Russo Daily
September 22, 2025
NUKEWARS
Russia offers to extend nuclear arms limits with US



Moscow (AFP) Sept 22, 2025
Russia offered Monday to keep abiding by nuclear warhead limits agreed with the United States once a key treaty expires, but only for one year and if Washington did the same. The New START treaty, signed in 2010, limits the number of nuclear warheads each side can deploy and is the last major arms proliferation agreement between the two nuclear powers. It is set to expire on February 5, 2026, and neither side has agreed an extension. "Russia is prepared to continue adhering to the central qu ... read more

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MILPLEX
Ukraine courts foreign cash for military 'Silicon Valley'
Lviv, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 19, 2025
At the opening of Ukraine's biggest defence tech fair, arms executives and government officials were welcomed by a giant movie screen blaring an action-style trailer with heavy base undertones. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Estonia says UN Security Council to meet over Russian air incursion
Tallinn (AFP) Sept 21, 2025
Estonia said Sunday the UN Security Council would hold an emergency meeting on the violation of the country's airspace by Russian fighter jets, an incursion condemned by US President Donald Trump. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
U.N. Security Council to meet on Russia's incursion into Estonia airspace
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 22, 2025
The United Nations Security Council is to convene Monday to address Russia's breach last week of Estonia airspace, according to the European union and NATO member. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
NATO's 'eyes in sky' scour eastern flank for Russian threats
Aboard A Nato Aircraft, Poland (AFP) Sept 20, 2025
In a NATO surveillance plane some 10,000 metres above eastern Poland, air force officers from a half dozen countries scanned screens for any sign of Russian aircraft breaching the alliance's borders. ... more
UAV NEWS
Anti-drone firms line up to sell battle-tested tech in Taiwan
Taipei (AFP) Sept 18, 2025
Anti-drone technology battle-tested in Ukraine is on display at a Taiwanese defence expo that opened Thursday, as arms makers seek to cash in on the island's efforts to protect itself against a potential Chinese attack. ... more
WAR REPORT
Ukraine: 'Massive' Russian air attack hits civilians, infrastructure
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 20, 2025
Russia launched more than 600 drones and missiles across Ukraine in a "massive" attack overnight Friday aimed at infrastructure, residential areas and civilians, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said. ... more
WAR REPORT
Russian jets violate Estonian air space in 'brazen intrusion'
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 19, 2025
Russian fighter jets on Friday flew into Estonian airspace for 12 minutes, a move the country called a "brazen intrusion." ... more
UAV NEWS
Russia launches dozens of drones as Ukraine claims 'important success'
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 19, 2025
Russia launched nearly 90 drones at Ukraine overnight, most of which were "neutralized," President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said Friday morning, after having claimed an "important success" in its counteroffensive in southeastern Donetsk. ... more

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Putin says 100,000 troops take part in Belarus-Russia drills
Moscow (AFP) Sept 16, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said 100,000 troops were participating in the Zapad (West) joint drills with Belarus, during a surprise visit to the exercise, part of which took place close to NATO borders. ... more
MILTECH
Ukraine says needs $120 bn for defence in 2026
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 13, 2025
Ukraine said Saturday that it needed at least $120 billion next year to fight Russia's invasion, and would need a similar amount to maintain its military, even if the war ended. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
NATO says bolstering eastern flank after Poland drone intrusion
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 12, 2025
NATO chief Mark Rutte said Friday that the alliance would reinforce the defence of its eastern flank following the intrusion of Russian drones in Polish airspace this week. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Denmark to buy European-made air defence against Russia threat
Copenhagen (AFP) Sept 12, 2025
Denmark will invest some 58 billion kroner ($9.1 billion) in European-made air and missile defence systems, its defence ministry said Friday, citing lessons from Russia's war in Ukraine. ... more
UAV NEWS
Romania says Russian drone breached its airspace
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 14, 2025
Romania has claimed a Russian drone entered its airspace Saturday near Ukraine's southern border, a move Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called an expansion by Russia in the ongoing war. ... more
WAR REPORT
Ukraine strikes Russian chemical plant, oil refinery
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 14, 2025
Ukraine launched large airstrikes late Saturday and into Sunday that hit a chemical plant and an oil refinery inside of Russia, authorities confirmed, as Russia tested a new hypersonic cruise missile during a joint exercise with Belarus. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
GUARDIAN Tsunami Detection Tech Catches Wave in Real Time
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 17, 2025
A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami off Russia in late July tested an experimental detection system that had deployed a critical component just the day before. A recent tsunami trigger ... more
SPACEWAR
Google to obey South Korean order to blur satellite images on maps
Seoul (AFP) Sept 9, 2025
Google said on Tuesday that it would comply with the South Korean government's demand to blur sensitive satellite images on its mapping services, paving the way for the US tech giant to compete better with local navigation platforms. ... more
TRADE WARS
Germany passes long-delayed budget with vast new borrowing
Berlin (AFP) Sept 18, 2025
German lawmakers passed a long-delayed 2025 budget on Thursday that will allow extra borrowing to fix infrastructure and beef up the armed forces, as tensions with Russia rise. ... more
TRADE WARS
Poland justifies Belarus border closure to trade partner China
Warsaw (AFP) Sept 15, 2025
Poland's foreign minister briefed his Chinese counterpart on Monday about the temporary closure of the Belarus border, which has cut one of China's main trade routes into Europe. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Europe stumped by Trump demands over Russia sanctions
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 15, 2025
US President Donald Trump has demanded that allies stop buying Russian oil before he moves on punishing Moscow, and told them to hit China with tariffs. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
EU top court annuls decision approving Hungary nuclear plant expansion
Budapest (AFP) Sept 11, 2025
The EU's top court on Thursday annulled a European Commission decision to approve the expansion of a nuclear plant in Hungary with Russian aid, upholding a complaint from neighbouring Austria. ... more
GPS NEWS
EU chief's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming in Bulgaria
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 1, 2025
A plane carrying EU chief Ursula von der Leyen was hit by GPS jamming as it readied to land in Bulgaria and Russia was suspected to be behind the incident, the European Commission said Monday. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
NATO military campaign will protect Poland's Eastern front
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 13, 2025
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO is launching a new military campaign in Poland following an incursion by Russian drones in Polish airspace earlier in the week, the military alliance confirmed in a statement. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Russian drones in Poland put NATO to the test
Paris (AFP) Sept 10, 2025
The intrusion of Russian drones into Poland - whether deliberate, as Ukraine's European allies contend, or accidental - is a test of NATO's readiness and resolve, experts say. ... more
UAV NEWS
Germany condemns Russia for drone incursion as Poland invokes NATO Article 4
Berlin (AFP) Sept 10, 2025
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz condemned Russia on Wednesday for sending drones into NATO member Poland in a "reckless action" that he said had threatened lives. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
US approves $1 bn missile sale to Finland
Washington (AFP) Sept 10, 2025
The United States on Wednesday announced the approval of a $1.07 billion sale of advanced air-to-air missiles and related equipment to NATO ally Finland, which shares a long border with Russia. ... more
UAV NEWS
Russia launched 458 drones, missiles in overnight attack: Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 10, 2025
Russian forces launched more than 400 drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian air force said Wednesday, after Poland announced it had scrambled air defences to intercept "hostile objects." ... more
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OIL AND GAS
China chides 'economic pressure' over Trump threat of Russian oil tariffs
Beijing (AFP) Sept 10, 2025
Beijing chided the use of "economic pressure" on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump suggested he would hike tariffs on buyers of Russian oil to stifle Moscow's funding for its war in Ukraine. ... more
TRADE WARS
Rubio seeks 'constructive' engagement in China call
Washington (AFP) Sept 10, 2025
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday he wanted constructive dialogue with China in a call with his counterpart, after Washington teased new pressure over oil purchases from Russia. ... more
TRADE WARS
China's top diplomat to visit Austria, Slovenia and Poland
Beijing (AFP) Sept 10, 2025
China's top diplomat will this week begin a series of visits to Austria, Slovenia and Poland, Beijing said Wednesday, as regional concerns of spillover in the Russia-Ukraine war heighten. ... more
IRAQ WARS
Kidnapped academic Elizabeth Tsurkov released in Iraq
Baghdad (AFP) Sept 9, 2025
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the release of Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov who was kidnapped in Baghdad in March 2023. ... more
TRADE WARS
Trump ready to match EU tariffs on China, India to pressure Putin: US official
Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2025
The United States is ready to broaden tariffs targeting buyers of Russian oil - if the EU takes similar moves - to hit at revenue Moscow needs for the war in Ukraine, a US official told AFP Tuesday. ... more
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