energy Strikes; Kyiv and Kremlin Call It a Proposal
KYIV, July 13 — The mechanics here are worth watching closely. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president elected in…
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Ukraine’s January 2025 refinery strike and the growth of its long-range drone campaign
KYIV, July 13 — The January 29, 2025 strike on Russian energy infrastructure did not happen in a…
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Crimea Halts Public Fuel Sales as Ukraine Hits Oil Depots and Logistics Sites
STAVROPOL, Russia — Against the backdrop of a grinding war of attrition, Ukraine has methodically targeted the fuel…
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Ukrainian Drones Hit Saratov Refinery in Latest Deep Strike on Russian Oil
KYIV, July 13 — Against this backdrop of a grinding war of attrition, Ukraine has steadily transformed drone…
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