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Business InsiderSee inside the Brazilian C-390 Millennium that Boeing once wanted to buy but now doesn't have an answer to
Embraer said Boeing pulled out of the deal in 2020 due to financial and reputational challeng surrounding two 737 Max crashes.
- Reuters
Ukraine hits munitions depot in Russia with drones, source says
Ukrainian drones hit a munitions depot in the Russian region of Voronezh overnight, a Ukrainian security source said on Saturday, adding that Kyiv believed the depot was being used to transfer munitions and equipment to Ukraine. Alexander Gusev, the province's Russian governor, said in a statement on Telegram that "explosive objects" had detonated after a fire in the region's Ostorogozhsky district. The Ukrainian source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the operation was conducted by the SBU, Ukraine's internal security service.
- CNN
Ukraine’s ‘dragon drones’ rain molten metal on Russian positions in latest terrifying battlefield innovation
Ukraine appears to be calling on a fleet of fire-spewing “dragon drones” in its war with Russian invaders, putting a modern twist on a munition used to horrific effect in both world wars.
- The Canadian Press
Two NATO members say Russian drones violated their airspace
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two NATO members said Sunday that Russian drones violated their airspace, as one reportedly flew into Romania during nighttime attacks on neighboring Ukraine while another crashed in eastern Latvia the previous day.
- Business Insider
Ukrainian forces in Kursk are readying for a long fight and may plan to 'bleed' the Russians just like in Ukraine, expert says
Ukraine appears to be digging in in Russia's Kursk region, where it says it holds almost 500 square miles or territory.
- CNN
Outgunned and outnumbered, Ukraine’s military is struggling with low morale and desertion
Russia’s grinding war has decimated many Ukrainian units and left some soldiers exhausted and demoralized. Some officers say desertion is becoming a problem.
- Business Insider
The death of an F-16 pilot running missile defense shows how dangerous even the lower-risk missions are in Ukraine
Ukraine used its new F-16s in combat for the first time last week to shoot down Russian missiles during a massive attack. A jet was lost in the fight.
- Business Insider
Ukraine says Russia deployed its rarely-used, jet engine-powered 'Grom-E1' missile bomb in Kharkiv
The Grom-E1 is equipped with wings that deploy mid-flight and a jet engine, giving it a range of up to around 75 miles, United24 reported.
- Business Insider
Iran and Turkey are betting on drone aircraft carriers to project power
Drone-carrying ships, like those Iran and Turkey are building, are a gamble on the rising power of expendable air wings.
- CBC
One of the military's simplest procurement projects is being tied down by red tape
Despite facing heavy pressure to ramp up military spending, the Department of National Defence (DND) has slow-rolled one of the least complex of its vehicle replacement programs.The light utility vehicle program has been on the books for several years. Its purpose is to update the military's fleet of two-decade-old Afghan war-era Mercedes G-Wagons and civilian-grade utility vehicles, such as pickups and SUVs.Under the original plan, the terms for the purchase of more than 1,600 vehicles were sup
- CNN
Iran transfers ballistic missiles to Russia, sources say
Iran recently transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to use in the war against Ukraine, according to two sources familiar with the intelligence, completing a delivery that US and Western officials had warned was in the works for almost a year.
- France 24
Russia claims new gains in east Ukraine push, launches deadly strikes
Russia claimed on Sunday that its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine as they advance on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again urged Kyiv's partners to give him more scope to use Western-supplied weapons against targets inside Russia. Russia on Sunday said its forces had advanced in eastern Ukraine as Kyiv reported deadly air attacks and urged the West to allow it to carry out more retaliatory strikes inside Russia's bor
- CNN
‘People are suffocating.’ Bedouins in Israel say Gaza war has worsened decades of marginalization
In southern Israel’s Negev desert, residents of the Bedouin village of Khirbet Karkur live in tents and metal-clad makeshift homes. Not far from the border with Gaza, they hear the sounds of the war unfolding next door.
- The Canadian Press
Turkish president vows to 'purge' military graduates who took a pro-secular oath
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish president has hit out at military graduates who took a pro-secular oath during their graduation ceremony, promising that those behind it would be “purged” from the military.
- Euronews
Zelenskyy says Ukrainians have 'no choice to fight' two years after Russian invasion
Speaking to Italian business representatives at the Cernobbio Forum at Lake Como, Zelenskyy said Ukrainians, "want this war to end more than anyone else in the world."
- Sky News
MI6 and CIA warn of 'reckless campaign of sabotage across Europe' being waged by Russia
Russia is waging a "reckless campaign of sabotage" across Europe, the heads of MI6 and the CIA have warned in their first-ever joint remarks. Sir Richard Moore and Bill Burns also said the UK and the US faced an "unprecedented array of threats", and said the entire world order was under the most serious strain since the Cold War. In a newspaper article, the spymasters pointed to Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, while also describing China as "the principal intelligence and geopolitical challenge of the 21st century".
- Associated Press
House Republicans release partisan report blaming Biden for disastrous end to US war in Afghanistan
House Republicans on Sunday issued a scathing report on their investigation into the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, blaming the disastrous end of America's longest war on President Joe Biden's administration and minimizing the role of former President Donald Trump, who had signed the withdrawal deal with the Taliban. The partisan review lays out the final months of military and civilian failures, following Trump's February 2020 withdrawal deal, that allowed America's fundamentalist Taliban enemy to sweep through and conquer all of the country even before the last U.S. officials flew out on Aug. 30, 2021.
- Bloomberg
Ukraine’s Push Into Russia Leaves Allies Impressed, But Worried
(Bloomberg) -- Ukraine’s daring offensive into Russia’s Kursk region impressed Kyiv’s allies with its quick initial success, upending perceptions the war had settled into a stalemate and exposing the hollowness of Vladimir Putin’s vows to defend his territory at all costs.Most Read from BloombergWorld's Second Tallest Tower Spurs Debate About Who Needs ItHow Americans Voted Their Way Into a Housing CrisisThe Plan for the World’s Most Ambitious Skyscraper RenovationUC Berkeley Gives Transfer Stud
- CNN
Christiane Amanpour’s exclusive interview with General Oleksandr Syrskyi: full transcript
On Thursday 5 September, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour spoke with General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, in his first television interview in that role. It was conducted near the frontlines, at an undisclosed location for security reasons. What follows is a transcript of their full interview, lightly edited for clarity.
- Reuters
US House Republican report blasts Biden over chaotic Afghan withdrawal
U.S. House of Representatives Republicans will release a long-awaited report on Monday blasting Democratic President Joe Biden's administration for failures surrounding the chaotic and deadly U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. The report contends that the administration made its decision to evacuate noncombatants far too late, formally ordering it only on Aug. 16, failed to communicate between departments in Washington and among officials in Afghanistan, and botched the paperwork for the departure of Afghan civilians eligible to leave the country. It is the result of a three-year investigation led by Representative Michael McCaul, Republican chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.