Since September 1, 2022, the commander of a Ukrainian UAV unit that operates in Bakhmut has showcased and analyzed case studies from the unit’s combat tactics, so other UAV operators can learn and improve their operations. Particularly interesting is the...
While sophisticated Russian firing devices have been frequently documented with mines in Ukraine, recent evidence shows the Russian use of the TM-83 off-route mine with its seismic and optic sensors, as well as directional AP fragmentation mines fitted with MVE-92...
On April 24, 2023, Ukraine launched a combined attack incorporating aerial loitering munitions and uncrewed surface vessel water-borne IEDs against the port of Sevastopol, in the Crimean Peninsula, where the Russian Black Sea Fleet is based. The use of USVs...
During March 2023, Taliban forces (currently governing Afghanistan) raided weapons depots and IED workshops of the Islamic State, where they found old standard weapons, explosives, IEDs and equipment for assembling them. In addition to these seizures, a new supply of...
On the evening of April 27, 2023, a bank manager was kidnapped and held hostage in his home in Sobrália by a gang of bank robbers. The next morning, two of the gang of five armed robbers strapped a purported...
In this month’s In Focus, we examine the reaction of global jihad groups to the unrest in Sudan that started on April 15, 2023, caused by an armed conflict between rival factions of the military. For now, the Islamic State...
On April 2, 2023, an explosion occurred at Street Food Bar № 1, located on the corner of 6-Ya Liniya V.o. and Leytenanta Shmidta embankment, in St. Petersburg, Russia. A well-known military blogger named Maxim Fomin, also known under the...
On April 27, 2023, Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Russian targets in the occupied city of Rovenky, in Luhansk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine, with seven Mugin-5 Pro UAVs, five of which were reportedly shot down, while two initiated on the grounds...
On April 22, 2023, Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin’ carried out a complex attack incorporating SVBIEDs combined with raids targeting a Malian Air Force base in the town of Sévaré, which also hosts Russian Wagner Group forces, who have increased...