News Date: 24–25 September 2026 Ukraine reported a new series of deep strikes against Russian energy and defence-industrial infrastructure, including refineries and facilities in several regions. Russian regional authorities acknowledged impacts or fires at a number of locations, while open-source material corroborated portions of the strike activity. Full battle-damage assessment remains incomplete. Source: Russian regional…
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali, the Fincantieri-Leonardo joint venture, has signed a contract worth approximately €3.7 billion, including options, for the development, construction and initial support of two DDX destroyers for the Italian Navy. The programme is intended to provide a major increase in fleet-level air and missile defence capability and represents one of the most significant…
Russian long-range strikes have forced ArcelorMittal to halt production at its Kryvyi Rih facility, Ukraine’s largest steel plant, following repeated missile and drone attacks. The company said safe and sustainable operations were no longer possible after several strikes caused extensive damage to the facility. The disruption adds to the pressure being placed on Ukraine’s industrial…