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• Defense09/27/2026@DefenseDesk

  Russia and Belarus Hold the Zapad-2025 Strategic Exercise

  Volodarsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Volga Federal District, RussiaRussian Armed Forces

  

  09/12/2025 - 09/16/2025CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoKremlin^[1], 16 September 2025: 'The exercise is being held on September 12 through 16 at 41 land and sea training grounds in both countries.'

  Russia and Belarus held their first Zapad joint strategic exercise since the invasion of Ukraine, which Putin said involved 100,000 troops at 41 ranges and included practice with nuclear weapons and the Oreshnik missile, as Poland shut its border with Belarus.

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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  Drone strike breaches Chernobyl's New Safe Confinement

  Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

  

  Starts 02/14/2025CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE1.6 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: a Russian "Geran-2" drone struck the New Safe Confinement structure at approximately 1:50 a.m. on February 14, 2025.

  A Russian drone struck Chernobyl's €2BN New Safe Confinement shelter, tearing a hole in the roof and starting a fire that burned for weeks.

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• Defense09/27/2026@DefenseDesk

  Russia Test-Launches the Sarmat Heavy ICBM

  Moscow Kremlin, Faleyevskiy per., Yakimanka District, Moscow, Central Federal District, 115035, RussiaStrategic Rocket Forces

  

  Starts 05/12/2026 8:15AMCONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCE138 days agoKremlin^[1], 12 May 2026: Karakayev reported 'Today at 11:15 a.m., the Strategic Missile Forces launched the latest heavy liquid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sarmat. The launch was successful' (Moscow time, 08:15 UTC).

  Russia's Strategic Missile Forces test-fired the Sarmat heavy liquid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missile, which commander Sergei Karakayev said was successful and would let the first Sarmat regiment go on combat duty at Uzhur by the end of 2026.

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• Defense09/27/2026@DefenseDesk

  India Launches Operation Sindoor Missile Strikes on Pakistan

  Muridke, Muridke Tehsil, Sheikhupura District, Lahore Division, Punjab, 39000, PakistanIndian Armed Forces

  

  Starts 05/06/2025 7:35PMCONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCE1.4 years agoIndia's Ministry of External Affairs briefing of 7 May 2025: Colonel Sofiya Qureshi said the operation was carried out on the night of 6-7 May 2025 between 1:05 and 1:30 a.m. (IST, UTC+5:30).^[1]

  Two weeks after the Pahalgam attack killed 26 people, India struck what it called nine terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, opening four days of the heaviest fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours in decades.

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• Defense09/27/2026@DefenseDesk

  First Sarmat ICBM Regiment Due on Combat Duty at Uzhur

  Uzhur, Uzhursky Rayon, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberian Federal District, RussiaStrategic Rocket Forces

  

  Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED69% CONFIDENCEin 95 daysMoscow Times, 12 May 2026: Karakayev said the test 'clears the way for Russia's Strategic Missile Forces to station the first Sarmat-armed regiment at its Uzhur unit in the Krasnoyarsk region by the end of 2026'; the pin takes 31 December 2026.^[1]

  Russia says the first regiment armed with the Sarmat heavy ICBM will go on combat duty at the Uzhur missile division in Krasnoyarsk Territory by the end of 2026, after years of delays and test failures.

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• Defense09/27/2026@DefenseDesk

  Russia Claims the Capture of Pokrovsk After a Siege of Almost Two Years

  Pokrovsk urban hromada, Pokrovskii Raion, Donetsk Oblast, UkraineRussian Armed Forces

  

  Starts 12/01/2025CONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCE300 days agoAl Jazeera^[1] (2 December 2025): 'The Kremlin announced the news in a Telegram post on Monday' (1 December), after Gerasimov reported it to Putin 'late on Sunday'.

  The Kremlin said Russian forces had captured Pokrovsk, a logistics hub in Donetsk region under siege for almost two years, and Vovchansk in Kharkiv; a NATO official said Russia held over 95% of Pokrovsk while Ukrainian pockets fought on.

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• Geopolitics09/27/2026@DefenseDesk

  US, Ukraine and Russia Hold First Trilateral Talks in Abu Dhabi

  Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab EmiratesGovernment of Ukraine

  

  01/23/2026 - 01/24/2026CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE247 days agoAl Jazeera^[1][4], published 24 January 2026: 'Ukraine and Russia ended a second day of United States-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi without an agreement'; its 23 January report covers the opening day.

  Negotiators from the US, Ukraine and Russia met together for the first time since the full-scale invasion, in two days of UAE-hosted talks in Abu Dhabi that ended without agreement as Russia kept demanding the rest of Donetsk.

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• Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk

  Drone Strike Shuts Aramco's Ras Tanura Refinery

  Saudi Aramco Ras Tanura Refinery, Ra's Tannurah, Ras Tannurah Governorate, Eastern Province, 32811, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Aramco

  

  Starts 03/02/2026CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE209 days agoStated as done, per The National (published 2 March 2026): 'Saudi Aramco has shut down operations at its Ras Tanura refinery after a fire broke out following a reported drone attack'; SANA's^[6] 2 March report says the shutdown happened 'on Monday'.

  Debris from two intercepted drones, launched as Iran struck its Gulf neighbours, started a fire at Saudi Arabia's largest domestic refinery, a 550,000 barrel-a-day plant, and Aramco halted it as a precaution.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Antonov An-124 Ruslan Makes Its First Flight

  Kyiv, UkraineAntonov

  

  Starts 12/26/1982CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE43.8 years agoWikipedia's^[3] Antonov An-124 Ruslan article states the prototype's first flight took place on 26 December 1982.

  The Antonov An-124 Ruslan, still one of the largest cargo aircraft ever built, first flew over Kyiv on 26 December 1982, years before it entered airline service.

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• Defense09/27/2026@DefenseDesk

  Russia Tests the Nuclear-Powered Burevestnik Cruise Missile

  Moscow Kremlin, Faleyevskiy per., Yakimanka District, Moscow, Central Federal District, 115035, RussiaRussian Armed Forces

  

  Starts 10/21/2025CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE341 days agoPutin at the Kremlin^[1], 4 November 2025: 'during the testing of Burevestnik on October 21, a NATO reconnaissance vessel was continuously present in the trial zone'; Wikipedia^[2] gives the same date from Gerasimov.

  Russia said it flew its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile for about 15 hours and 14,000 km; Putin later said a NATO reconnaissance ship watched the 21 October test and honoured its designers at the Kremlin.

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• Defense09/27/2026@DefenseDesk

  US and Israel Launch Strikes on Iran, Killing Supreme Leader Khamenei

  Tehran, Central Tehran section, Tehran County, Tehran Province, IranUnited States Department of Defense

  

  Starts 02/28/2026 6:15AMCONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE211 days agoThe State^[3] Department's legal adviser writes 'On February 28, the United States Armed Forces launched Operation Epic Fury'; PBS^[1]/AP report the strikes 'began shortly before 10 a.m. in Tehran' (Wikipedia^[2] gives about 9:45 a.m. IRST, 06:15 UTC).

  The United States (Operation Epic Fury) and Israel (Operation Roaring Lion) opened a joint air and missile campaign against Iran; President Trump said Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed, and Iran answered with missile and drone attacks on Israel and US bases across the Gulf.

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• Geopolitics09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Krupp's Schwerer Gustav Railway Gun Bombards Sevastopol

  Sevastopol, CrimeaKrupp

  

  06/05/1942 - 06/17/1942CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE84.3 years agoWikipedia^[2] and multiple WWII histories date the Schwerer Gustav’s deployment against Sevastopol to June 1942, during the Axis siege of the city.

  Germany's 1,350-tonne Krupp-built railway gun Schwerer Gustav fired roughly 48 shells at the Soviet fortress city of Sevastopol in June 1942, its only combat use in the war. Trains as War Machines features the gun as an extreme case of rail warfare.

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