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Russia can fire 77 missiles at Ukraine in single salvo — and plans to scale up, drone commander says
Russia aims to more than double the number of missiles it can launch in a simultaneous barrage, Unmanned Systems Forces Commander Robert Brovdi told the Associated Press.
Russia's Supreme Court bars only 'pro-peace' party from parliamentary elections
The case was brought by the nationalist, pro-Kremlin Rodina party, which is also running in the election.
Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet crashes during combat mission in Odesa, pilot safe
The pilot managed to safely eject from the plane before the crash and was transported to a medical facility, the Air Force said. The cause of the incident is being investigated.
Ukraine war latest: Ukraine continues strikes on Russia's oil industry as Moscow races to expand missile production
Key developments on Aug. 10: * Ukraine's military intelligence reveals Russian missile production figures 'exceeding monthly targets' * Ukraine strikes Russian petrochemical plant more than 2,000 kilometers from border, General Staff says * Russian oil refinery in Tatarstan targeted as Russia claims Ukrainian 456 drones intercepted overnight * Russia's version of Starlink deploying quicker than planned, Ukraine's military intelligence says * Russia rules out freezing war in Ukraine ahead o
Ukraine's military intelligence reveals Russian missile production figures 'exceeding monthly targets'
Russia had already fulfilled its annual production targets for the Zircon and Oniks missiles, with 33 and 60 units manufactured in the first seven months, respectively, Vadym Skibitskyi said.
No escape from the Russian terror playbook
In the early 1950s, a group of prominent, mostly Jewish doctors from Moscow was accused of plotting to assassinate Soviet leaders on orders from the West. The accused were fired from their jobs, arrested, and tortured. But after Joseph Stalin died in 1953, Lavrenty Beria — one of Stalin's longest-serving secret police chiefs, who oversaw the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) in 1938–45 and spent decades filling the Gulags — called off the investigation. As it turned out, the sec
About Odesa Oblast
The region in Ukraine’s southwest covers 33,310 square kilometers (12,861 square miles) along Ukraine's Black Sea coast, with a population of approximately 2.4 million and Odesa city as its administrative center. Odesa Oblast borders Moldova to the west, and Romania across the delta of the Danube. Odesa Oblast serves as Ukraine's main maritime trade gateway and has faced repeated Russian missile and drone strikes targeting port infrastructure since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
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A Belgian factory continues to operate in Russia's special economic zone known as a key defense production site despite EU requirements to leave the zone by late January 2026.
