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Crimea
Less than a minute after the air raid warning went out in Kyiv on March 25 the capital was hit by two Tsirkon (Zircon) missiles fired from Crimea – were they truly hypersonic after all?
Mar. 28
Crimea
Ukrainian Naval Forces report hitting four Russian military ships, including Yamal, Azov, Ivan Khurs, and Kostiantyn Olshansky, during the March 23 strikes in Crimea.
Mar. 26
Crimea
Ukrainian intelligence indicates that damage to the Russian ship Yamal is confirmed, with critical damage observed—a hole in the upper deck causing it to list to starboard.
Mar. 25
Crimea
Following Ukraine’s attack on occupied Crimea last night, there are now reports that an oil depot is on fire in occupied Simferopol, but the exact circumstances remain unclear.
Mar. 24
War in Ukraine
After reports of explosions in occupied Sevastopol surfaced late Saturday, an OSINT expert said the targeted area is likely a communications center as the site was “festooned with SATCOM antennas.”
Mar. 24
Putin
Following other revisionist histories recently promulgated by Moscow that seek to give rationale to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, two Duma members want to nullify Krushchev’s 1954 act.
Mar. 12
Putin
Tomoko Akane, a Japanese jurist who joined the International Criminal Court on a nine-year term in March 2018, was elected as president of the court on Monday.
Mar. 12
War in Ukraine
A rare 9C19 Ginger radar system, crucial for Russian anti-aircraft defense, collects data on air targets and transmits them to the command posts of the Russian air defense forces.
Mar. 12
Crimea
According to the Chief of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence, operations in the Black Sea are used a test of Ukraine’s strategy and tactics when operating there and on the Crimean Peninsula.
Mar. 12
Crimea
For only the second time the global court has issued warrants linked to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the first for military commanders.
Mar. 5
Putin
Russian milbloggers frequently complain that Ukraine seems to be able to strike at strategically important military and infrastructure facilities on the Crimean Peninsula with impunity.
Mar. 4
Germany
Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Russia’s RT television channel, claimed she had an audio recording in which high-ranking Bundeswehr officers discuss strikes on the Crimean Bridge.
Mar. 1
Crimea
Ukraine’s 73rd Naval Center of Maritime Special Operations had one of its worst days of the entire war as Russian sources claimed the commandoes were shot down as they tried to land on a beach.
Feb. 29
UN
Friday’s speech at the UN Security Council by Poland’s Foreign Minister took aim at and “corrected” the comments used by Russia’s UN ambassador to justify the invasion of Ukraine.
Feb. 26
For the first time, Russian jamming of GPS over Eastern Europe now seems to have interfered with a high-altitude surveillance mission of an RQ-4B Global Hawk UAV in Estonian airspace.
Sep. 1