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Russian Airline That Flew to Europe and Asia Now Flies to North Korea

Nordwind Airlines, a Russian carrier that previously serviced routes to Europe, is now flying its country’s first direct flight from Moscow to Pyongyang in decades.The new eight-hour Boeing 777 flight, which launched on Sunday, comes as Russia and North Korea have rapidly strengthened ties amid the war in Ukraine.State media…

Ukraine’s Spending Big on Killer Drones to Combat Russian Shahed Attacks

Russia is regularly hammering Ukrainian cities with one-way attack drones. Kyiv, however, intends to meet that threat by pouring millions of dollars into interceptor drones designed to engage Russian threats.In a statement posted to Telegram on Wednesday, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal announced four contracts for drone intercept technology worth over…

Russian Officials Scoff at Trump’s 50-Day Ultimatum

Top officials in Russia say it can withstand the secondary tariffs that President Donald Trump has threatened if Russian leader Vladimir Putin does not reach a Ukraine war deal soon.Trump had on Monday told reporters that if no peace deal is agreed upon in 50 days, he would introduce a…

Ukraine Says Its Drones Struck Russian Factory Making Shahed Warheads

The Ukrainian military said on Friday that it carried out a long-range attack on a Russian factory producing warheads for Moscow’s deadly Shahed drones, marking Kyiv’s latest deep-strike operation targeting the Kremlin’s war machine.The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said it targeted the JSC FNPC Research Institute of…

Ukraine Hit Russian Jets at Base Its Fighter-Bombers Flee to: Intel

Ukrainian forces launched an attack on a Russian airbase that’s used as a fallback spot for fighter jets pulled from more vulnerable locations, a new Western intelligence assessment said.Ukraine used long-range drones on Friday to strike the Marinovka airbase in Russia’s Volgograd region, over 270 miles from the front lines,…