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29 Dead as Russian Military Plane Slams Into Cliff

Technical problems cited in An-26 crash in Crimea

(Newser) - A routine military flight over Crimea ended in disaster on Tuesday, with a Russian An-26 transport plane slamming into a cliff, killing 29 people on board, according to Russian state media. The Defense Ministry, as cited by Tass, said the aircraft went missing around 6pm Moscow time during a scheduled...

Trump on Cuba Oil Delivery: 'It's Not Going to Matter'

White House says Russian shipment is for humanitarian needs

(Newser) - A long-awaited ship just broke Cuba's months-long oil drought. A Russian-owned tanker has docked at Matanzas, the country's main oil terminal, carrying roughly 730,000 barrels of crude Havana hopes will ease the severe fuel squeeze that has triggered a national crisis, per the BBC . Aiming to force political change...

Trump Has 'No Problem' With Russian Tanker Bringing Oil to Cuba

President says 'somebody' should get oil to Cuba

(Newser) - President Trump on Sunday night said he has "no problem" with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a US oil blockade, the AP reports. "We have a tanker out there. We don'...

Zelensky Says Russia Is Blackmailing the US

Moscow's support for Iran, including reported drone deliveries, may hinge on one point

(Newser) - Russia is reportedly gearing up to arm Iran, the very ally that's been arming it. Western intelligence officials say Moscow is close to completing a delivery of drones, as well as medicine and food, to Iran—a shift that would mark Russia's first confirmed supply of lethal hardware to Tehran...

Zelensky: Trump Wants Ukraine to Surrender Donbas

Zelensky says US security guarantees conditioned on giving up Donbas to Russia

(Newser) - Ukraine's president says the price tag Washington is floating for long-term security guarantees is land, Politico reports. Volodymyr Zelensky told Reuters the US has linked a potential security deal to Kyiv agreeing to withdraw from the entire Donbas region, a move he warned would strengthen Russia's defenses and...

Iran's Cheap Drones Are a Big Problem for US

$35K Shahed drones strain Gulf defenses despite US strikes: Nicholas Kulish

(Newser) - The United States' problem in the Iran war isn't what it can blow up—it's what it can't see. Nicholas Kulish of the New York Times reports that even as American strikes level drone factories like one recently hit near Isfahan, Iran's Shahed attack drones remain cheap, simple, and surprisingly...

Russia Launches One of the Biggest Attacks of the War

Daytime drone strikes targeted cities across Ukraine

(Newser) - Russia took its air campaign over Ukraine into broad daylight on Tuesday, sending swarms of drones at city centers nationwide in what Ukraine's air force called one the war's largest attacks. President Volodymyr Zelensky said several people were killed and at least 40 injured as apartment blocks, hospitals,...

France: We Intercepted Tanker in Russia's 'Shadow Fleet'

'We won't let this happen,' says Macron after French navy boarded tanker in the Mediterranean

(Newser) - The French navy on Friday intercepted and boarded a tanker in the Mediterranean Sea that President Emmanuel Macron said is linked to Russia's sanctioned shadow fleet shipping oil in violation of international sanctions over Moscow's war on Ukraine. According to the French maritime authorities for the Mediterranean, the...

Russian Oil Tanker May Test US Cuba Blockade

Sanctioned tanker is expected to arrive Monday

(Newser) - A Russian oil tanker is quietly cutting through the Atlantic, and its next move could trigger a fresh US–Russia clash over Cuba. The Anatoly Kolodkin , a Russian state-owned vessel under US sanctions and carrying roughly 730,000 barrels of crude, left Primorsk on March 9 and exited the English...

Russia Agrees to Stop Sending Kenyans to War

Countries agree to halt controversial wartime recruitment amid Kenyan protests

(Newser) - Kenya says it has struck a deal with Moscow to shut down a controversial pipeline sending its citizens to fight for Russia in Ukraine. Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi, speaking alongside his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Monday, said the two governments agreed that Kenyans "will no longer be...

Ukraine's New Leverage With US: Drone Expertise

Zelensky sends interceptor drones, experts after request from US in the Iranian war

(Newser) - Perhaps no country on earth has become as adept at shooting down enemy drones as Ukraine because of its war with Russia. Now that the US is facing essentially the same drones in the Iran war, Volodymyr Zelensky's nation is sending interceptor drones and a team of experts to...

Hegseth: Iran War Is 'Bringing Your Enemy to Their Knees'

Defense secretary says US strikes will intensify until Iran's capabilities collapse

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the outcome in Iran is already set: capitulation, whether Tehran says the word or not. In an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes , Hegseth said US strikes had hit roughly 3,000 targets in Iran as of Friday and warned the campaign is "only just...

Russia May Be Helping Iran Target US Forces

Insider says Russia is happy to get 'payback' for US support for Ukraine

(Newser) - Russia isn't just watching the US-Iran war from the sidelines, US officials say—it's feeding Iran data on where to aim. The Washington Post , citing "three officials familiar with the intelligence," reports that since fighting erupted Saturday, Moscow has been supplying Tehran with locations of US...

Macron: Next 50 Years 'Will Be an Age of Nuclear Weapons'

French leader to boost nation's nuclear arsenal amid Russia aggression, US retreat

(Newser) - France's president is recasting his country's nuclear role, as well as asking Europe to step closer to it. Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced plans to enlarge France's nuclear arsenal and knit it more tightly into European defense, arguing that the continent must "regain control of [its]...

The War With Iran Could Be a Financial Lifeline for Putin

Middle East turmoil may boost Russian oil sales, so long as it lasts long enough

(Newser) - "For our budget, the attack on Iran is a big plus," a Russian TV host proclaimed Monday. The Guardian digs into the potential truth of that statement. Russia's oil and gas revenues are a linchpin of its war financing, and they hit a five-year low last year...

World Leaders React to US-Israel Attack on Iran

Nations voice concern as some back strikes, others condemn escalation

(Newser) - World leaders are lining up to assess, condemn, or cautiously back US and Israeli strikes on Iran as fears of a wider Middle East conflict grow. What some are saying as updates continue to trickle out of the region, per CNN , Reuters , and the New York Times :
  • Antonio Costa, president
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Neutral Ireland Ramps Up Sea Surveillance

Plan includes new radar, subsea surveillance, and NATO coordination

(Newser) - Ireland is putting more eyes and ears on the water—and in the water—without dropping its neutral status. In its first-ever national maritime security strategy, Dublin says it will upgrade radar and undersea surveillance and work more closely with neighboring NATO states as it confronts what it calls rising...

4 Years of War in Ukraine, by the Numbers

As the fight grinds into its 5th year, AP breaks down the heavy cost on both nations

(Newser) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine four years ago launched Europe's biggest conflict since World War II, causing immense suffering for civilians and harrowing ordeals for soldiers while rewriting the post-Cold War security order. The fighting enters its fifth year on Tuesday, and it shows no signs of stopping....

Musk's Starlink Cut Leaves Russian Forces Scrambling

Ukraine has gained the advantage in some sectors

(Newser) - A flip of a switch from Elon Musk may have flipped the dynamics on parts of Ukraine's front line. After Ukraine's defense minister asked SpaceX to block Russian access to Starlink, the company on Feb. 1 shut down all terminals in Ukraine except those cleared on a government...

Russian Soldiers Allegedly Shot Themselves for Payout

$2.6M fraud scheme allegedly led by a commander formerly described as a war hero

(Newser) - Russian state media once cast a paratroop officer nicknamed "Executioner" as a war hero. Now Lt. Col. Konstantin Frolov stands accused of masterminding a scheme in which more than 30 soldiers and medics allegedly shot themselves to cash in on wartime injury payouts—and then kicked back a cut...

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