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The acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said during a briefing that frozen Russian assets could provide critical financial support for Ukraine as the country faces more than $600 billion in infrastructure damage caused by Russia’s invasion and attacks against its civilian infrastructure.

He said these assets could be a lifesaver for Kyiv and that their transfer should not be delayed.

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Putin in May of 2026. Image Credit_ Creative Commons

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President Trump confirmed Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has responded to his diplomatic outreach — and described the response as “very positive.” The development comes one day after Trump ordered the Pentagon to substantially reduce joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises, a decision with far deeper roots than the foreign policy establishment is willing to acknowledge.

Raytheon, an RTX business, has secured $22.9bn from the US War Department for the production of Tomahawk cruise missiles.

Russia Fires Economist Who Warned War Economy Is In Trouble – Russia has spent years insisting that Western sanctions and the enormous cost of the Ukraine war have failed to seriously damage its economy, with President Vladimir Putin repeatedly assuring citizens that the economy is resilient. But when Moscow fired one of the country’s most prominent economists, it became clear that the Kremlin may be hiding the real economic damage being inflicted on the national economy and its wartime industries.

Andrei Klepach, the chief economist at Russia’s state development corporation VEB.

Drones are revolutionising how militaries go about protecting deployed forces, and governments sites of critical infrastructure and citizens.

Russia has long been known to give some support to Iran during this year’s war with the United States. But a new report states that this cooperation has been deeper than previously known.

NBC News reported on Tuesday that Russia has been shipping “drone components, ammunition and TNT” to Iran, in part to replenish stockpiles damaged in the war.

Lancet Drone. Image Credit: Russian State Media.

Lancet Drone from Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

NBC cited a European government document as evidence of the transfers.

On Tuesday, Ukraine launched one of its biggest drone attacks yet on Russia.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said forces intercepted and destroyed some 791 Ukrainian drones overnight. National Security Journal can’t verify this figure.

The Army test fires a Patriot missile in a recent test. The Patriot missile system is a ground-based, mobile missile defense interceptor deployed by the United States to detect, track and engage unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise missiles, and short-range and tactical ballistic missiles.

Rheinmetall has received an additional order of 149 mobile rescue stations from the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr).

During one of the last times that Darlene Krashoc spoke with her mother, she mentioned possibly reenlisting in the U.S. Army. That conversation left Betty Lou Krashoc with the impression that her daughter was enjoying her assignment to Fort Carson in Colorado.
In a follow-up phone call, though, Darlene said something was going on at the military base. Her concerned mother asked for more details.
“I can’t tell you right now,” Darlene replied, according to a 2019 article from The Colorado Sun’s digital newsroom.
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Soldiers at a Georgia combat engineer unit can get official time off to play the new Grand Theft Auto game when it drops this fall — if, and only if, they sign up for more years of service. 
The offbeat incentive is being offered to soldiers by the commander of the 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion at Fort Stewart, Georgia, according to a memo circulated on social media that was confirmed by Army officials. 
According to the memo signed by Lt. Col. Ryan Hodgson, the 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion commander, soldiers in the unit who reenlist between Aug. 1 and Nov.