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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the country’s military has hit two Russian oil refineries in “long-range” attacks.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck the Slavneft-Yanos refinery in Yaroslavl and the Bashneft-Novoil refinery in Bashkortostan.
Putin Back in 2023. Image Credit: Russian Federation
In Yaroslavl, huge clouds of black smoke were seen over the city, as videos and photos have shown on social media.
At the beginning of this week, markets and the ordinary person breathed a collective sigh of relief as the forty-seventh President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, appeared to walk back his previous warning of “Military Terror” attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Most people were not sighing because they supported the Islamic Republic.
U.S. Air Force Capt. Nick “Laz” Le Tourneau, F-22 Raptor Aerial Demonstration Team pilot and commander, practices at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA, November 12th, 2025.
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***IranOver the last two weeks, President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened major attacks on Iran. Going into the weekend, multiple news outlets reported that he was mulling a major bombing campaign — which would almost certainly result in retaliatory strikes against U.S. bases and allies around the region.
Vladimir Putin has a major problem, and it has to do with the availability of oil and gasoline.
The Ukrainians have come up with a stunningly effective tactic – hit Russia’s energy infrastructure with long-range loitering munitions that have crushed refineries and other fuel processing facilities.
Putin in May of 2021 Russian Federation Photo
This has created pain at the pump for citizens who are not used to paying significant amounts for petrol.
The attacks keep on coming.
Hegseth Shifts Blame Over Missile Shortage to Second-In-Command – The United States’ apparent long-range missile shortage is no longer a secret, and reports this week have revealed how President Donald Trump clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the matter during a meeting at Camp David last week. The president reportedly lashed out at the defense secretary and other administration officials after learning that U.S. stockpiles of several key long-range missiles and air-defense interceptors had fallen to levels lower than initially believed.
The Marine Corps will host a “hackathon” next month to develop AI tools for education, administration and training, the service said, an effort intended to test — and possibly scale — disruptive technology prototypes across the “defense education enterprise.”
The Marine Corps University and Naval Postgraduate School is inviting Marines, sister services, government civilians, vendors and academics to the “AI Learning Initiatives Hackathon” from Sept.
DAYTON, Ohio — With all Air Force mission areas now led by newly-minted portfolio acquisition executives, senior officials say the service is beginning to reshape how it oversees programs, exercises new authorities and delivers capabilities.
The Air Force announced July 27 that it finished reorganizing its acquisition structure earlier that month, officially consolidating all of its program executive offices into 17 new organizations led by PAEs.
On Thursday morning, Ukraine struck two oil refineries deep behind enemy lines.
The refineries in the Bashkortostan and Yaroslavl regions were struck along with Russian military and commercial vessels operating near the Black Sea.
Ukraine War TOS-2. Image Credit: X Screenshot.
Regional authorities in Yaroslavl reported that more than 90 drones were used in the attack, which was described as the largest drone attack the region has experienced since the war began.
The Navy is establishing a direct reporting portfolio manager for robotic and autonomous systems and is considering moving RAS-focused staff out of the Washington, D.C. area, the service announced Wednesday.
The Department of the Navy is investing billions of dollars into developing and procuring a variety of uncrewed systems and AI-enabled technologies to boost the capacity and capability of the fleet and keep sailors and Marines out of harm’s way. Such tools are part of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle’s so-called “hedge strategy.
President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reportedly clashed during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David last week over the accusation that Hegseth misled him about US munitions shortages that could affect military operations against Iran, according to the Washington Post.
According to the report, which cited two people familiar with the exchange, Trump told Hegseth he thought the problem – a shortage of long-range and interceptor missiles – “had been fixed.”
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.