Local residents carry their belongings as they leave their home ruined in the Saturday Russian rocket attack in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, on January 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Russia has been targeting Ukraine’s critical infrastructure in a series of drone attacks early on January 2 on Kyiv and the region surrounding it, officials said. Russia … Read more
Yevhenia Podvoiska and Tatiana Kuznetsova, from left, both policewomen, steer and navigate a drone during class in Kyiv on Oct. 27. Students must learn to work in pairs: a pilot and a navigator. Julian Hayda/NPR hide caption toggle caption Julian Hayda/NPR Yevhenia Podvoiska and Tatiana Kuznetsova, from left, both policewomen, steer and navigate a drone … Read more
A top Pentagon official said Tehran’s alleged kamikaze strike on an oil tanker undermines regional stability A senior US military commander has accused Iran of conducting a drone attack on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman on Wednesday. This statement was echoed by an Israeli official quoted by CNN, who linked the incident … Read more
The vessel owned by an Israeli tycoon sustained some minor damage, with no casualties reported An oil tanker, which belongs to an Israeli billionaire, has been struck by what is suspected to be an Iranian bomb-carrying drone in the Gulf of Oman, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing sources. The attack took place … Read more
The X-37B reusable spacecraft has touched down in Florida after spending 908 days in orbit The US military’s secretive X-37B unmanned spacecraft has touched down at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center after completing a classified mission that included orbiting the planet for a record 908 days. The reusable space drone returned to Earth on Saturday morning, … Read more
Taipei is reportedly preparing for “a cross-strait war scenario” with Beijing Taiwan intends to earmark up to 50 billion TWD ($1.6 billion) for the development of drones that could be used in a potential conflict with Beijing, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing sources. The plan comes as Chinese President Xi Jinping refused to … Read more
Serbian air defenses have shot down a commercial drone near the boundary with Kosovo, the government in Belgrade announced on Wednesday. The incident comes a day after President Aleksandar Vucic issued a shoot-on-sight order for any UAVs violating Serbian airspace. The drone was detected and followed in the sky over the Raska garrison and came … Read more
“No facilities in the city have been hit. The situation is under control,” Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said. “No facilities in the city have been hit. The situation is under control,” Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said. The Russian navy, on October 29, was “repelling” a drone attack in the bay of Sevastopol, home to Moscow’s … Read more
U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood called Russia’s contention ‘simply dumbfounding’ and an attempt ‘to deflect attention from its own egregious wrongdoing in Ukraine’ U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood called Russia’s contention ‘simply dumbfounding’ and an attempt ‘to deflect attention from its own egregious wrongdoing in Ukraine’ The U.S. and its Western allies on the Security … Read more
President Herzog insists the images prove that Iran supplied Moscow with so-called “kamikaze” drones Israel has presented photos to the US that it says are proof that Russia has been using Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drones in Ukraine. President Isaac Herzog shared the data during his trip to Washington on Wednesday, where he met US Secretary … Read more