Hypersonic Missiles and Ukrainian Air Defence Woes
22 March 2022 Russia claims that it used a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal (Dagger) hypersonic missile against a large Ukrainian munitions depot in the western Ivano-Frankivsk region. This would be the first…
Ukrainian Children and Maternity Wards Bombed and a Significant New Russian Air Force Development
9 March 2022 Eyes on Mariupol The intense shelling of the port city of Mariupol (population close to 400,000), as with many Ukrainian cities, has been going on for days.…
Ukraine’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant on Fire due to Russian Shelling
3 March 2022 * Updated 4 March 2022, 0736 PST The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest of its kind in Europe and the fifth-largest in the world, is on…
CTV Interview: Russian Convoy outside Kyiv, Missile and Artillery Attacks on Urban Centres
1 March 2022 Our editor, Stewart Webb, joins CTV National News to discuss the 40-mile Russian military convoy outside Kyiv and the change of Russian tacts to bombarding urban centres.…
Russia introduces thermobaric, lung sucking, munitions
26 February 2022 The introduction of thermobaric weapons in Ukraine is a devastating addition. CNN was the first to observe the introduction of these weapons into Ukraine. Thermobaric weapons are…
The Situation in Ukraine – What We Know Today
26 February 2022 – 1200 PST The Russian invasion of Ukraine entered its third day. Russian forces have been moving in on Kyiv and there are reports of heavy fighting.…
Why Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine should worry NATO as a whole
23 February 2022 Russia’s move into Ukraine should be seen as a wider and more nefarious strategy that has been in existence for 15 years – the 2007 Bronze Soldier…
CTV Interview: Ukrainian President Informed of Possible Invasion Day
Our editor, Stewart Webb, joins CTV National News to discuss the possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. If the video does not work, it can be found here.
DefenceReport Down Time – Back in February
The DefenceReport Team is taking December and January “off”. During that time, we’ll continue to work on the various book and academic projects on our desks, but just need the…
ISIS-K Attacks are a Precursor to What the Spring Will Bring
19 November 2021 The attacks perpetrated by the ISIS chapter in Afghanistan, ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K), have been on the rise. The head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons,…