Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, a senior official in Russias General Staff, was killed in a car explosion in the Moscow suburb of Balashikha today, according to the Investigative Committee's spokesperson, Svetlana Petrenko. “According to preliminary information, the explosion killed the deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik,” Petrenko
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Two Swedish Jas 39 Gripen fighter jets have completed their first close-range interception mission under NATO command, escorting a Russian IL-20 Coot signals intelligence aircraft over the Baltic Sea. The mission, conducted as part of NATOs Enhanced Air Policing, marks Swedens first operational deployment of a fighter aircraft division abroad since joining the alliance
As preparations intensify for a major European defence trial in Rome, the European Defence Agency (EDA) has completed a round of system acceptance tests across the continent to verify the readiness of unmanned aerial and ground platforms. The Operational Experimentation (OPEX) campaign, scheduled for June and July 2025 and hosted by the Italian Army, aims to deploy autonomous systems in realistic field conditions
The U.S
Poland has announced the creation of a new "drone army" consisting of unmanned aerial, ground, surface, and underwater systems, as part of a broader strategy to modernize its armed forces and strengthen national defense capabilities. The
A sweeping aerial assault by Russian forces overnight has killed none people and injured over 70 in Ukraine, most of them in the capital, Kyiv, according to Ukrainian authorities. The attack, involving nearly 70 missiles and around 150 drones, caused widespread damage to residential areas and infrastructure
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has cited a 2018 statement from former U.S
China has prohibited South Korea from exporting any defense-related products to the United States if they contain Chinese-origin rare earth minerals, marking a new front in the intensifying trade standoff between Washington and Beijing. The restriction, reported by
The Danish Government and opposition parties agreed to a