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24 Feb

Hostomel Airport, north of Kyiv, 4 years ago today. A pair of Ukrainian Air Force Su-24M tactical bombers drop 500 kg parachute-retarded bombs onto Russian VDV airborne infantry assaulting the airfield.

23 Feb

Newly emerged footage of a Ukrainian MANPADS crew shooting down a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter over Hostomel, March 2022.

16 Feb

Footage of a Ukrainian Patriot SAM system shooting down a Russian 3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missile near Kyiv last night. This appears to be the first ever footage of a combat shootdown involving a HACM.

16 Feb

Footage of a Ukrainian Air Force F-16AM Fighting Falcon shooting down a Russian Shahed attack drone with an AIM-9L Sidewinder.

3 Feb

Ukrainian firefighters, sporting flak jackets to guard from a double-tap strike, tackle a major blaze in the city of Dnipro after a Russian airstrike overnight.

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Ukraine has designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terror organization.

Russian state TV anchor Solovyov called for Russia to conduct orbital nuclear strikes on SpaceX satellites, after Musk shut down Russian Starlink terminals. Solovyov seemed unbothered by the potential collateral damage to Russian satellites: "We'll switch to carrier pigeons!"

Footage of a Ukrainian soldier targeting a Russian drone using a Croatian-supplied Zastava M55 20mm towed anti-aircraft gun.

29 Jan

The U.S. has deployed 8 destroyers and an aircraft carrier near the Middle East, with a total of 756 VLS cells available for strike and air defense missiles The buildup comes as the US begins to surge additional fighters and air defense assets amid escalating tensions with Iran.

Russian and Ukrainian channels confirm that earlier today, a Russian Air Force Su-34 fighter-bomber was shot down over the Black Sea. The crew did not survive.

Ukrainian SOF fighting in the city of Stepnohirsk, firing Bulspike and M72 LAW rocket launchers at Russian positions.

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Hot take, but I don’t think American civilians should be killed in the street by federal forces. Honestly I think that goes for every country.

Footage of a Ukrainian AAA team knocking down a Russian Shahed attack drone over Kyiv moments ago. Likely hit by M2 Browning .50 fire, the Russian drone fireballs.

Massive Russian drone and missile attack on civil targets in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv tonight. Several energy targets have been hit, along with civilian housing. Seen here, a Russian Shahed attack drone slams into a Ukrainian apartment building.

Parking lot hit by a Russian Shahed drone. t.me/kievinfo_kyi...

23 Jan

Footage of French forces conducting a helicopter assault to seize the Russian dark fleet oil tanker Grinch in the Mediterranean yesterday morning.

23 Jan

The commander of the Czech armed forces is backing a plan to provide Ukraine with Czech Aero L-159 light fighters for drone hunting. “Every drone shot down by the L-159 over Ukraine will not reach the Czech Republic.”

French forces raided and seized the Russian shadow fleet oil tanker Grinch this morning. The tanker was intercepted off Spanish waters in the Mediterranean with help from the UK, and is now under French naval escort.

Overnight, Ukrainian attack drones and missiles successfully hit Russia's Taman port on the Black Sea, setting the massive LPG and coal shipment facility ablaze.

Trump rules out using force to take Greenland during his speech at Davos, following European troop deployments to the island.

Trump says that the U.S. is the only country that can “secure” Greenland, says Denmark is unable to defend the territory and compares the situation to the German invasion of Denmark in WW2.

Ukrainian Air Force pilots fought off Russia’s major air raid last night against the backdrop of the northern lights. Seen here, the aurora from a Ukrainian MiG-29 Fulcrum on a combat air patrol.

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Donetsk Oblast, a Russian ammunition dump suffers a massive secondary explosion tonight after a Ukrainian strike.

Ukrainian forces successfully hit a Russian ammunition dump near Debaltseve tonight, causing a massive fire and secondary explosions.

Denmark is planning to deploy up to 1000 new soldiers to Greenland in the near future, with troops rotating through the territory -TV2 A few hundred have already deployed to Kangerlussuaq and Nuuk, including a platoon-size formation from France's mountain troops.

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Greenland’s prime minister told the territory to prepare for a possible military invasion during a news conference this afternoon.

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bloomberg.comGreenland Leader Tells People to Prepare for Possible InvasionGreenland’s prime minister said the Arctic island’s population and its authorities need to start preparing for a possible military invasion, even as it remains an unlikely scenario, as President Donal...

The Danish pension fund AkademikerPension is offloading its entire U.S. treasury position by the end of the month, selling roughly $100 million in U.S. debt. The fund’s CIO: "The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable,"

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bloomberg.comDanish Pension Fund AkademikerPension to Exit US TreasuriesThe Danish pension fund AkademikerPension is planning to exit US Treasuries by the end of the month, amid concerns that the policies of President Donald Trump have created credit risks too big to igno...

Trump appears to now be posting a private text from the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte. Rutte’s message congratulates Trump on his work in Syria, says he will highlight Trump’s achievements in Davos this week.

French President Macron, in what appears to have been a private text to President Trump, posted by Trump on his Truth Social account: “We are totally in line on Syria. We can do great things on Iran. I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland.”

Additional Danish troops have started to arrive in force on Greenland tonight, including Chief of the Royal Danish Army, General Peter Boysen.

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French vehicle manufacturer Renault will start building long-range attack drones at its Le Mans and Cléon plants. Renault will produce up to 600 of the drones per month, with some employees voluntarily transferred from the automotive chassis and motor lines.

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usinenouvelle.comUn contrat potentiel d’un milliard d’euros : Renault va fabriquer des drones militaires dans ses usines du Mans et de CléonRenault s’apprête à lancer la production d’une munition téléopérée à longue portée dans ses usines du Mans et de Cléon, d’après les informations exclusives de L’Usine Nouvelle. Conçu avec l’ETI Turgis...

As tensions ramp up over Greenland, Sweden will deploy a squadron of JAS 39 Gripen fighters to nearby Iceland under NATO’s Arctic air policing mission.

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mynewsdesk.comSverige genomför Nato-insats på IslandFörsvarsmakten kommer under februari och mars att ingå i Natos incidentberedskap på Island som en del av luftförsvaret i Arktisområdet. Flygvapnet ska delta...

Denmark confirms that European allied forces will increase their military presence and exercise activity in the Arctic and the North Atlantic. "The security situation is constantly evolving, and tensions have spread to the Arctic."