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Russia, one of the world’s biggest oil producers, is importing gasoline and sending its own crude abroad for refining as Ukrainian drone strikes continue to knock some of its major refineries offline. It comes as peace talks stall, and Kyiv prolongs its campaign against critical Russian infrastructure.

Gasoline Rationing Rolled Out in Russia

Oil Tanker. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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The imports mark a sharp backward step for Russia, which normally exports large volumes of gasoline and diesel.

Cyber security remains a persistent concern for public and private sector organizations alike. Given the potential impact of cyber threats from criminal groups, adversarial states, and extremists, the topic draws substantial attention. Yet, in a field that evolves so quickly, some risks slip through the cracks. We asked four experts to identify and assess a key cyber security threat to U.S. national security that analysts and policymakers often overlook.Read more below.

The UK has handed final blueprints for Storm Sh

Commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC)
An unknown object has struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz near Khasab, Oman, early this morning. A fire on the tanker has been brought under control by its crew, and all on board are reported safe and well with no pollution released into the environment.
Incidents of commercial shipping being attacked in the Hormuz corridor have been a feature of August 2026.

AVR founder and director Martin Carr points to Ukraine’s UAS integration as a model for Nato militaries’ UAS combat teams.

Six months ago, the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury.

Missiles rained down across Iran as U.S.-Israeli missiles relentlessly battered the country.

F-16I Fighter from Israel. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

F-16I Sufa. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Within hours, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, was dead. Reports from a state where information is tightly controlled came through slowly, but it seemed for all the world that the operation had wiped out Iran’s leadership.

Yet, six months on, the two sides remain at war.

This video describes the military situation in

For 16 years, Jamie Lenio built her life around her husband’s service.
She moved with him from Japan to North Carolina and eventually to Germany. She has supported his deployments, temporary duty assignments, and military missions while raising their children through long stretches of separation, building a life around the understanding that when the military moved her family, she would move with them.

Crude oil exports via the Strait of Hormuz have reached around 70% of their prewar levels, at least for Qatar and Kuwait.

Qatar and Kuwait Lack ‘Back Up’ Routes
Before the U.S. and Israel began strikes on Iran on February 28, the two Gulf States exported some 2 million barrels of crude per day through the busy waterway. On Thursday, traders told Bloomberg that shuttle tankers and ship-to-ship transfers outside the strait had helped them replenish most of this traffic.

Oil Platform. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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Yaryna Chornohuz is one of Ukraine’s best