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Explosions that lit up the sky south of the Russian city of Belgorod on Tuesday evening were caused by a Ukrainian ballistic missile striking an ammunition depot, Ukrainian sources claimed. While there are no reports of civilian casualties, four Russian soldiers may have been injured in the strike. Video of …

Race organizers have confirmed that the Formula One Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will still go ahead on Sunday after a missile attack at an oil facility under 10 miles from the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. The Houthi rebels from Yemen – who have been in conflict with a Saudi-led coalition for seven years – …

Turkey’s long-planned use of Russian anti-aircraft missile systems will not be reversed, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told journalists on Friday as he was flying home from a summit of NATO leaders in Brussels. Western media claimed the US was negotiating a possible transfer of the weapons from Turkey to Ukraine, …

North Korea has launched an unidentified missile toward the Sea of Japan, South Korea’s military and Japan’s coast guard reported on Thursday, with conflicting media reports regarding where the projectile landed. Japan’s coast guard issued a statement which claimed the missile fell inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, with the projectile …

The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video it claims shows Ukrainian rocket artillery for which civilian buildings had been used as cover before it was hidden inside a Kiev shopping mall. The site was destroyed overnight in a missile strike, which the Ukrainian authorities described as an indiscriminate bombing …

Officials in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) have claimed that a missile allegedly launched by Ukrainian forces on Monday was aimed at a residential area in their capital city, but was intercepted by air defense systems before reaching its target. However, a portion of the rocket still ended up falling …

A Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missile landed in a residential area of Makeevka, a town outside Donetsk, on Tuesday evening, Pavel Fomenko, a Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) military spokesman, said. He added that four people, including two children, had been injured. The projectile left a crater, damaging the facades and windows …

The Pentagon has rescheduled a test of its Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile initially set for the weekend, spokesman John Kirby announced on Wednesday. The move is indicated “to demonstrate that we are a responsible nuclear power,” he said. “In an effort to demonstrate that we have no intention in …

Russian President Vladimir Putin will take direct command of scheduled ballistic missile training on Saturday, which will see the country’s military test its nuclear capabilities, Moscow has confirmed. Officials released a statement on Friday, writing, “on February 19, under the supervision of the supreme commander-in-chief of the Russian Armed Forces …

Russian long-range MiG-31K interceptors and Tu-22M3 strategic bombers, carrying hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, have landed at Khmeimim airbase in Syria, the Ministry of Defense said on Tuesday. The aircraft are set to take part in massive naval exercise staged by Moscow in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. Footage released …