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Russia and Ukraine Are Promising to Escalate: Both Ukraine and Russia are vowing to escalate and intensify the war after Moscow launched one of its biggest missile and drone attacks of the conflict, causing chaos in Kyiv and destroying residential buildings. The large-scale attacks prompted new Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russian territory overnight.

Rescue crews continued their search through the rubble in Ukraine’s capital city on Friday as the death toll from the Thursday night attack climbed to at least 30 people, with more than 90 injured.

Ukraine’s long-range strikes against Russia continued overnight, while reports suggest the U.S. is warning Poland that Russia may be planning a new assault that tests NATO’s resolve. It’s clear that Russia is beginning to panic, and it’s all thanks to what some might describe as “asymmetric” warfare tactics being deployed by Ukraine.

NBC News reported that Iran and Oman presented the United States with a proposal to administer the Strait of Hormuz, including jointly collecting fees from ships passing through the waterway.

The New York Times earlier reported that Iran and Oman are moving forward with plans to collect transit fees from ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, despite public objections from the United States, according to an Iranian official and four diplomats involved.

Generic Oil Tanker Image. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Oil Platform. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Pressure is mounting on the Kremlin as Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes have had tangible effects on the economy. With gas shortages reported across the country and long lines forming at gas stations, there is a general feeling of unease and discontent in Russia. Vladimir Putin’s response? Basically nothing. Rather than easing up on the war in Ukraine or looking for a ceasefire, the Kremlin has instead doubled down on the war. As the Russian Army advances at a snail’s pace in the Donbas, Moscow continues to launch large combined missile/drone attacks against Kyiv.

Nato is behind certain member states in adopting cloud technology, revealed a commander within the Romanian Defence Staff.

Pro-Russian milbloggers have reported on the Telegram app that its air defenses may have intercepted a “long-range operational-tactical missile” launched by Ukraine.

While Russian and Ukrainian authorities have not publicly confirmed any such launch, what is known is that Russian air defense systems engaged and intercepted a target at an unusually high altitude during an alert on June 30.

Ukraine Cruise Missile 2026. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Rheinmetall has obtained a contract for its Skynex air defence systems from an unnamed international customer.

Western news media outlets are awash with enthusiasm for Ukraine’s successes in the most recent phase of its ongoing drone and missile wars against Russia.  Photos and videos of a blazing Russian oil refinery on the outskirts of Moscow were especially prominent in late June 2026.  However, nearly every Ukrainian drone or missile attack that inflicts damage on a Russian target receives maximum coverage in Europe and the United States.

Ukraine will loom large over the July 7-8, 2026, NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey. The war in Ukraine is now well into its fifth year. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s gamble has cratered Russian conventional power. The frontline is a meat grinder. Russia loses in just one month what it lost over nearly a decade in Afghanistan. Putin dismissed the notion that Ukrainian culture and identity were anything more than contrived; he could not envision that Ukrainians would rally around the flag and lay down their lives for a false ideal. Arrogance predominated.

Russia Unleashes One of the Largest Air Assaults of the Ukraine War: As one conflict simmers down, the Iran War, another–the Ukraine War–is boiling over. After a series of Ukrainian drone attacks on critical Russian energy infrastructure, causing massive disruptions to the civilian economy inside Russia, Moscow retaliated with a thunderous cacophony of violence. Russia’s recent airstrikes on Kyiv resulted in tragedy: nearly 27 people died, and countless other Ukrainians were injured.