Russian Army personnel of the 110th Motorised Rifle Brigade, 51st Combined Arms Army of the Centre battlegroup have identified Polish contractor personnel wearing NATO uniforms during battles for the settlement of Krasnoyarskoye. This follows reports in late July that Polish contractor personnel have been playing increasingly central roles within Ukrainian assault units.
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The intent is to bypass Western sanctions and move oil and gas to China.
Russia would be in total economic collapse at this time if it was not for China buying most of Russia’s energy exports.
In an assemblage not seen since World War II, Russia is assembling a large convoy of vessels in the Arctic to move energy to China.
The problem is that many of the vessels and cargoes are sanctioned by the West.
In addition the vessels are in horrible shape and crewed under human trafficking conditions.
Most of the ships are not ice certified either.
According to open-source estimates, Russia has launched around 150 Iskander-M ballistic missiles alone at Kyiv, Ukraine. Of these missiles, only around seven have been intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses.
The reason for the insanely low interception rates, as has been widely reported, is a critical shortage of PAC-3 interceptor missiles for the Patriot air defense system, Kyiv’s most reliable defense against ballistic missiles.
Iskander-M. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Unfortunately, Ukraine is not the only nation running low on interceptors.
Russian Devastation in Kyiv This Week Will Happen Again – Russia launched another deadly air attack on Kyiv early on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 44 others. The strike, which is one of the deadliest in recent months, comes as Kyiv remains vulnerable to aggressive Russian ballistic missile strikes owing to its severe shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles.
Ukraine’s Missile Problem
Russian T-72 Tank Ukraine War. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
The roughly two-hour-long assault targeted the nation’s capital city, Kyiv, and the surrounding region.
Russia has been firing ballistic missiles at Ukraine, including a deadly strike on the Kyiv region on Wednesday. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine was unable to intercept any of those missiles. This led Zelensky to call on his allies to deliver more of them.
According to an ominous new report, one expert says a lot more missiles are coming, and Russia has plenty more to fire.
Ukraine Is Stretching Russian Defenses, But Will It Matter?: Ukraine’s long-range strike campaign has proven wildly successful so far, striking all of Russia’s 11 biggest refineries at least once and forcing a major global petroleum product exporter to begin importing fuel to mitigate the crisis. Ukraine is also forcing Russia to confront a strategic problem that didn’t exist before the war: how to defend the world’s largest country against attacks that can now reach deep into its interior.
Ukrainian drones and missiles continue to strike targets from St.
Russia is usually (for good reason) portrayed as the bad guy here in the West, which is not a surprise to anyone watching Russia flounder in Ukraine. Ukraine: absolute legends for reversing Russian gains multiple times, isolating Crimea, and crippling Russian oil exports in 2026 alone.
But back in the days of the Soviet Union, Finland did something similarly impressive: After it beat Stalin’s armies so badly, for so long, Nazi Germany was actually convinced to move up its plan to conquer the USSR.
Pin-Ups for Vets, a non-profit organization that supports hospitalized and deployed service members and their families, has been creating a pin-up calendar for fundraising efforts since 2006, but the 2027 calendar may be their hottest yet.
Not only does this edition feature veteran models and founder Gina Elise on each page, it also has a “transportation” theme with classic cars or aircraft with awesome histories.
Pentagon leadership recently appointed Army Col. Molly Solsbury to serve as Maven Smart System program director inside the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office.
Multiple sources suggested that her team’s launch is intended to further anchor MSS as a core operational cornerstone for command-and-control integration across the U.S. military.
According to recent reports, North Korea intends to deploy a missile unit to Western Russia and intends to supply Moscow with 120 ballistic missiles and up to six launchers, according to Ukrainian intelligence.
Pyongyang has supplied Russia with ballistic missiles in the past, some of which have been used recently in Russia’s large-scale attacks against Kyiv.
North Korean ICBM. Image Credit: KCNA/North Korean State Media.