"Sirens blared across Moscow as the night sky lit up with the streaks of intercepted drones.For three consecutive nights, 21.5 million residents have been jolted awake by air-raid alerts. Airports shut, emergency lights flashed, and families huddled in basements and metro tunnels.
Once celebrated as one of the world’s most secure cities, Moscow now faces a stunning reversal. Cheap, swarming drones are piercing its billion-dollar defenses—proof that the fortress is cracking under the pressure of modern drone warfare.
Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky—the capital’s three major airports—were forced to suspend flights as drones approached. Thousands of travelers were stranded while aircraft circled or diverted. For the first time in decades, Moscow’s airspace was paralyzed not by snow or politics, but by unmanned aircraft." msn
"Al-Qaeda is tightening its grip on Mali’s capital in a Taliban-style bid to seize control of the west African nation.
Militants have blocked fuel entry to cities and are closing in on Bamako, raising fears it could become the first country ruled by the terror group in its nearly four-decade history.
Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an al-Qaeda affiliate, has spent weeks targeting fuel convoys bound for the capital.
The military junta that has been ruling Mali since a 2021 coup has shut schools across the country while petrol stations are running dry.
The blockade has hit the capital hard over the past two weeks and brought the landlocked Sahel nation’s economy to a halt.
Sources told The Telegraph that Turkey has been supplying drones, while Russia has become Mali’s main security partner." msn
"The epicenter was located 1 964 km (1 220 miles) WSW of Augusta (population 1 362) and 2 027 km (1 259 miles) WSW of Busselton (population 21 898), Australia." W
"157 combat clashes were recorded between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders.
Air strikes were carried out in the areas of Pokrovske and Velykomykhailivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region; Zaliznychne, Solodke, Zelenyi Hai, Rivnopillia, and Yablukove in the Zaporizhzhia region; and Mykilske in the Kherson region.
There were 11 combat engagements in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors. The enemy carried out 11 air strikes, dropping 26 guided bombs, and carried out 171 shelling attacks, including six with MLRS.In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, Ukrainian soldiers repelled five attacks in the Vovchansk area and toward Vovchanski Khutory, Dvorichanskye, and Kolodiazne.
There were 11 Russian attacks in the Kupiansk sector. Defense Forces repelled assaults in the Petropavlivka and Pishchane areas and toward Novoplatonivka and Novoosynove.
In the Lyman sector, the enemy attacked 10 times, trying to break through the defenses near Torske, Karpivka, Derylove, and toward the settlements of Korovii Yar and Lyman.
In the Sloviansk sector, Ukrainian soldiers stopped 11 Russian attacks in the areas of Yampil, Dronivka, Serebrianka, Pereizne, Siversk, and Vyimka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the Defense Forces repelled one enemy attack in the Chasiv Yar area.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, Russian troops carried out 13 attacks in the areas of Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka, and Toretsk, as well as toward Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders stopped 48 assaults by the Russian army in the areas of the settlements of Nykanorivka, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrnohrad, Novoekonomichne, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Dachne, Lysivka, Novopavlivka, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Novoukrainka, and in the direction of Hryshyne.
In the Oleksandrohrad sector, the enemy carried out 18 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Verbove, Pavlivka, Vyshneve, Zelenyi Hai, Sosnivka, Vorone, Stepove, Krasnohirske, and toward Orestopil, Rybne, and Oleksiivka.
In the Huliaipole sector, the Defense Forces repelled three Russian attacks in the area of Novomykolaivka and toward Nove.
Two clashes took place in the Orikhiv sector. The invaders attempted to advance in the areas of Novoandriivka and Kamianske.
In the Prydniprovske sector, Ukrainian units repelled three enemy assaults toward the Antonivskyi Bridge." Ukrin
