War & Conflict
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Ukrainian drones hit Russian frigate and minesweeper in Sevastopol attack of October 2022
SEVASTOPOL, July 9 — The shift in the Black Sea is no longer a slow burn; it is…
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Attacks on Black Sea shipping widen, raising insurance costs and freight rates
MOSCOW, July 9 — The recent strikes on Russian naval vessels in the Black Sea are driving up…
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Russia’s Black Sea Fleet: From Potemkin’s 1783 Founding to Ukrainian Strikes
SEVASTOPOL, July 9 — Against this backdrop of grinding war along the Black Sea littoral, the Russian Black…
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Ukraine Says Its Navy Drone Boat Sank a Russian Drone Boat in Black Sea
KYIV, July 9 — The shift is already underway in the Black Sea, and it is rewriting the…
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Ukraine Says Drones Hit 21 Vessels in Sea of Azov Over 72 Hours
SEVASTOPOL, July 9 — Ukrainian forces struck 21 Russian naval vessels in a concentrated 72-hour campaign, according to…
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Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Operating From Diminished Capacity Since 2022
SEVASTOPOL, July 9 — The shift in the Black Sea is no longer a slow creep; it is…
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Iran’s Qaani Says US Exit From Iraq Opens Way for Militias
TEHRAN, July 9 — Esmail Qaani has now spent more than five years as the commander of Iran’s…
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Ukraine Claimed It Killed Admiral Sokolov, Then Russia Released Video of Him Alive
MOSCOW, July 9 — The fate of Admiral Viktor Sokolov, the former commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet,…
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Ukraine’s Drone Forces Hit 21 Russian Vessels in 72 Hours, 19 of Them Tankers
MOSCOW, July 9 — Ukrainian forces struck 21 Russian naval vessels during a concentrated 72-hour period in early…
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Strikes on Black Sea Ports Choke Grain Exports and Raise Hunger Fears
ROME, July 9 — Against this backdrop of war in Ukraine, the global food system has been shaken…
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How Russian Electronic Warfare Systems Jam Ukrainian Drones and Western Munitions
MOSCOW, July 9 — The shift is subtle, but it is reshaping the battlefield in Ukraine. For years,…
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Zelenskyy Says He Feels Betrayed by Trump After Ukraine’s Starlink Access Is Restricted
KYIV, July 9 — Against this backdrop of grinding frontline warfare and electronic warfare duels in the skies…
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Ukraine Steps Up Strikes on Russian-Annexed Crimea to Cut Off Supplies
SIMFEROPOL, July 9 — Against this backdrop of grinding war, the Crimean Peninsula remains the most strategically contested…
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Ukraine Says Drones Hit 21 Russian Vessels in the Sea of Azov in 72 Hours
KYIV, July 9 — Ukraine’s youngest-ever cabinet minister, a former digital marketing entrepreneur who helped engineer President Volodymyr…
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Ukraine’s 2023 Counteroffensive: Why It Fell Short of Its Goals on the Zaporizhzhia Front
KYIV, July 9 — The summer of 2023 may have been a season of high expectation for Ukraine’s…
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Ukraine Hit 21 Russian Ships in 72 Hours, Then Struck Novorossiysk Naval Base
SEVASTOPOL, July 9 — Ukrainian forces struck 21 Russian naval vessels over a 72-hour period in late September…
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Ukraine Hits 21 Russian Shadow Fleet Vessels in the Azov Sea in 72 Hours
NOVOROSSIYSK, October 2023 — In a concentrated 72-hour window from October 6 to October 8, Ukrainian forces struck…
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Russian Electronic Warfare Cripples Ukraine’s Starlink Advantage
KYIV, July 9 — The electronic warfare battle for the skies over Ukraine has taken a new turn,…
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German Court Jails Two Men Over Iranian-Directed Plot to Kill Jewish Leaders
WASHINGTON, July 9 — When the United States designated Iran’s Quds Force a terrorist organization in April 2019,…
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Ukraine’s Black Sea Grain Corridor Keeps Running Under Russian Strikes on Ships and Ports
KYIV, July 9 — Against the backdrop of the Black Sea, a fragile but vital artery for Ukrainian…
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Magura V5 drone boats sank three Russian warships in 2024, then the fleet moved
KYIV, July 9 — The economics of naval warfare have shifted, and the math is brutally simple. A…
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Ukraine’s Starshield Service Restored After Disruption That Hit Drone Missions
KYIV, July 9 — Ukraine’s extensive drone warfare campaign, a cornerstone of its military strategy since the full-scale…
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Carnegie Analysis: Ukraine Has Cut Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Down Without a Navy
ISTANBUL, July 9 — The Black Sea, a waterway that has witnessed empires rise and fall, is once…
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Storm Shadow and SCALP-EG Missiles Enable Ukraine’s Deep Strikes
LONDON, July 9 — Against this backdrop of grinding attrition along the front lines, a precision weapon has…
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