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Ukraine War

Putin Just Got Handed the Bill for His Invasion of Ukraine: Missiles and Drones Seem Like They Can Hit Any Part of Russia Now

On the night of 14 August, Ukrainian forces hit the Ust-Luga port in Russia’s Leningrad Oblast, the region that encompasses Russia’s second city, St. Petersburg. The...

Reuben JohnsonAugust 17, 2026

Ukraine War

Ukraine Asked Russia for a Truce on Attacking Civilian Ships. Moscow Called It a Half-Measure and Simply Refused.

Storage is filling ahead of September's corn harvest, domestic prices have dropped below the cost of production, and farmers need export revenue now to...

Georgia GilholyAugust 14, 2026

North Korea Talk

Kim Jong Un Just Got Handed as Much as $22 Billion: What Selling Troops and Weapons to Russia Has Earned Him So Far

Roughly 9,500 are already there. Reuters reports North Korean supplies have at times covered around half of Russia's frontline munitions, and the next contingent...

Georgia GilholyAugust 13, 2026

KEKAHA, Hawaii — U.S. Army 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force fires the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), which can fire traditional rocket artillery rounds or long-range missiles with various payloads, on Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 11. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world' s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world' s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Courtesy Photo)

Ukraine War

Putin Has A Problem: Ukraine Smashed Russia in a ‘Massive Drone Attack’ That Hit Vital Grain Terminals

Moscow is rerouting cargo to the Baltic and Caspian and calling the campaign an attack on world food markets. Kyiv frames it as long-range...

Stephen SilverAugust 13, 2026

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Dropped a New Warning for Putin: Kyiv’s Drones Just Hit a Major Oil Refinery as Russia Energy Crisis Keep Getting Worse

The news comes just a few short days after an August 11 drone attack damaged the Orsknefteorgsintez oil refinery, prompting the introduction of limits...

Georgia GilholyAugust 13, 2026

An M109 Paladin, assigned to 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, fires a round of high-explosive artillery during Dynamic Front on Forward Operating Site Torun, Poland, Nov. 19, 2024. Dynamic Front takes place from Nov. 4-24 in Finland, Estonia, Germany, Poland, and Romania, and demonstrates NATO’s ability to share fire missions, target information, and operational graphics from the Arctic to the Black Sea. It increases the lethality of the Alliance through long-range fires, builds unit readiness in a complex joint, multi-national environment, and leverages host nation capabilities to increase USAREUR-AF’s operational reach. Dynamic Front includes more than 1,800 U.S. and 3,700 multi-national service members from 28 Allied and partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Julian Winston)

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Pulled Off a Strategic Master Stroke on Russia in the Black Sea Using Drones — Putin Has a Problem

Zelensky called the Novorossiysk strike a 'unique operation' against the fleet's last Black Sea stronghold, with hits on piers and port infrastructure confirmed and...

Jack BuckbyAugust 12, 2026

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Ukraine War

Russia Just Dropped a New Warning: Putin Threatens to Answer European Ship Seizures ‘Anywhere,’ Even the Pacific

Putin threatens to answer European ship seizures 'anywhere,' even the Pacific — while just nine of up to a thousand shadow tankers sit held.

Georgia GilholyAugust 12, 2026

Ukraine War

Putin Spent Last Week Promising Victory — Moscow Spent It Holding Secret Funerals After the Bombing Near the Kremlin

Putin's week of victory promises collided with secret funerals in Moscow. A major general was buried in a closed, guarded ceremony; state registers point...

Reuben JohnsonAugust 12, 2026

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Ukraine War

Putin Is Said to Have a ‘Pathological Fear’ of Drone Strikes — and Kyiv Just Burned the S-400 Guarding His Favorite Palace

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces say their drones destroyed the S-400 battery screening Putin's palace near Gelendzhik, leaving it 'ablaze and sputtering' for three hours....

Reuben JohnsonAugust 11, 2026

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Ukraine War

Putin Just Got Handed the Bill for His Invasion of Ukraine: Missiles and Drones Seem Like They Can Hit Any Part of Russia Now

Ukraine War

Ukraine Asked Russia for a Truce on Attacking Civilian Ships. Moscow Called It a Half-Measure and Simply Refused.

North Korea Talk

Kim Jong Un Just Got Handed as Much as $22 Billion: What Selling Troops and Weapons to Russia Has Earned Him So Far

Ukraine War

Putin Has A Problem: Ukraine Smashed Russia in a ‘Massive Drone Attack’ That Hit Vital Grain Terminals

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Dropped a New Warning for Putin: Kyiv’s Drones Just Hit a Major Oil Refinery as Russia Energy Crisis Keep Getting Worse

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Pulled Off a Strategic Master Stroke on Russia in the Black Sea Using Drones — Putin Has a Problem

Ukraine War

Russia Just Dropped a New Warning: Putin Threatens to Answer European Ship Seizures ‘Anywhere,’ Even the Pacific

Ukraine War

Putin Spent Last Week Promising Victory — Moscow Spent It Holding Secret Funerals After the Bombing Near the Kremlin

Ukraine War

Putin Is Said to Have a ‘Pathological Fear’ of Drone Strikes — and Kyiv Just Burned the S-400 Guarding His Favorite Palace

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