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A Yak-52 gunner of the Ukraine’s 11th Separate Army Aviation Brigade “Kherson” shoots down Russian Shahed drones with small-arms fire over Odesa region, says Ukraine Military.
The footage, reportedly recorded over the Odesa region, was released by Ukraine’s 11th Separate Army Aviation Brigade “Kherson.”
The aircraft is flown by a pilot in the front cockpit while a second crew member engages low-flying drones from the open rear cockpit, reported SOFX.
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Over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky explained that his country had successfully struck a ship in the Caspian Sea that was transporting cargo of a military nature that was linked to both Iran and Russia — a move that underlines how intertwined the wars in Ukraine and Iran have become.

More emphatically, President Zelensky explained that Russian assistance to Iran would be considered unacceptable in the future.

The Navy is requiring that sailors under investigation for allegations of sexual assault or stalking only be transferred to shore commands in response to the death of a sailor, said William Speaks, a spokesman for the Chief of Naval Personnel.
“This revision was taken as a result of reviews by the Navy in the wake of the murder of Petty Officer 3rd Class Angelina Resendiz by a fellow Sailor,” Speaks told Task & Purpose.
No further information about those reviews was immediately available.
Resendiz was assigned to the destroyer USS James E. Williams when she went missing in May 2025.

During the last four years, a period of relative calm reigned over Yemen, a peaceful time in a country that had been rent asunder by war between Saudi Arabia, which backed the Yemeni government, and the Houthis.

Originally a small Shia group of rebels in Yemen’s rugged northern area, the Houthis captured Sanaa, the Yemeni capital, in 2014 with the backing of Iran, triggering Saudi intervention into what was initially a civil war. But the Saudi intervention in Yemen was far from a success.

F-35 Fighters Ready. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

A recent report from Foreign Policy has Russia turning to extraordinary financial measures to maintain its war in Ukraine.

The Kremlin is not facing imminent economic collapse, though.

Putin Back in 2023. Image Credit: Russian Federation

Putin in June 2021 Russian State Media Photo

Instead, it is confronted with a far more challenging prospect: finding politically acceptable means to finance ongoing military operations.

The planned and controversial Russian mobilization planned by President Putin may not be as large as thought after all.

The North Korean military is rumored to be sending an additional 30,000 troops to bolster the flagging Russian forces in Ukraine.

Russian T-90 Tank. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

The South China Morning Post wrote that in addition to the 30,000 troops, Pyongyang is also sending additional missile launchers to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

According to President Zelenskyy, Russia is trying to bring in more North Korean troops into Ukraine, as Russia seeks to expand its gains in the Donbas.

Pyongyang reportedly sent around 20,000 troops to Russia’s Kursk region to help expel Ukrainian forces from the region during Kyiv’s ill-fated Kursk incursion.

T-72 Tank from Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Now, Moscow is allegedly seeking to bring in another 30,000 troops from North Korea to strengthen the front lines.

North Korea has played an interesting role in the war in the Russo-Ukrainian War so far.

Ukraine Is Producing Hundreds Of Long-Range Drones Every Day: Drone manufacturer Fire Point, one of the largest private arms manufacturers in Ukraine, revealed on July 28 that it is now producing approximately 100 long-range Flamingo cruise missiles every month alongside hundreds of FP-1 and FP-2 long-range drones every day. The figures, disclosed by Fire Point Chief Executive Officer Iryna Terekh during an interview with The Guardian, demonstrate just how far Ukraine has come since the beginning of the war, transforming its weapons industry into a long-range missile and drone powerhouse.

On the heels of a large multinational exercise, the commander of U.S. Pacific Air Forces said he’s “impressed” with the Royal Australian Air Force’s collaborative combat aircraft program.
A production representative MQ-28 Ghost Bat drone, built by Boeing, was integrated into the recently concluded Valiant Shield 26 event in the Pacific, which was led by the United States and included participation from Australia, Canada, Japan and New Zealand.

Romania will purchase 12 Thales Ground Master 200 Multi-Mission All-in-one radars from France as part of a government-to-government deal.