Russia/Ukraine/WW3 cont.

[Matthew]

>Russia's largest oil port crippled in huge Ukrainian drone attack
https://nypost.com/2026/03/23/world-news/russias-largest-oil-port-crippled-in-huge-ukrainian-drone-attack

[Matthew]

>'To President Putin, I say, we see you. We see your activity over our cables and pipelines. You should know that any attempt to damage them will not be tolerated and will have serious consequences.' John Healey says the UK has detected 'increased Russian activity in the Atlantic'
https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2042185431865778583

>UK working on major plan to prepare country for war
>Head of the armed forces, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, tells Sky News the war plan will require British people to think differently about resilience.
>The UK is preparing a new version of a major plan to ready the whole nation - from the military and police to hospitals and industry - for the transition to war, the head of the armed forces has told Sky News.
https://news.sky.com/story/uk-preparing-new-plan-to-ready-nation-for-war-13530181

[Matthew]

>According to intelligence data, roads to the territory of Ukraine and the establishment of artillery positions are being developed in the border of Belarus. We believe that Russia will once again try to involve Belarus in its war. -Zelensky
https://t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official/18718

> Lukashenko calls up reserve officers for service
>In March, Belarus began conscripting men aged 18 to 27 for compulsory military service. The draft will last until May.
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/lukashenko-calls-up-reserve-officers-for-1776452549.html

[Matthew]

>Ukraine to receive thousands of long-range Anubis AI drones
>the main feature of all these drones is the widespread use of artificial intelligence algorithms for high autonomy of navigation, detection and destruction of targets.
https://news.online.ua/en/ukraine-to-receive-thousands-of-long-range-anubis-ai-drones-903184

[Matthew]

>More drones crash in Latvia
>The Latvian National Armed Forces (NBS) have told Latvian Television that two drones have crashed in Latvia's eastern Latgale region overnight.
>The chairman of the Rēzekne regional council, Guntars Skudra (New Unity), confirmed to the LETA newswire that one of the drones had fallen in the territory of the Rēzekne branch of SIA "East-West Transit". The drone hit an empty oil tank.
>Previously, a possible air threat was declared on the night of Sunday, May 3 - cellular warnings were activated in Alūksne, Balvi, Ludza, Rēzekne and Krāslava regions, and continued for approximately 3.5 hours.... Before that, on March 25, a foreign drone was identified entering Latvian airspace from Russia, and the drone crashed and exploded in Krāslava district.
https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/07.05.2026-more-drones-crash-in-latvia.a645976

[Matthew]

>North Korea has revised its constitution to require a nuclear strike if leader Kim Jong Un is killed or incapacitated in an attack
https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-may-have-nuclear-response-if-kim-jong-un-assassinated-11933650

[Matthew]

>Russia moves nuclear arms to Belarus amid NATO tensions
>Nuclear drills expand: Russia and Belarus are conducting large-scale nuclear exercises, with nuclear munitions delivered to Belarus and multiple strategic systems on display.
>NATO issues warning: NATO chief Mark Rutte cautioned that any Russian nuclear use against Ukraine would have 'devastating' consequences, as the alliance monitors the drills closely.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/russia-moves-nuclear-arms-to-belarus-amid-nato-tensions/gm-GM9DBA1CB7

>Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation:
>Ukrainian military command is preparing to carry out a series of new terrorist strikes against Russia’s regions.
>According to the information obtained, Kiev does not intend to limit itself to using the air corridors made available to the AFU by the Baltic states.
>Drones are also planned to be launched from the territory of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
>Servicemen of the Ukrainian unmanned systems forces have already been sent to Latvia. They have been deployed at the Latvian military bases “Ādaži”, “Sēlija”, “Lielvārde”, “Daugavpils” and “Jēkabpils”.
>NATO membership will not shield accomplices of terrorists from just retribution.
https://t.me/MFARussia/29933

[Matthew]

>Ukrainian drones have hit several locations across Moscow in Kyiv’s biggest air raid on the city since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, setting a major ⁠oil refinery on fire and forcing evacuations at the country’s largest airport.
>"if Ukraine is going to burn, your Moscow will burn too … it is time to end the aggression, time to end this war.” -Zelensky
>Russia’s foreign minister in turn announced it would launch huge “group strikes” on Ukraine “on a regular basis” in response to the Moscow raid.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/18/moscow-oil-refinery-on-fire-ukraine-drone-stikes

>UK to provide 150,000 drones to Ukraine as it steps up Russia strikes
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/uk-150-000-drones-ukraine-132646107.html

[Matthew]

>Moscow oil refinery struck in Ukraine’s biggest air raid on city since start of war

>"if Ukraine is going to burn, your Moscow will burn too … it is time to end the aggression, time to end this war.” -Zelensky
>Russia’s foreign minister in turn announced it would launch huge “group strikes” on Ukraine “on a regular basis” in response to the Moscow raid.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/18/moscow-oil-refinery-on-fire-ukraine-drone-stikes

>Zelensky to Belarus: Remove drone equipment within one week or we will
>Zelensky has long said that Russia is trying to draw Belarus into the war and has warned Minsk against becoming directly involved.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/zelensky-belarus-remove-drone-equipment-191151554.html

[Matthew]

>"Due to developments in the region between Russia and Ukraine": El Al suspends flights to Moscow
https://x.com/kann_news/status/2070077200179597564

>France took control of a Russia-linked oil tanker off the coast of Sicily this week, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday, marking the latest maritime seizure aimed at disrupting Russia's so-called "shadow fleet."
>The operation marks the fifth time since September that France has boarded a suspected "shadow fleet" ship.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/06/25/france-intercepts-shadow-fleet-tanker-near-sicily-a93096

>Zelenskyy confirms strikes on oil depot and two Russian refineries 1,500 km from front lines
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/zelenskyy-confirms-strikes-oil-depot-092800933.html

>Russia is facing its worst nationwide fuel shortages in years, with at least 17 regions imposing mandatory restrictions on gasoline and diesel sales, and dozens of others reporting shortages or restrictions by private fuel companies.
>The increasing scarcity of fuel has been caused mainly by a widening campaign of Ukrainian drone strikes targeting oil terminals, refineries, and pipelines. The largest fuel supplier to the Moscow region, the Kapotnya refinery, was hit twice this month; the plant will be offline until at least the end of 2026, unnamed officials told Reuters... more than two dozen Ukrainian strikes have targeted Russian refineries since March, including eight of the country’s 10 biggest refineries.
>“This level of disruption is unprecedented in the history of the Russia-Ukraine conflict,” the International Energy Agency said in a report this week.
https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-oil-refinery-fuel-shortages-kremlin/33787903.html

[Matthew]

>Did Ukraine attack Moscow with a new weapon?
>Military bloggers in both countries reported a possible first strike by a Ukrainian ballistic missile on Moscow on Tuesday.
>According to the reports, a strike documented on video inside the Russian capital was caused by an FP-9 ballistic missile, after no air raid siren was heard and interceptions were observed at high altitude, far higher than the altitude at which cruise missiles and attack drones fly.
>Last week, reports in Ukraine said the FP-9 missile was undergoing final engine tests ahead of its first operational trial. Firepoint, the company developing the missile, said the intention was to carry out the first test launches against the Russian capital, Moscow. The missile is a short-range ballistic missile with a range of several hundred kilometers, capable of striking targets up to 850 kilometers (528 miles) away with considerable accuracy, placing Moscow and St. Petersburg within its effective range.
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/01/did-ukraine-attack-moscow-with-a-new-weapon

>A wave of Russian strike drones and ballistic missiles targeted Kyiv late Wednesday, sparking fires in a central district and sending residents into air raid shelters hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of an imminent mass attack.
>Tkachenko said Russian drones were entering Kyiv from several directions, warning that the attack could unfold in several stages. He also cautioned that a wider combined attack remained possible in the coming days.
>“We know that [Vladimir] Putin has been preparing this massive strike against Ukraine for some time,” Zelensky said, warning that the threat could materialize overnight.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/79391

[Matthew]

>Russian president Vladimir Putin has reportedly ordered his military to plan new offensive operations aimed at capturing Kyiv
>Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that Ukraine struck a satellite centre in the Moscow region for the second time.
https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/ukraine-russia-war-putin-plan-kyiv-b3006472.html

[Matthew]

>Kiev ready to stage chemical provocations amid battlefield losses — Russia's OPCW envoy
>Amid territorial losses on the battlefield, Kiev is prepared to commit any crime, including staging chemical provocations, Russia's permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and Russian Ambassador to the Netherlands Vladimir Tarabrin told Izvestia.
>"The nationalists are losing one populated area after another. Under these circumstances, in order to shift the information agenda, the Kiev regime is prepared to commit any crime, including staging chemical provocations under a false flag. In addition, they are striking chemical industry facilities. The objective is obvious - to trigger environmental disasters and thereby provoke panic among the civilian population," he said.
https://archive.is/CA3wo

>Poland needs to think about security while producing drones for Ukraine — Kremlin
>Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on the "horror stories" about an alleged possible strike on the country's territory discussed in the Western press
>"I would not like to turn into a prophet of the apocalypse, but that this is happening on the territory of Poland is a fact. You remember the publication of our Defense Ministry of a list of enterprises with their locations in many European countries.".
https://archive.is/o6kRq

[Matthew]

>Ukrainian drones struck Russia's largest oil refinery in Omsk, deep in Siberia, on Monday in what would be one of Ukraine's ​longest-range attacks of the war, Kyiv's military said on Monday. Local Russian authorities confirmed the strike.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/ukrainian-drones-hit-russias-largest-refinery-one-deepest-strikes-yet-2026-07-06/

>Russia ‘mounted drone surveillance of European nuclear sites over 18 months’
>The Kremlin orchestrated a concerted surveillance campaign using drones launched from shadow fleet vessels over an 18-month period which targeted nuclear sites in the UK, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, researchers have said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/02/russia-mounted-drone-surveillance-of-european-nuclear-sites-over-18-months

[Matthew]

>Russia’s neighbor to scrap ban on nuclear weapons, says ‘situation is getting worse’
>Lithuania, a NATO member which borders the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, has decided to remove a constitutional ban on nuclear weapons.
>It comes shortly after lawmakers in Finland voted to lift its longstanding ban on nuclear weapons.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/02/russia-ukraine-nato-lithuania-nuclear-weapons.html

>Ukraine Hits Nine More Tankers as Attacks Intensify on Crimea
>Commanders from Ukraine’s drone forces are reporting that they have now struck a total of 21 vessels in the Sea of Azov over the past 72 hours
https://maritime-executive.com/article/ukraine-hits-nine-more-tankers-as-attacks-intensify-on-crimea

[Matthew]

>Russia is planning an armed “provocation” on Polish soil to test Nato’s resolve, the United States has warned.
>Polish critical infrastructure could be targeted by missiles and drones or Russian soldiers could cross the border into Nato territory.
>Washington has issued several warnings to Warsaw about the plot
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/03/russia-planning-attack-on-poland-test-nato-resolve-us-warns

>Two countries on Nato’s eastern flank have warned that Russia is preparing a possible “provocation” in the Baltic states or Poland in an effort to test the cohesion of the western military alliance.
>On Monday, Latvian intelligence said: “We see indications that Russia is preparing military provocations against the Baltic countries or Poland.”
>A senior political source from a second Nato member made a similar statement last week. They said “we are picking up intelligence” that Vladimir Putin was “planning something against the Baltic states”.
>On Thursday night, Poland’s prime minister went on record with his own concerns.
“We also share, without exception, the ‌opinion that the situation is very ​unstable and various types of ⁠escalation can be expected ​in the ​coming ​weeks and ​months,”
>Ukraine has gradually developed a homegrown deep strike attack capability able to hit targets 2,000km inside Russia. Last week nearly 200 drones hit several locations in Moscow and black oil rained down on parts of the Russian capital after a refinery was bombed.
>A western military source said there was a concern that Russia could lash out if Putin thought he was under pressure as the war shifted to the skylines of Moscow and St Petersburg. “I cannot lie, that is a period of danger,” they said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/26/russia-provocation-baltic-states-poland

[Matthew]

>Ukraine’s campaign to cut off Crimea by air, land and sea
>"Crimea is being isolated by drones. In the near future, the peninsula will become an island. For the Russians, the real hell is just beginning," pledged Mykhailo Fedorov, the Ukrainian defence minister, last month.
>Electricity blackouts have lasted for much of the week, water shortages are rampant and supplies only available for an hour a day in certain areas as Ukraine boasted of striking 50 energy facilities between July 1 and 8.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/ukraine-campaign-cut-off-crimea-050000345.html

>48 vessels hit by SBS Birds within 120 hours.
>13 units of the shadow fleet were hit on the approaches to Crimea during the night of July 10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6cuDUYzV98

[Matthew]

>Yesterday, US senator, Lindsey Graham visited Ukraine to assure Zelensky support of the United States.

>The warmonger was shown a "secret" drone manufacturing facility in Kiev.

>Well, this facility no longer exists after strikes by the Russian MoD. Without warning, 6 missiles struck two manufacturing facilities in the Kiev region. The RuMoD confirmed strikes on drone sites which started a huge fire.

>None of Russia's ballistic missiles were shot down. Lindsey Graham is no longer in Ukraine.
https://x.com/Alex_Oloyede2/status/2075928451979039101

[Matthew]

>Britain and its NATO allies face direct challenge from Putin 'within months'

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16005447/Britain-NATO-allies-direct-challenge-Putin-Burnham-Trump.html