# Ukraine
Latest news and articles about Ukraine
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Kyiv Sets Its Sights on the Stars: The Failed Strike on Plesetsk and the New Frontier of the Ukraine War
Russia claims to have foiled a Ukrainian drone attack on the Plesetsk Cosmodrome intended to disrupt broadband satellite launches. The incident underscores Ukraine's expanding long-range strike capabilities and the growing strategic importance of space-based infrastructure in the ongoing conflict.
Iran Declares Netanyahu a Target as Missile, Drone Barrage Escalates Regional Risk
Iran’s IRGC has declared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a direct target and launched a fresh series of missile and drone strikes described as the 54th wave of its “True Pledge–4” campaign. Israel insists its air-defence stocks are adequate and, together with the United States, signals readiness for an extended campaign; meanwhile Tehran has accused Ukraine of becoming a legitimate target for providing technical drone support to Israel. The confrontations are already unsettling global fertilizer and shipping markets and risk wider regional escalation.
Iran Launches Large-Scale Drone and Missile Barrage into Israel; US-Linked Site Struck
On March 15 Iran launched a large coordinated drone-and-missile assault into Israel, which Tehran said hit multiple strategic targets and which reportedly produced debris that struck a U.S. consular residence. Israel carried out strikes inside Iran in response and insists its air-defence stocks are sufficient, while the escalation has drawn warnings from U.S. lawmakers and raised tensions with countries offering technical help to Israel.
Cheap, Small and Hard to Stop: How Iran’s Mass Drone Tactics Are Pinching US and Israeli Air Defences
US defence officials have acknowledged that Iran’s cheap, slow, low‑flying attack drones are difficult to intercept and can overwhelm expensive air‑defence systems through massed use. The tactic creates a cost‑asymmetry that risks depleting missile interceptors and forcing reliance on electronic and directed‑energy defences, while prompting the US and partners to replicate and counter Iranian designs.
Bureaucracy and Underfunding Threaten Europe’s Defence Tech Edge — and Its Strategic Autonomy
A Roland Berger study finds Europe’s defence-innovation system underfunded, fragmented and too risk‑averse to keep pace with rivals. The consultancy calls for flexible procurement, deeper industry‑defence integration and coordinated EU funding to prevent a loss of strategic autonomy.
Japan’s Quiet Pivot: LDP Move to Allow Lethal Arms Exports Raises Regional Alarm
Japan’s ruling party has approved a draft to broaden defence equipment exports to include combat-capable systems, a step that would revise decades of post‑war restraint. The change has provoked domestic protests and regional concern, and it could alter security dynamics in East Asia while raising questions about oversight and end‑use controls.
Russia, US and Ukraine Meet in Geneva as Diplomacy Reawakens
Delegations from Russia, the United States and Ukraine met in Geneva on 17 February for tripartite talks hosted by Switzerland. While public details are sparse, the format suggests discussions on humanitarian issues, security guarantees and confidence‑building measures, with major disputes over territory and sanctions likely to constrain outcomes.