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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 2h
🇷🇺NEW: Russia reveals new "KLIN" kamikaze drone, capable of autonomously locating and striking targets at distances of 120 km. It can reportedly act as an "aerial minefield" by loitering mid-air for 80~ minutes.

#UkraineRussianWar #UkraineWarNews #Military #OSINT #RussianArmy
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 3h
🇵🇰🇦🇫NEW: Pakistan has closed its border crossings with Afghanistan following exchanges of fire between each country's forces.

Pakistan also claims a number of Afghan border outposts were destroyed in retaliatory attacks.

#Taliban #Military #News #Pakistan #Osint #Breakingnews
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 3h
🔎Clashes erupted between Pakistan and Afghan Taliban forces following a Pakistani Air Force strike on Tehrik+Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Clashes have involved rifle fire, mortars, artillery shelling, tanks, and ATGM strikes.

#Taliban #News #Afghanistan #Military #Osint
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 3h
🇦🇫/🇵🇰NEW: Afghanistan claims it killed "58" Pakistani soldiers during overnight clashes, following increased tensions over an airstrike on Kabul allegedly carried out by Pakistan.

#Breakingnews #Taliban #News #Military #OSINT
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 5h
Photos of the destroyed "Sigma" hypermarket in Russian-occupied Donetsk city.

#UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #OSINT #News
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 5h
🇷🇺/🇺🇦UKRAINE WAR: Russian drones struck the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, with the fire being confirmed via NASA FIRMS fire-tracking data.

#UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #Military #OSINT #News
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 5h
🇷🇺/🇺🇦UKRAINE WAR - VIDEO: Russian Air Force released footage of a FAB-3000 UMPK being used to strike an air defense system used by Ukraine's 20th Sep. Mechanized Brigade in Kostyantynivka city, Donetsk Oblast.

#UkraineRussiaWar #combatfootage #Military #OSINT #UkraineWar
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 5h
🇺🇦UKRAINE WAR: Ukrainian drones struck a Russian oil pumping station in Sukodolniya, Rostov Oblast. Satellite imagery analysis shows the station's distributor unit was entirely destroyed.

#UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #News #Military #OSINT
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 8h
🇺🇸NEW: US Army has awarded FN America a $2M contract to continue development of its Precision Grenadier System prototype, the MTL-30.

The MTL-30 is a semi-automatic 30mm grenade launcher that fires out to 500m at a flat trajectory.

#NATO #USA #Guns #Firearms #Military #OSINT
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 8h
🔍WHY WAS IT BOMBED?: Footage from some weeks back shows Russian troops from the 61st Brigade at this exact supermarket.

#UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #Military #OSINT
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 9h
🇪🇪NEW: Estonia has closed its southern border with Russia after 10+ armed men in military equipment, presumably Russian soldiers, were spotted along the Russian side.

Russia has not given any explanation for the situation.

#Estonia #NATO #Russia #UkraineRussiaWar #OSINT #News
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 9h
🏎️Donetsk resident drifting their car in front of the burned-down supermarket.

#UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine #News #UkraineWar
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 9h
🇺🇦/🇷🇺UKRAINE WAR: Ukrainian FP-1 drones struck a "Sigma" hypermarket in Russian-occupied Donetsk city, causing a massive fire to erupt.

#UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #Military #OSINT #News
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 2d
🇺🇦PHOTOS: Images of fires caused by Russian FPV impacts in Brovary, Kyiv Oblast.

#UkraineWar #Ukraine #Military #Osint #News
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 2d
🇮🇱/🇵🇸NEW: Israel's cabinet has ratified the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal, officially suspending hostilities.

A ceasefire is now set to begin within 24 hours. An Israeli-Gazan hostage exchange will follow within 72 hours.

#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #BREAKING #News #Osint
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 2d
🇺🇦NOW: Massive Russian drone attack ongoing on Ukraine's capital of Kyiv, as more than 100+ Russian drones are reported in Ukrainian airspace.

Significant air defense activity and energy & water shortages are reported in Kyiv.

#UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine #Military #OSINT #News
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 2d
🔍The MANPADS NGSRI offers more powerful optics than the Stinger, with better zoom and aerial detection abilities, as well as further missile range and speed.

Full-scale testing of the NGSRI is planned for the end of 2025.

#Ukraine #Military #USA #Defense
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 2d
🇺🇸NEW: Raytheon announced its new MANPADS Next Generation Short Range Interceptor (NGSRI), a successor to the FIM-92 Stinger.

It has been developed with modern threats in-mind, including those posed by drones.

More below...

#Military #OSINT #News #Guns #USA #Weapons #Defense
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 2d
🗺️MAPPING of the frontline where this footage of 19th SPC VSP engaging Russian forces was taken (via DeepStateMap)

#UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #Military #OSINT
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 2d
🇺🇦/🇷🇺UKRAINE WAR - VIDEO: Ukraine's 19th Special Purpose Center (VSP) engage Russian forces in CQB during detonation and search operations in Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast.

#UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine #Military #OSINT #Combatfootage #Army #UkraineWar
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 2d
🗺️MAPPING of the strike location (approximate).

🇺🇦 Ukrainian sources claim this was done to deter the Ukrainian advance in the area, which is the most successful ongoing AFU counter-offensive along the frontline.

#UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #Ukraine #News #OSINT
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 2d
🇺🇦/🇷🇺NEW: The Russian MoD released video of the detonation of the "Tolyatti-Odesa" ammonia pipeline near Rusyn Yar, Donestk Oblast.

Toxic ammonia gas has been released into the surrounding area, which is under Ukrainian control.

#UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine #OSINT #Military #News
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 3d
🇺🇦✅CONFIRMED: Ukrainian SOF strikes on Lukoil-Korobkovsky GPP and Yefimovka LPDS are confirmed using NASA FIRMS open-source satellite data.

🗺️MAPPING and FIRMS DATA available below (via @securitypolitics.bsky.social)

#UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #Ukraine #OSINT #Military #news
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 3d
🇺🇦/🇷🇺UKRAINE WAR: Ukrainian SOF reportedly carried out strikes on two major Russian oil and gas facilities in Volgograd Oblast, Russia—the "LUKOIL-Korobkovsky GPP" LNG plant and "Yefimovka" LPDS.

#UkraineRussiaWar #News #Military #Osint #Ukraine
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Security Politics @securitypolitics.bsky.social · 3d
🇺🇦/🇷🇺UKRAINE WAR: 5 Ukrainian AN-196 "Liutyi" drones struck an oil depot in Matveyev Kurgan, Rostov Oblast.

VIDEO showing moment of impact below.

📍47°33'23.5"N 38°51'58.3"E

#UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine #Military #OSINT #News