Russia: FSB eliminates extremists who were plotting bomb blast outside police station in Moscow

The FSB has prevented a terrorist attack near a police station, which was being plotted by Central Asian natives – members of Wilayat Khorasan, a cell of the international terrorist organization Islamic State in Afghanistan, banned in Russia, the public Read More …

Russia: FSB foils series of assassination attempts on senior Russian defense officials

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled a series of assassination attempts on the lives of senior Russian defense officials in Moscow and their family members plotted by Ukrainian intelligence services, the FSB press office told TASS on Thursday. The Read More …

Russia: Oboronlogistics company blames loss of its ship Ursa Major on terrorist attack

A terrorist attack has been committed against the Russian ship Ursa Major in the Mediterranean Sea, the press service of the Oboronlogistics shipping company has told TASS. “Oboronlogistics believes that on December 23, 2024, a pre-planned terrorist attack was committed Read More …

Russia: FSB detains Uzbek national for carrying out terrorist attack that killed Russian general

The suspect behind the terrorist attack that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops, has been arrested. “The terrorist confessed to being recruited by Ukrainian intelligence. He was sent to Moscow on their Read More …

Russian general, his aide killed in Moscow blast

Chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his aide were killed in a blast in southeastern Moscow on Tuesday morning. The blast was caused by an explosive device that had been planted in Read More …

Russian authorities detain man in connection with car blast that killed Russian officer in Donetsk

A man has been apprehended in Donetsk on suspicion of planting a bomb under a Russian officer’s car, while working for Ukrainian intelligence, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said. The vehicle exploded in the main city of Russia’s Donetsk Read More …

Ukraine intel unit dubbed “The Chemists” deployed kamikaze drones and operators to Syria

About 20 experienced drone operators and 150 drones were shipped over from GUR to the rebel headquarters in Idlib, Syria, four weeks ago. The Ukrainian military aid was a welcome injection of expertise and firepower for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Read More …

Russia: FSB warns of growing attempts by foreign intel services to drag Russians into terrorism

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported an increase in the number of attempts by foreign special services, including Ukrainian ones, to remotely involve Russians into terrorist activities through blackmail, deception or bribery. “We warn of increased activity by special services Read More …

Russia: 12 detained over terror plot in Dagestan

Twelve individuals accused of planning a large-scale terrorist attack have been detained in Russia’s southern Dagestan Republic, local media reported Saturday. Law enforcement officers seized two improvised explosive devices, a ton of ammonium nitrate, as well as weapons and ammunition Read More …

Syria, Russia forces step up air raids in a bid to slow opposition advance

Syrian and Russian jets have intensified air attacks in Idlib city and positions in Aleppo as the government of President Bashar al-Assad tries to slow the advance of opposition fighters. The raids on Monday followed big gains by the opposition Read More …

Mali: At least 6 mercenaries with Russia’s Wagner group killed in an extremist attack in Mopti

At least six Russian mercenaries were killed in an attack by an al-Qaida-linked group in central Mali, according to a statement by the extremists on its media platform. The group, known by its acronym, JNIM, said it ambushed a convoy Read More …

Don’t condemn the US decision to give anti-personnel mines to Ukraine

In Ukraine, it’s not just the frontline that’s a minefield. The decision of the United States to offer landmines to Ukraine, a signatory of the landmine ban treaty, creates as much of a diplomatic minefield as a military one. Landmines Read More …

Russia: FSB arrests German citizen who arrived from Poland to sabotage energy facility in Kaliningrad

Officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) have arrested a German citizen who was involved in sabotaging a gas metering station in Kaliningrad in the spring of 2024 as he arrived from Poland to blow up a Russian energy Read More …

Russia: FSB detains Russian man for preparing terrorist attacks in Belgorod, Bryansk, Tula regions

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a 48-year-old Russian citizen for planning terrorist attacks in Belgorod, Bryansk, and Tula regions under the direction of Ukrainian special services, the agency’s press office reported. “A Russian citizen, born in 1976, Read More …

Russia: FSB foils attempted terrorist attack on power station in Nizhny Tagil

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled a terrorist attack on an electrical substation that provides energy to a military-industrial facility and the infrastructure of the Sverdlovsk Railway in Nizhny Tagil, the Public Relations Center (PRC) of the FSB Read More …

Russian Black Sea Fleet Captain killed in car bomb explosion in Sevastopol

A car exploded on Taras Shevchenko Street in Sevastopol, Crimea. The driver, a Russian serviceman, died from his injuries. The victim is believed to be captain of the first rank of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy. The Read More …

Ukrainian mines destroy modern Russian tanks in Kursk Oblast

Russian troops have suffered significant losses during assaults due to minefields established in the Kursk Oblast by Ukrainian forces, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukraine’s operation in Russia’s Kursk Oblast launched on 6 August Read More …

Ukraine says it launched drone attack on Russian chemical plant

Ukraine launched a drone attack on a Russian chemical plant in the western city of Tula overnight on Friday into Saturday, according to the country’s security service. Russian authorities have not acknowledged the attack. According to the SBU, Aleksinsky chemical Read More …

Ukraine’s Modified Sport Plane Drone Strikes Russian Naval Base 700 Miles from Front Lines

A modified Aeroprakt A-22 sport plane, converted into a long-range drone and carrying explosives, struck Russian naval vessels at a Caspian Fleet base in Kaspiysk, Dagestan – approximately 700 miles from Ukraine‘s frontlines, according to a report from Anton Gerashchenko, Read More …

Ukraine: ZNPP employee suspected of assassination attempt on IAEA officials

Sergey Potynga, an engineer at the thermal instrumentation and control shop of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), has been accused of attempting to assassinate employees of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under the orders of the Ukrainian Defense Read More …