Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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Drones Attack Moscow
By Alex Stezhensky | May 17, 2026, 04:55 AM
https://english.nv.ua/nation/videos-show-major-drone-attack-on-moscow-
region-with-deaths-and-fires-reported-50608618.html
Several cities in Russia’s Moscow Oblast reported drone attacks overnight on May 17, with explosions reported in Khimki, Durikino, Lobnya, Zelenograd and Naro-Fominsk outside Moscow. Witnesses also reported plumes of smoke and fires in some areas.
Russian Telegram channel Astra reported that the Elma technology park in Zelenograd was hit. More than 150 resident companies are based there.
A fire was also recorded at the Solnechnogorsk oil loading station, a Transneft facility in the village of Durikino used to store and transfer petroleum products.
In a video posted online, a male voice can be heard saying in surprise: “How is that possible?”
The video contains profanity.
An attack was also reported on the MKB Raduga plant in Dubna. MKB Raduga specializes in developing, producing and modernizing missiles of various classes. Its products include Kh-59 and Kh-69 guided air-launched missiles, as well as Kh-32 and Kh-101 cruise missiles.
In Moscow, the drone attack hit the Moscow oil refinery in Kapotnya.
The video contains profanity.
A fire was also recorded on the grounds of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. Russia’s Transport Ministry said 51 planes were unable to land in Moscow because of the drone attack. About 32 departing flights were also reportedly delayed by more than two hours.
Ukrainian monitoring channels said it was the largest attack on the Russian capital since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
In one video posted online, a woman watching a drone fly overhead can be heard saying in surprise: “What is that?”
The video contains profanity.
Russian authorities claim three people were killed in the attack.
Robert Brovdi, commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, stressed that Moscow is not beyond the reach of Ukrainian drones and has lost its “exclusive pass” to a peaceful life.
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Pipeline Infiltration by Russian Troops in Ukraine Meets Expected End
By Ivan Khomenko | May 17, 2026 14:13
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/pipeline-infiltration-by-russ
ian-troops-in-ukraine-meets-unexpected-end-18888
Russian assault troops attempted to infiltrate Ukrainian rear positions through a major gas pipeline in the Zaporizhzhia region, but were captured by Ukrainian forces after traveling more than 13 kilometers inside the underground route.
According to Ukrinform on May 17, the operation was confirmed by Vladyslav Voloshyn, spokesperson for Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces, who said Russian troops had been preparing to use the pipeline system for logistics and covert infiltration for an extended period. https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/4124046-rosiani-vikoristovuut-magi
stralnij-gazoprovid-dla-perekidanna-sturmovih-grup-na-pivdni-volosin.html
“This is an entire system and controlled infrastructure with elements of logistics, shelters, and even internal communications,” Voloshyn said.
According to Voloshyn, Russian troops established communication posts, bypass tunnels, and dugouts inside the pipeline network. The entry points were reportedly located in Russian-controlled territory, while exits were positioned near Ukrainian defensive lines on the Orikhiv axis in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukrinform reported that captured Russian soldiers said the assault groups used a 1,000 mm diameter gas pipeline and moved through it using “carts and scooters.” The troops reportedly traveled more than 13 kilometers underground before reaching Ukrainian positions.
One captured Russian soldier, quoted in footage released by Ukraine’s 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade, described how the operation was organized.
“It became clear that we were sent there as cannon fodder. Everyone already understood perfectly well that there was no way back for us. After each group entered, the pipe was welded shut. Every group that went in—whether 8, 6, or 12 people—the pipe was welded behind them,” the prisoner said.
According to Ukrinform, the pipeline used in the operation may have been part of the Shebelynka–Dnipropetrovsk–Kryvyi Rih–Izmail gas transportation corridor, specifically branches connected toward Enerhodar or Melitopol.
The report added that Ukrainian forces had prepared the area near the pipeline exits in advance. Captured Russian troops said leaflets containing surrender instructions had been scattered near the exit points before Ukrainian FPV drones, heavy bomber drones, and infantry units engaged the infiltrating groups.
“When the ‘Baba Yaga’ and FPV drones flew away, I heard soldiers speaking. At first, I didn’t know who it was, but then I realized they were Ukrainian soldiers,” one captured Russian serviceman said in footage published by the 65th Brigade.
Earlier, Russian forces attempted a similar infiltration in Ukraine’s Sumy region through a section of the Druzhba gas pipeline near Yablunivka. According to Ukraine’s 71st Separate Airmobile Brigade, Ukrainian troops repelled the assault, marking at least the fourth known pipeline infiltration attempt in 2026.
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The Fastest Russian Weapons Are Hardest To Shoot Down – May 17, 2026
In that heaviest overnight wave, on 14 May, 43 of 753 attack drones and six of 35 Kh-101 cruise missiles got past Ukrainian missiles, guns, interceptor drones and electronic warfare. Ukraine already builds effective defenses against one-way attack drones. In particular, speedy interceptor drones that cost just a few thousand dollars apiece. And Ukrainian air force warplanes have proved they can intercept cruise missiles.
The ballistic missiles are the exception. Six of 18 Iskander-M and S-400 ballistic missiles got through, and all three Kinzhals. Against those, Ukraine has fewer than a dozen Patriot and SAMP/T batteries, and they are running out of interceptors.
The war in Iran has drained nearly half the US Patriot stockpile. The intercept rate has slipped to around 25%. Kyiv has received 600 interceptors in four years. It says it needs 2,000 a year.
Much more at https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/05/17/freya-air-defense/
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[After the fighting stops in Ukraine, what is next for Russia?]
I Was the Russian Commander in a War Game. This Is How I Defeated NATO.
Decision paralysis and divisions among alliance members were easy to exploit.
May 15, 2026, 2:00 PM
By Franz-Stefan Gady, an associate fellow for cyber power and future conflict at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/15/russia-war-game-nato-invasion-bal
tics-ukraine-putin-germany-ernstfall/
With Ukraine stabilizing the front line and striking more and more targets deep inside Russia—while Russia’s spring offensive has hit a wall—perhaps it is true what Col. Nicholson said in The Bridge on the River Kwai: “Suddenly you realize you’re nearer the end than the beginning.”
With prospects that the war may be approaching a ceasefire, if only a temporary one, toward the end of this year or in 2027, European policymakers should be clear-eyed that once the fighting stops in Ukraine, Europe will enter its most dangerous period vis-à-vis Russia. Europe’s military capabilities—and thus ability to deter—will likely be at their weakest point relative to Russian power. Allies will face a Russian military that has grown in size, absorbed nearly five years of combat experience by then, and built real advantages that Europe has been slow to match and will need years to catch up to, especially stand-off warfare and dynamic targeting from behind the front line. What’s more, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s only instrument for forcing his demands to restore Moscow’s Soviet-era sphere of influence is his military. Europe thus faces a hammer-and-nail dilemma: For Putin, every problem looks like one that he can solve with war. That makes the risks very clear.
It is thus worth revisiting my role in a December 2025 war game, when I attacked NATO and won. That is, I played the role of the Russian chief of the general staff in a war game at a German military college. Although the game involved battles, it was not an operational war game testing a campaign plan, military doctrine, or force design. Rather, the focus was on political decision-making. My task as a member of the Red Team was to create a military crisis on NATO’s eastern flank and force the Blue Team, the German government, to react to it. By attacking Lithuania in my first move, I so overwhelmed German political and military decision-making that NATO’s most important European ally did nothing.
Held at the German Bundeswehr’s Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg and produced as a podcast by the Berlin newspaper Die Welt, the war game received outsized media attention—including when a journalist asked NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte about its outcome during a press conference.
To beat and essentially break NATO, I focused on three simple points where I believe Russia holds an advantage.
First, speed. The fundamental problem for NATO is that in a military scenario involving one or more of its Baltic members, Russia will already have a large number of troops in the area. NATO, as of 2026, does not. Along the Russian and Belarusian border with NATO, sizable Russian formations will be positioned in the event of a crisis. NATO, by contrast, needs time—days at best, weeks or more at worst—to bring up reinforcements. Second, if Russia acts quickly, it can seize ground in a limited offensive before a counter-attack materializes. Third, Russia should be able to hold that ground and threaten to escalate to the nuclear level, deterring NATO from counterattacking. Why do I believe this? Because Germany’s political leaders dare not pose a fundamental question head-on: Would they actually risk a direct war, possibly a nuclear one, against Russia for a Baltic state?
The scenario was pretty straightforward, if not to say standard, for these types of games: After a hypothetical Russia-Ukraine ceasefire in the summer of 2026, Moscow offers Berlin economic cooperation and a return to pre-war relations, even as the Kremlin escalates its t
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Ukraine reveals its first glide bomb — here's why that's a big deal
By Tania Myronyshena | May 18, 2026 5:49 pm
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-develops-first-domestically-made-g
lide-bomb-minister-says/
Ukraine has developed its first domestically produced guided glide bomb, which is ready for combat use, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced on May 18.
The development is significant as glide bombs are a primitive yet highly destructive weapon widely used against front-line areas. Russia has continuously modified the bombs to increase their range and destructive power, turning them into one of the biggest threats to both Ukrainian troop positions and civilians near the front line.
According to Fedorov, the Ukrainian-made glide bomb carries a 250-kilogram warhead and took 17 months to develop. The Defense Ministry has already purchased an initial experimental batch, while pilots are currently rehearsing combat scenarios and adapting the weapon for use in real wartime conditions.
"This is not a copy of Western or Soviet solutions, but an original development by Ukrainian engineers designed to effectively strike fortifications, command posts, and other enemy targets dozens of kilometers behind the front line after launch," Fedorov said.
A glide bomb is a conventional air-dropped bomb fitted with wings and guidance systems, allowing it to travel long distances after being released by an aircraft instead of falling directly onto a target.
Up until now, Ukraine has relied on Western-supplied Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits to modify so-called dumb bombs into glide bombs.
Russia has relied heavily on glide bombs since 2023, using upgraded Soviet-era FAB bombs equipped with so-called Unified Gliding and Correction Modules (UMPK). The weapons are relatively cheap to produce compared to cruise or ballistic missiles, but have proven highly destructive against both front-line positions and Ukrainian cities.
Russian forces regularly use glide bombs weighing 250, 500, and 1,000 kilograms, while Moscow has also introduced the much larger FAB-3000 bomb with a 3,000-kilogram warhead.
The bombs have become a major threat to Ukrainian positions as they can be launched from outside the range of many air defense systems while delivering massive explosive payloads against bunkers, logistics hubs, bridges, and defensive positions.
Russia has also repeatedly used glide bombs against civilian areas, particularly in Kharkiv, Sumy, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
Fedorov said the new Ukrainian weapon reflects Kyiv's broader push to shift from importing individual weapons systems to developing its own high-tech military industry.
"Soon, Ukrainian glide bombs will be striking enemy targets," Fedorov said.
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2,000-km strike missile, designed in the Netherlands, tested in Ukraine, built in Germany: Rheinmetall and Destinus accelerate RUTA Block 3
Europe has largely lacked indigenous deep-strike missiles. This one is built to be mass-produced, not stockpiled in symbolic numbers.
By Olena Mukhina | May 18, 2026
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/05/18/2000-km-strike-missile-designed
-in-netherlands-tested-in-ukraine-built-in-germany-rheinmetall-and-destinus-accelerate-ruta-block-3/
Destinus and Germany's Rheinmetall have announced they are accelerating the development of a 2,000-kilometer strike missile to be tested in Ukraine. The companies say the RUTA Block 3 flight tests are planned for 2027.
Destinus and Rheinmetall are structuring Block 3 for industrial-scale production across three countries under European design control. It is a deliberate break from the small, expensive deep-strike stockpiles that European militaries have relied on, many of which are sourced from the US.
250-kg warhead
The Ruta Block 3 is planned to be equipped with a next-generation turbojet engine, an enlarged Destinus T220, and a 250 kg-class warhead.
The system will combine advanced autonomous navigation for environments with degraded GNSS signals with terminal sensing and guidance capabilities currently under development. It will also feature a standard ISO container launch architecture, enabling deployment on land, at sea, and from fixed platforms
Deep-strike class that European militaries have largely lacked
Block 3 is built for a 2,000-kilometer range, roughly four times that of the RUTA Block 2 now in flight testing, placing the family in a category European forces have mostly had to buy from Washington or do without, AeroTime reported.
Production chain is split across three countries
RUTA Block 1 is in serial production in the Netherlands, while Block 2, developed with Ukraine's state-backed Brave1 platform, is in flight tests in Ukraine and ramps up production in 2026, Ukrainska Pravda reported.
The Netherlands serves as design authority, Ukraine handles testing and key components, and Germany hosts the Rheinmetall Destinus Strike Systems joint venture — Rheinmetall 51%, Destinus 49% — at Unterlüß, with the first missiles expected before the end of 2026, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
The program is built around industrial scale, not exquisite numbers
The company said the program is designed to transition European long-range missiles from limited stockpiles to sustained industrial production, according to UNITED24 Media.
"Europe is entering a new defense era where the decisive factor is ... the ability to produce, replenish, and evolve at an industrial scale during prolonged high-intensity operations," said Mikhail Kokorich, CEO of Destinus.
RUTA Block 3 is "designed around that reality: sovereign European architecture, distributed industrial production, and the ability to scale rapidly across allied nations," he added.
The objective, he added, was "not to manufacture symbolic quantities of exquisite missiles, but to help establish a credible European long-range strike capability with real industrial depth."
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The two largest remaining Donbas cities are Slaviansk and Kramatorsk. They merge into each other on a north-south axis. This urban agglomeration is now enclosed in a semicircle, the Russian army within single-digit miles from the urban perimeter.
Meanwhile, the third, smaller city to their south, Konstantiovka, is about 50% taken.
It looks as if Russia is aiming at Kiev from the north. Having superior numbers, the Russian MOD can afford to switch their activity on or off anywhere along the entire front.
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It looks as if the EU sees defeat on the horizon, cranking up their drone production and having Ukraine send them deep into Russia. If the Baltic states panic enough, they'll openly allow Ukraine to use their airspace. If EU nations openly expand the war beyond the Ukrainian border, Russia has promised to strike EU decision -making centers.
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