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A massive drone attack was launched by Ukraine on Friday, with targets hundreds of miles into Russian territory being hit overnight.

Russia Says it Downed Over 500 Ukrainian Drones

Switchblade Drone. Image Credit: Industry Handout.

The Russian Defense Ministry alleges its forces downed some 512 Ukrainian drones.

Yaroslavl’s Slavneft-YANOS refinery, the country’s fifth-biggest refinery, was among those targeted. The facility can process about 300,000 barrels of crude per day, or 15 million metric tons annually.

The exact purpose of the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe’s 25 August trip to Moscow has become clearer in the days since his return.

The main objective was to deter Putin from attacking NATO. At least, that is what is being widely reported.

Putin At a Conference Creative Commons Photo

Putin In September of 2022 Creative Commons Photo

His visit was so short – at least 4 hours but no more than 8 hours in length- that it falls somewhere between the categories of a drive-by and a cameo appearance.

Russia’s armed forces have bombarded at least nine cities across Ukraine with missiles and drones. Locals describe it as a relentless onslaught that continued through the night of Wednesday, 26 August, and into the daylight hours of Thursday, 27 August, with explosions echoing across the capital, Kyiv, for most of the morning.

Technology and the Ukraine War Merge

Tim Murry, a foreign threats compound contractor, drives a T-72 battle tank into position to serve as adversary targets for a joint service exercise, Emerald Flag, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Nov. 30.

YOU WON’T SEE THEM COMING | Military Motivati

Air Force special operations crews appear to be using a major exercise in Iceland to test and train with cargo gliders to resupply ground teams in tough-to-reach locations.
At the Northern Viking 2026 exercise held this month near the northern city of Akureyri, an official with the 352d Special Operations Wing said the unit would be simulating the supply of ground troops with gliders dropped from the unit’s MC-130 cargo planes.

On July 15, 2005, thieves broke into several cars in the parking lot of a hotel in Indianapolis. The media normally might have given the robbery a brief mention, if that. But in this case, they paid more attention.
News crews and reporters followed this crime, because one of the vehicles that the robbers broke into belonged to retired Army Sgt. Sammy Lee Davis. They took a briefcase that contained his Medal of Honor from his car’s trunk.
Davis earned the U.S. military’s highest award for valor during the Vietnam War when he rescued three wounded soldiers along the Mekong Delta.

After six months of bombing failed to yield results in Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump’s new strategy is to make it as difficult as possible for Tehran to trade with the rest of the world.

But the success of that new campaign will ultimately depend on whether the White House is willing to pick another fight it probably can’t win: an economic war with China.

China’s Xi Jinping. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Xi Jinping President of the People’s Republic of China speak’s at a United Nations Office at Geneva. 18 january 2017.

When President Donald Trump assumed office less than two years ago, he promised the country that it would soon enter a “Golden Age.” But now, after six months of war with Iran, gasoline prices are increasing, inflation is increasing again, and Republicans are fearful that they will lose control of Congress in November.

Valerie Insinna, Breaking Defense
From the Iran supplemental to the debate over a third reconciliation bill, Congress will have its hands full

Sinan Ciddi, RealClearDefense
Turkey’s Expanding Stake in America’s Munitions Base