F-16s Scrambled to Protect NATO Airspace as Russia Launches Record-Size Drone and Missile Assault on Ukraine
Russia continued its near-weekly streak of breaking the record for the largest air raid of its war against Ukraine.

Russia continued its near-weekly streak of breaking the record for the largest air raid of its war against Ukraine.
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin warned fellow members of the anti-American BRICS coalition during the group’s summit this week to work to strengthen their respective nations as “the liberal globalisation model is becoming obsolete.”
President Donald Trump revealed that the United States would be sending “more weapons” to Ukraine, explaining that Ukraine is “getting hit very hard.”
Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro on Saturday ordered the Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB) to develop missile and drone systems with allied nations for the defense of the country’s right “to exist, to live in peace,” and to have its “own free, independent, socialist, and sovereign model.”
The Secretary General of NATO pushes through criticism for his compliments for U.S. President Donald Trump.
The BRICS security and trade coalition is concluding its annual summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, publishing a “declaration” notably missing some of the most strident anti-American policies it previously promoted, including the creation of a unified currency to challenge the U.S. dollar.
Poland has activated border controls apparently after being embarrassed by citizen vigilantes taking on border defence roles themselves.
Russia and Ukraine struck each other with hundreds of drones on Sunday, throwing Russian air travel in disarray, shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced deals with Western partners that would allow Kyiv to scale up drone production.
Ukraine said it struck a Russian air base on Saturday, while Russia continued to pound Ukraine with hundreds of drones overnight as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the more than 3-year-old war.
An arson attack on a restaurant and supermarket in Estonia this year were ordered by Russian intelligence, an Estonian court said Wednesday.
Leftist South Korean President Lee Jae-myung told reporters during a press conference on Thursday that he was hoping to improve Seoul’s relationship to communist North, and its patrons in China and Russia, in pursuit of a definitive state of peace on the peninsula.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is hopeful that his decade-long quest to obtain the F-35 joint strike fighter might finally succeed after an upbeat meeting with President Donald Trump at the NATO summit last week – but Trump does not seem to be in any hurry to give Erdogan his long-sought prize.
Waves of drone and missile attacks targeted Kyiv overnight into Friday in the largest aerial assault since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began.
Russia formally recognised Taliban rule of Afghanistan on Friday, becoming the first country to bow to the terrorist group since it took control in 2021. Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi hailed it as a “courageous” decision.
Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday they hope to begin joint weapons production with allied nations, compensating for what they saw as a dangerous reduction in American arms shipments.
The Taliban terrorist organization’s official ambassador to Moscow, Gul Hassan Hassan, assumed his position in the Russian capital this week in representation of the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.”
Ukrainian forensics expert Oleksandr Vysikan said on Thursday that Russia is upgrading Iranian suicide drones with more advanced technology to slip them past Ukrainian air defenses and deliver more powerful explosives.
Russia has lost one of the most senior officers killed of its war in Ukraine to date, it confirmed Thursday morning.
Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin on Tuesday met in Havana with Cuban figurehead “President” Miguel Díaz-Canel, who described the Russian official as a “good friend” of Cuba.
A rapidly escalating diplomatic feud between Russia and Azerbaijan has developed over the death of two Azeri men arrested by Russian police during an organized crime investigation who died in custody under mysterious circumstances. Azerbaijan has accused the Russians of torturing the men to death.
Russia pushes on two fronts in Ukraine, scattering Kyiv´s precious reserve troops and threatening to expand the fighting to a new region.
UK concerned about potential for domestic conflict but dresses up preparations with “logically absurd” pretext of a land invasion by Russia.
North Korea’s communist dictator Kim Jong-un appeared on the nation’s state propaganda broadcasts on Monday at an event honoring the country’s soldiers killed in the ongoing Russia invasion of Ukraine, in which at least 15,000 North Koreans are estimated to be fighting.
A Ukrainian drone struck a Russian industrial plant some 800 miles from Ukraine, a local official said Tuesday.
The Indian Foreign Ministry said that a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in China was unable to produce a joint statement because the members disagreed on the definition of “terrorism.”
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war. Russia
Two people died and at least 17 more were injured as Russian drones overnight struck the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa, Ukrainian authorities said on Saturday.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” CNN Senior Political and Global Affairs Commentator, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, and former Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel stated that “I don’t agree with the president of the United States, do
Chinese leaders are reportedly reconsidering the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline, a stalled project that would bring huge amounts of Russian natural gas to China, because the Iran conflict is making Beijing nervous about relying too heavily on the Middle East for energy.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that his country’s chances of buying advanced F-35 fighter jets from the United States are looking up after his meeting with President Donald Trump at the NATO summit this week.
China hosted the defense ministers of Russia and Iran – alongside Belarus, Pakistan, and Kyrgyzstan – on Wednesday for a meeting on global security in the aftermath of the most destructive military engagement against Tehran in recent memory.
Zelenskyy formally approved plans to set up a new international court to prosecute senior Russian officials.
Has an advanced camera, artificial intelligence, and contained new, Iranian-made, anti-jamming technology, it was claimed.
Zelensky once again sounds the warning of a Russian invasion of Europe beyond his own borders as NATO nations meet in The Hague.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would likely meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during the NATO Summit in the Hague, Netherlands.
Russian drones, missiles and artillery killed at least 24 civilians and injured more than 200 others in Ukraine, officials said Tuesday.
The Islamist dictatorship of Iran is facing a potentially existential conflict after President Donald Trump approved airstrikes on Saturday targeting some of its most productive uranium enrichment facilities – and the BRICS coalition that it belongs to is facing the first geopolitical crisis truly challenging its relevance on the world stage.
Rutte insisted Ukraine remains vital topic at an alliance summit this week despite Zelenskyy’s absence from a leaders’ meeting
The Chinese Communist Party, alongside Russia and Pakistan, spearheaded efforts on Sunday to pass a resolution at the United Nations Security Council condemning attacks on Iran’s illicit nuclear facilities.
Fresh warning from Zelensky and Ukrainian military intelligence comes as gaze of the world again shifts from Europe to the Middle East.