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The IndependentUkrainian attack on Russian weapons store triggers earthquake-sized blast
Huge explosions at military depot near Moscow detected by seismic equipment
- Business Insider
Ukraine war analyst says Russia keeps surprising him with just how bad its soldiers are: 'The bar is very, very low'
Russia's soldiers are getting worse and worse as the war goes on, but Russia fights with mass, not quality, a conflict expert explained.
- The Independent
US soldiers stationed on Alaskan island armed with rocket launchers after Russian activity detected
Russia began largest joint naval and air drills since Cold War last week
- Evening Standard
Drone attack by Ukraine 'destroys bombs and missiles warehouse' in Russian town forcing evacuations
The strike on Toropets in Russia’s Tver region also forced partial evacuation of residents
- The Telegraph
The secrets of Mossad’s fearsome reputation – revealed by ex-Israeli intelligence officers
The exploding pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon is a story of spycraft so terrifying and improbable that no movie would dare commit it to screen.
- Business Insider
South Korea removed 1,300 cameras from its military bases after discovering they're designed to feed back to a Chinese server
South Korea's military removed 1,300 cameras from its bases after discovering they were Chinese and could connect to a server there, an official said.
- Associated Press
US moves soldiers to Alaska island amid Russian military activity increase in the area
The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in the Aleutian chain of western Alaska amid a recent increase in Russian military planes and vessels approaching American territory. Eight Russian military planes and four navy vessels, including two submarines, have come close to Alaska in the past week as Russia and China conducted joint military drills. As part of a "force projection operation,” the Army on Sept. 12 sent the soldiers to Shemya Island, some 1,200 miles (1,930 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage, where the U.S. Air Force maintains an air station that dates to World War II. The soldiers brought two High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, with them.
- Euronews
Russia’s Tver region partially evacuated after Ukrainian drone strike causes fire
Reports from the Ukrainian and Russian sides differed as to the cause and scale of the attack.
- Business Insider
Ukraine isn't flying the most dangerous missions with its F-16s because the pilots are still new to the fighter, US general says
Ukraine's F-16s flew in combat for the first time at the end of August when they helped repel a Russian missile and drone attack.
- Sky News
Exploding pagers: How Israel is suspected of using technology against its enemies
Israel is accused of carrying out an audacious, high-tech and targeted attack on Hezbollah. The unprecedented mass explosion of handheld pagers used by Hezbollah fighters came after the military group switched from mobile phones as a means of communication to reduce the risk of being tracked by Israel. No one has claimed responsibility but Lebanese officials have accused Israel, which has not commented on the blasts.
- The Telegraph
How Hamas leader’s handwritten notes are delaying a hostage deal
Hamas is changing its hostage negotiation tactics, a move Israeli sources say is dragging out talks and piling pressure on Israel.
- HuffPost UK
Kremlin Excuses New Army Expansion By Casting Blame Away From Putin – And Towards The West
Calling for more troops to fight on the frontline has not gone down well for Putin in the past.
- The Guardian
Blast from attack on Russian arms depot picked up on earthquake monitors
Ukrainian drone attack causes large explosion at arsenal in Toropets, more than 300 miles north of Ukraine
- Business Insider
A secretive Russian submarine unit could sabotage the subsea network of cables that powers the internet
GUGI is a specialist unit tasked with sabotage. And it's menacing the undersea cables that carry internet data.
- The Telegraph
Ukrainian attack on Russian missile depot triggers mini earthquake
Ukraine has blown up a Russian ammunition dump, triggering an explosion so powerful it was picked up by earthquake monitors.
- Associated Press
A war with Hezbollah may be looming. Is Israel prepared?
With Israel's defense minister announcing a “new phase” of the war and an apparent Israeli attack setting off explosions in electronic devices in Lebanon, the specter of all-out combat between Israel and Hezbollah seems closer than ever before. Hopes for a diplomatic solution to the conflict appear to be fading quickly as Israel signals a desire to change the status quo in the country's north, where it has exchanged cross-border fire with Hezbollah since the Lebanese militant group began attacking on Oct. 8, a day after the war's opening salvo by Hamas. In recent days, Israel has moved a powerful fighting force up to the northern border, officials have escalated their rhetoric, and the country’s security Cabinet has designated the return of tens of thousands of displaced residents to their homes in northern Israel an official war goal.
- The Telegraph
Lammy to tell Spain to leave Gibraltar military base alone
David Lammy will tell his European counterparts that Britain’s military base in Gibraltar must not be impacted by any post-Brexit agreement.
- Reuters
Russia captures Ukrainsk in east Ukraine, state media and war bloggers say
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian forces captured the Ukrainian town of Ukrainsk in the eastern Donetsk region on Tuesday as they advanced westwards in a bid to take the whole of the Donbas, Russian state-run RIA news agency and pro-Russian war bloggers reported. Russian troops raised their flag on a mine ventilation shaft on the outskirts of the town, which had a population of over 10,000 people before the war, RIA said, citing an unidentified source in the Russian military. "Ukrainsk is ours," said Yuri Podolyaka, an Ukrainian-born, pro-Russian military blogger, adding that Russian forces had taken the city "almost intact" allowing them to use it as a base for further offensive operations.
- The Guardian
Ukraine war briefing: Blinken briefed on Kyiv’s plan to push Russia to end war
Zelenskiy expected to present plan to UN general assembly next week; Microsoft says Russia behind Harris disinformation. What we know on day 938
- Associated Press
Lessons from Red Sea and Ukraine's Black Sea fight help prep Navy for possible conflict with China
The Navy is taking lessons from its combat in the Red Sea over the past year and what Ukraine has done to hold off the Russians in the Black Sea to help U.S. military leaders prepare the service for a potential future conflict with China. From drones and unmanned surface vessels to the more advanced operation of ship-board guns, the Navy is expanding its combat skills and broadening training. Adm. Lisa Franchetti, chief of naval operations, is laying out a series of goals, including several that will be highly challenging to meet, in a new navigation plan she described in an interview with The Associated Press.