TAG: Air defense
Expensive fuel and million dollar missiles: Counting the cost of the Red Sea crisis
The combat reports from Western navies operating in the Red Sea in recent days read like missives fr...
8 months ago
Houthis vow to continue Red Sea attacks despite US-led strikes
Western airstrikes against Houthi positions in Yemen overnight won't stop its fighters from harassin...
8 months ago
How Houthi rebels are threatening global trade nexus on Red Sea
The U.S. is mustering an international armada to deter Iranian-backed Houthi militias from Yemen fro...
8 months ago
Russian ‘scorched earth’ missile attack damages power plants in Ukraine
KYIV — Russian forces unleashed 99 missiles and drones in a fourth massive attack against Ukrainian energy infrastructure in the past 10 days. Three fossil fuel-fired power plants were seriously damaged, Ukrainian energy company DTEK said in a statement.“...
6 months ago
Putin bombards Ukraine but US tells Kyiv to stop targeting Russian oil
KYIV — Russia launched a huge barrage of missiles and drones at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, leaving several cities without electricity and damaging the Dnipro hydropower plant, Ukraine's biggest dam.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy s...
6 months ago
Russia is bombing Ukraine into darkness — and leaving Europe short of power
Just outside Kyiv is a smoking crater where one of Ukraine's largest power plants used to be.The bombed-out ruin of the Trypilska Thermal Power Plant — the main electricity producer for millions of people — is a symbol of a devastating shift underway in U...
5 months ago
EU energy supplies targeted in Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine, Zelenskyy says
Russia's latest missile attack on Ukraine hit energy infrastructure used to supply the European Union with natural gas, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.Ukraine's energy system was struck by 34 Russian rockets in a "massive missile attack" on...
5 months ago
‘Massive’ drone attack hits Russia’s Lipetsk region, as fierce fighting continues in Kursk
Authorities in Russia's western Lipetsk region declared a state of emergency and evacuated four villages in the early hours of Friday morning after a "massive attack" by Ukrainian drones, the local governor said, as Kyiv's forces continue their push into...
2 months ago
US eyes Iranian oil exports as threat of Israel attack grows
The U.S. State Department said it is eyeing measures to clamp down on Iran’s oil exports amid rising worries about Tehran’s vow to take revenge against Israel for the killing of a top Hamas leader.Despite the tightening of sanctions on the Islamic Republi...
2 months ago
Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
KYIV ― Russia launched dozens of kamikaze drones and missiles at Ukraine’s cities and towns in the early hours of Monday, causing emergency electricity shut-offs in several cities. The massive attack, which came in several waves and was continuing late mo...
1 month ago
Ukraine drones target refinery, power plants near Moscow, Russia says
Ukraine launched drones against power plants and a refinery near Moscow in an overnight attack, Moscow said on Sunday. The Russian defense ministry said on Telegram that the country's air defense systems shot down 158 Ukrainian drones over 15 Russian regi...
1 month ago
Ukraine to EU: You can still store gas with us despite Russian attacks
Ukraine's vast natural gas storage facilities can still offer Europe a lifeline this winter even as Russian bombs target the sites, the head of the country's national energy company told POLITICO.In an interview, Naftogaz CEO Oleksiy Chernyshov said Ukrai...
1 month ago