Daily Archives: Mar 15, 2026
7 Strategic Insights from Ukraine’s 1,000-lb JDAM-ER Strike in Kursk
"Better never stops," Air Marshal Johnny Stringer once remarked earlier this year in describing the incessant pace of military advances during the war in Ukraine. That maxim found ample expression in mid-February 2025 in the form of the exact bombing inside Russian borders by the Ukrainian Air Force of...
Russia’s 500+ Shadow Tankers: Inside the Sanctions-Evasion Machine
It started with an oil tanker vessel called Boracay being held off the coast of France in late September with its crew struggling to account for the flag on the ship. Intelligence briefs by President Volodymyr Zelensky had already cautioned that Russia's "shadow fleet," over 500 oil tanker ships,...
Over 500 Russian Shadow Fleet Tankers Pose Rising Hybrid Warfare Threat
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's message was uncompromising: "These tanker ships number over 500 in our records. They must be stopped entirely because it would severely impact the trade in energy and in European security. These ships also happen to be among the ships used by the Russians to deploy drones."...
