The US said it had destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels, although President Donald Trump said in social media posts there were no reports that Iran had planted explosives in the Strait of Hormuz.

In early March 2026, U.S. Central Command confirmed the first U.S. fatalities of the Iran conflict. A drone strike at Port ...

Russia has lost around 1,275,980 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the ...

The conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran continues to dominate global headlines and raise concerns about broader ...

Since the first missiles of the U.S.-Israeli campaign began striking Iran, Russian state media and political pundits have been mulling over a question: Do negotiations with the United States always ...

Zelenskyy says Russia backs Iran with drones, missiles and air defense aid, raising questions about deeper military ties and troop deployments.

KURSK, March 11. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces have attacked Russia’s bordering Kursk Region with 26 drones of various types over the past 24 hours, also carrying out 80 artillery strikes over ...

Iran fires missiles and drones across the Gulf including oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and a ship off the coast of the ...

A large-scale drone raid was repelled in Taganrog and five districts of the Rostov Region, where a power line was damaged. TASS has compiled the key facts about the overnight attacks. - On-duty air ...

The great irony, however, is that the LUCAS drone is based on Iran’s own low-cost one-way attack drone, the Shahed-136. In May 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump publicly praised the Iranian drones as ...

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Months before the Iran war, the US reportedly ignored an offer for anti-drone defense help from battle-tested experts in Ukraine ...