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“We can’t believe what is happening (to the city) now,” Drovko says, explaining how parks and the apartment courtyards, which used to be filled with kids playing, are now empty.

“The city is dying,” he told reporters from the Kyiv Independent.

Patriot Missile Launch. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

A MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile System assigned to the Fort Bliss, Texas-based 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade fires as part of a bi-lateral live-fire exercise with military members from the Royal Netherlands Ground-based Air Defense Command at McGregor Range, N.M.

Nord Stream 2 was the world’s largest offshore pipeline system and the signature project symbolizing the close ties between the Russian and German economies.

When of was completed, German Chancellor Angela Merkel touted it as one of her greatest achievements. President Vladimir Putin saw it as the most visible showcase of his cooperation with the EU.

HIMARS Rocket. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Defence Blog
Squire recently completed a demonstration at Silent Swarm, a military experimentation event sponsored by the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering,…

Bill Gertz, WashT
All Navy personnel and their families face increased dangers of attacks from terrorism, drones and online threats

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Joseph Trevithick, The WarZone
Bradleys deploying swarms of uncrewed ground vehicles would give the U.S.

Pomerleau, BrDefense
The Army is planning for its long-range ground jammer, dubbed Terrestrial Layer System-Echelons Above Brigade (TLS-EAB)

The UK Royal Navy currently operates two conventionally powered supercarriers: The HMS Queen Elizabeth and the HMS Prince of Wales.

The ships are three times the size of the Invincible-class carriers they replaced and can carry F-35B fifth-generation stealth fighters.

HMS Prince of Wales. Image Credit: Royal Navy.

HMS Prince of Wales Aircraft Carrier. Image Credit: Royal Navy.

Queen Elizabeth has made headlines several times, admittedly not always for good reasons.

While the class suffers from reliability issues, there is a lot to say in favor of Britain’s two-carrier fleet.

Russia Is Now Feeling the Heat of the Ukraine War: Ukraine continues its assault on Russian warehouses and logistics hubs, with strikes destroying a major Wildberries warehouse southeast of Moscow overnight into August 26.

The strikes involved hundreds of drones that crossed into Russian territory overnight, while another strike hit one of the country’s largest oil refineries.

KEKAHA, Hawaii — U.S.

A growing chunk of Saudi oil is now being rerouted amid tensions in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz.

Riyadh Looks North

President Donald J. Trump watches the liftoff of Artemis II in the Outer Oval Office, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

President Donald J. Trump holds a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room Wednesday, May 27, 2026.