What a No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine Would Mean for the West

16 septembre 2025 à 11:28

Poland suggested such a zone after a major Russian incursion. But political hesitance and military shortcomings pose clear obstacles.

Explosions in the sky over Kyiv, Ukraine, as Ukrainian soldiers fired toward Russian drones last week.

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Russia Made Drone Production a Supreme Priority. Now It Swarms the Skies.

Par :Paul Sonne and Kim Barker

14 septembre 2025 à 05:51

Ukraine is struggling to defend itself against the growing number of attack drones that Moscow has started using in its onslaughts.

Ukrainian firefighters battling a blaze in central Kharkiv after several Russian drones struck the area in July.

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Romania Says Russian Drone Entered Its Airspace

Par :Jin Yu Young and Anton Troianovski

14 septembre 2025 à 17:29

It was the second time in less than a week that a Russian drone had flown through a NATO member’s airspace. Last week, NATO scrambled fighter jets to shoot down Russian drones in Polish airspace.

A Romanian Air Force F-16 last month during an air show in Romania.

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As Sabotage in Europe Mounts, So Do Calls to Retaliate Against Russia

Par :Lara Jakes

13 septembre 2025 à 16:26

Drones in Poland and GPS jamming attributed to Russia have intensified a debate over whether the West should impose stiffer penalties for such “hybrid warfare.”

A house that was badly damaged by debris from a Russian drone that was shot down in the village of Wyryki-Wola, in eastern Poland, on Wednesday.

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NATO Steps Up Defenses After Russian Drones Violate Polish Airspace

Par :Lara Jakes

12 septembre 2025 à 13:18

Increased air patrols, air defense systems and other protections will be mobilized over Eastern Europe.

Officials inspecting a house that was damaged when a Russian drone was shot down in the village of Wyryki-Wola, in eastern Poland, on Wednesday.

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Russia’s Strategy Against the West: Escalate Slowly and See if It Responds

Par :Andrew E. Kramer

11 septembre 2025 à 05:04

Ukrainian and European officials say President Vladimir V. Putin has become emboldened by a lack of Western pushback.

The police inspected the damage to a house caused by debris from a shot-down Russian drone in the village of Wyryki-Wola, eastern Poland on Wednesday.

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Poland Has Invoked NATO’s Article 4. What Comes Next?

Par :Jenny Gross

10 septembre 2025 à 10:32

Article 4 allows member states to start a formal discussion within the alliance about threats to their security. It does not commit the alliance to military action.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland held an emergency meeting in Warsaw on Wednesday.

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Drones Over Poland Are Latest Violation of Countries Near Ukraine

Par :Matthew Mpoke Bigg

10 septembre 2025 à 08:39

Poland denounced what it has described as an incursion by more than a dozen Russian drones. It would not be the first time Russia’s war effort had spilled beyond Ukraine.

This house in Wyryki, Poland, was struck overnight Wednesday by what was suspected to be a Russian drone.

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NATO Says It Scrambled Fighter Jets to Shoot Down Russian Drones Over Poland

Par :Michael Schwirtz and Qasim Nauman

10 septembre 2025 à 15:49

The incursion was the first time alliance planes had engaged enemy targets in NATO airspace. Poland’s leader called it “a large-scale provocation.”

Polish military and government officials at a meeting in Warsaw on Wednesday after the drone incursions.

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Man Pleads Guilty to Planning Attack on Power Substation in Tennessee

Par :Alexandra E. Petri

9 septembre 2025 à 19:13

Skyler Philippi, 24, planned to use a drone packed with explosive materials to further an extremist ideology, prosecutors said.

Skyler Robert Philippi, 24, will face a maximum possible term of life in prison when he is sentenced on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Gaza-Bound Flotilla Struck by Drone in Tunisia, Aid Group Says

Par :Pranav Baskar and Ephrat Livni

9 septembre 2025 à 10:57

The Global Sumud Flotilla planned to use the ship and others to bring humanitarian goods to Gaza.

A Global Sumud Flotilla vessel at the Tunisian port of Sidi Bou Said early Tuesday, flanked by National Guard vessels.

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The Political Signals Russia Sends With Each Huge Barrage on Ukraine

Par :Andrew E. Kramer

8 septembre 2025 à 14:09

Analysts have linked major attacks to important geopolitical events as the Kremlin tries to strengthen its hand in talks.

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers building after Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv on Sunday.

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Houthi Drone Hits Israeli Airport After Warning System Failure

Par :Ephrat Livni

7 septembre 2025 à 15:16

The strike by the Yemeni militants followed the Israeli killing of several of their top leaders a week ago.

The terminal of the Ramon International Airport in 2019. A Houthi drone hit the airport on Sunday.

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Russia Strikes Ukraine Government Building in Largest Drone Assault of War

Par :Andrew E. Kramer

7 septembre 2025 à 14:45

Ukrainians said it was the first time a key building in Kyiv’s government district had been damaged since the war began. Russia has kept attacking despite Trump administration efforts at peace talks.

Smoke rising from a government building on Sunday in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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With ‘Ghost Bat’ Drone, Australia Gears Up for New Arms Race

Par :Victoria Kim

6 septembre 2025 à 00:09

A new class of aircraft developed with Boeing, it will be the first military plane designed and manufactured in the country in half a century.

A photo provided by the Australian Defense Force of an MQ-28A Ghost Bat in Woomera, South Australia, on Friday.

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Ukraine Pursues a Weapons Buildup More Potent Than Any Security Guarantee

Par :Constant Méheut

2 septembre 2025 à 07:29

Kyiv sees a well-equipped army as a stronger deterrent to Moscow than any Western pledges to defend it. It is working to attract billions to buy more arms.

Ukrainian soldiers in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in May. Kyiv is counting on its booming domestic defense industry, which has already delivered drones that swarm the battlefield.

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Mexico’s Cartels Are Using Military Weapons

Par :Paulina Villegas · Leila Medina · Melanie Bencosme and David Jouppi

1 septembre 2025 à 05:02

Recent attacks on villages in Mexico’s western state of Michoacán reveal the cartels’ growing paramilitary-style power, using drones, I.E.D.s and other weapons of war. Paulina Villegas examines the aftermath of these assaults.

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With Drones and I.E.D.s, Mexico’s Cartels Adopt Arms of Modern War

Par :Paulina Villegas and Adriana Zehbrauskas

1 septembre 2025 à 05:02

Under pressure from the government and each other, some of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups are amassing homemade mortars, land mines, rocket-propelled grenades and bomber drones.

A hole left by a bomb dropped by a drone in the roof of a home in El Guayabo, Michoacán, Mexico. Cartels are using IEDs, drones and makeshift explosives in their fight for territory, capable of tearing through rooftops and scattering shrapnel across the ground below.

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Large Russian Air Attack Hits Ukraine, Amid Stalled Bid for Peace Talks

Par :Constant Méheut

30 août 2025 à 11:09

It was the second massive assault in three days, as the Kremlin rebuffed peace talks sought by Ukraine and the United States.

The site of a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Saturday.

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Russian Drones Are Flying Over U.S. Weapons Routes in Germany, Officials Say

Par :Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt

28 août 2025 à 20:53

U.S. and European military officials are increasingly concerned about the flights, even as Russian acts of sabotage have declined.

American-made artillery shells prepared in a factory in Scranton, Pa., before being sent to Ukraine.

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2 Weeks After Trump Talks, Russia Bombards Kyiv, Killing at Least 23

Par :Maria Varenikova and Finbarr O’Reilly

29 août 2025 à 02:24

The strikes, which hit a five-story apartment building, a shopping mall and buildings used by European governments, were the largest on the Ukrainian capital since the Alaska summit.

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