Drone Attacks Halt Two Rosneft Refineries, Adding Pressure to Fuel Supplies
Drone attacks stopped crude processing at two Rosneft-owned refineries in the Volga River cities of Syzran and Saratov, creating overlapping…
Korea Aerospace Industries Drone Crashes as Six Demos Falter, Vendors Investigate
Six of 17 demonstrations at South Korea’s first Defense Drone Technology Exhibition did not go as planned, including the crash…
Russia May Use Up to 25,000 North Koreans in Drone Production
Twenty-five thousand workers would represent a major labor pool for any drone-manufacturing operation. But in Russia, that figure remains an…
Kherson Covers 250 Road Kilometers, Plans 350 Against Drones
More than 250 kilometers of roads in Ukraine’s Kherson region now have overhead nets intended to reduce the threat that…
Ukrainian Drone Strike Halts Yaroslavl Refinery With 73% of Capacity Offline
A Ukrainian drone strike reportedly halted crude processing at the Slavneft Yaroslavnefteorgsintez refinery in Russia’s Yaroslavl region on September 18,…
Tengiz Output Reportedly Halves After Drone-Related Black Sea Terminal Closure
Output at Tengiz, Kazakhstan’s largest oilfield, reportedly fell to about 406,000 barrels per day on Wednesday from a July average…
Japan Investigates Presumed Global Hawk Crash That Could Cut Fleet by One-Third
Japan is investigating the presumed sea crash of an RQ-4B Global Hawk after communication trouble was followed three minutes later…
Drone Strikes Push Russia to Record Fuel Imports and Gasoline Buybacks
Russia imported a record 172,000 tonnes of refined fuel in August 2026, more than seven times its previous monthly high…
Japan Confirms $109 Million Global Hawk Crashed After Losing Ground Connection
Japan has confirmed that a $109 million Global Hawk surveillance drone crashed in the Sea of Japan after its connection…
Ukrainian Drones Constrain Three of Russia’s Six Biggest Diesel Refineries
Three of Russia’s six largest diesel-producing refineries have halted or sharply reduced output after Ukrainian drone attacks, concentrating the disruption…
Russian Fuel Imports Hit Record as Ukrainian Drone Strikes Reverse Trade
Russia imported a record 172,000 tonnes of oil products in August 2026, more than seven times its previous monthly high…
Chinese State Firm Reportedly Sent Russia Material for Hundreds of Drones
Internal shipping and customs records reportedly document a 46-ton shipment of carbon-fiber precursor chemicals from China’s state-owned Jilin Chemical Fiber…
Brave1 Market Opens 17-Parameter Drone Orders, but Units Fund Purchases
A Ukrainian military unit can now describe the drone it needs across more than 17 parameters and send that requirement…
Ukrainian Drone Strikes Push Russian Fuel Imports to Record, Export Revenue to Invasion-Era Low
Russia imported a record 172,000 tonnes of oil products in August 2026 more than seven times its previous monthly high…
Tada-U Airport Cancels International Flights, Moves Domestic Services After Reported Drone Attack
A reported drone attack produced a clear civilian consequence at Myanmar’s Tada-U International Airport even though the physical effects remain…
Russian Refinery Runs Hit 22-Year Low as Ukrainian Drone Damage Takes Longer to Repair
Russia processed 3.8 million barrels of crude per day in June 2026, down 30% from a year earlier and its…
Ukrainian Drone Strikes Push Russia to Record Fuel Imports
Russia imported a record 172,000 tonnes of fuel in August 2026, more than seven times its previous monthly high. The…
Ukrainian Air Force Says Russian Drone Upgrades Force Continual Defense Changes
Ukraine’s air defenses face a difficult engineering mismatch: defensive systems must remain effective for years, while the drones challenging them…