For many in the DC-area flying community, the crash tonight wasn’t a matter of if, but when.

DC airspace is some of the most congested in the world, with helicopters and jets forced into a small operating area.

Doesn’t exactly help that the Army uses it as a training ground. I’ve been a DC-area plane spotter for over 10 years, and the Army regularly uses I-495 and the Potomac River as training areas.

Ukrainian attack drones successfully hit Russia's Ryazan Oil Refinery tonight, causing a massive series of explosions.

The refinery is heavily burning, with flames rising hundreds of feet in the air.

Earlier today, a USAF C-17 transport flew from Ramstein Airbase in Germany to Nevatim Airbase in Israel, before flying directly to Rzeszow International Airport, the gateway for western aid headed to Ukraine.

The C-17 spent roughly 3 hours on the ground in Israel. Earlier this year, Israel decommissioned their older PATRIOT PAC-2 systems.

The US reportedly entered talks to transfer the systems to Ukraine in June.

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The first McDonald's restaurant opened in Kyiv, hailed in 1997 as Ukraine saw increasing Western investment, was destroyed last night in a Russian missile attack.

At least one Russian missile hit the Shevchenkivs'kyi district in Kyiv, killing three. Location (50.4619466, 30.4812704)

NATO has announced operation BALTIC SENTRY, a large naval deployment into the Gulf of Finland to protect undersea cables and other infrastructure from Russian sabotage.

Baltic Sentry will include the deployment of NATO warships from SNMG1 and SNMCMG1. Per AIS data, the De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy HNLMS Tromp (F803) is steaming towards the Gulf of Finland.

Breaking from @hntrbrkmedia: China’s DJI, the world's largest drone manufacturer, has disabled U.S. geofencing on its drones, enabling flights over airports, military bases, and no-fly zones.

DJI says it is putting “control back in the hands of the drone operators” DJI's Restricted Zones reflect restricted airspace where drone use is heavily limited or entirely prohibited due to safety, security, or legal concerns. These zones are defined within DJI’s geofencing system and typically include locations such as airports and military bases, and sensitive infrastructure like nuclear power plants, prisons, and government facilities.

Yesterday, the Ukrainian Navy conducted a series of strikes, successfully targeting Russian SAM systems deep behind the frontline in Kherson Oblast.

In what appears to be a first, Ukrainian USVs launched FPV drones from the Black Sea, scoring hits on a pair of Russian Pantsirs Last night, Russian channels complained of a Ukrainian drone attack in the village of Pryvillya, Kherson Oblast.

Ukraine's intelligence service says that Russia is actively retreating its key holdings in Syria.

Russian Il-76 and An-124 heavy lifters are evacuating Khmeimim airbase, while multiple Russian ships are heading towards Tartus to begin a sealift.


Likely evacuation routing

Syrian rebels have now captured multiple loaded Bm-30 Smerch long-range heavy rocket launchers.

The Smerch, and its 300mm rockets, could easily hit Russia's Khmeimim Air Base, and also threaten the key Russian Naval base at Tartus. The system was captured with a missile load.

Donetsk Oblast, a Ukrainian Leopard 2A6 MBT ambushed a Russian push on the town of Dalnje, sending over a dozen accurate 120mm rounds into a column of Russian tanks and IFVs. Additional footage of the Ukrainian Leopard scoring hits on the retreating Russian column.

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Overnight, Ukrainian attack drones successfully struck an ammunition dump at Russia’s 1060th Logistics Centre outside of Bryansk, setting the facility ablaze.

Ukraine continues to ramp up its nightly drone campaign after a monthlong hiatus.

BREAKING: Universal Stainless and Alloy Products (NASDAQ:$USAP) is reportedly behind the deadly crash of a USAF Osprey in Japan last year.

@hntrbrkmedia found glaring issues in Universal's operation, which supplies steel to major aircraft manufacturers including Boeing. On the 29th of November, 2023, a U.S. Air Force CV-22B Osprey, callsign Gundam 22, suddenly crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan. All eight crewmembers were killed in the impact.

Breaking from @hntrbrkmedia- An essential node of the global semiconductor industry, nestled in the mountains of North Carolina, has been hit hard by Hurricane Helene

Images reveal a flooded entrance to a mine that produces high-purity quartz to manufacture most semiconductors.

A massive humanitarian and economic disaster slammed the lower Appalachians this weekend, as dozens of inches of rain fell in some places, causing massive flooding in the region. Thousands remain missing, while countless others remain cut off.

Ukrainian attack drones reportedly struck the Russian GRAU arsenal at Kotluban overnight.

Per local sources and FIRMS, fires are burning in the vicinity of the massive Russian ammunition storage facility in Volgograd Oblast. NASA's FIRMS fire monitoring system confirms the fires, currently burning on the northern end of the facility.

(1/x) BREAKING: At @HNTRBRKmedia, we just used OSINT to figure out why Japan's tech giant SoftBank may be spending $400 million buying... American grocery stores as part of the Albertsons-Kroger merger?

Hint: It may have to do with the AI company Symbotic/ $SYM. CC @FTC. The FTC is in court to block the merger and subpoenaed C&S Wholesale Grocers for “all communications and other Documents transmitted between or among you, the Company, Defendants, C&S, SoftBank, Symbotic.”

A pair of Russian schoolchildren torched a Russian Mi-8T transport helicopter (RA-24519) at Noyabrsk airfield, Siberia. The helicopter is a complete loss.

The pair reportedly carried out the attack after receiving an offer of 5 million rubles from an unknown figure on telegram. t.me/bazabazon/31137

Sweden just announced a new $440 million military aid package for Ukraine, including a large variety of Swedish equipment:

RBS 70 SAM systems

17 CB90-class fast assault craft

Equipment to enable potential future deliveries of JAS 39C/D Gripen fighters

40mm ammunition





“In parallel the Swedish Government is continuing its efforts to establish conditions for a possible future support of JAS 39 Gripen fighters to Ukraine. Support package 17 does so by acquiring materiel parts for the JAS 39 Gripen worth approximately SEK 2.3 billion.

Materiel parts are JAS 39C/D parts that are being reused in the construction of new JAS 39E aircraft. By acquiring new materiel parts, a number of JAS 39C/D will be saved from being dismantled and can – if the Swedish government decides so – be considered for a possible future donation to Ukraine.”

Overnight, Ukrainian forces mounted one of the largest and most successful drone attacks on Russia's Moscow area since the beginning of the war.

Ukrainian drones successfully hit the Moscow Oil Refinery, Konakovo Power Station, and Kashira Power Station.



Footage of a Ukrainian attack drone slamming into the Kashira Power Station

Images from Russia's Marinovka Air Base in Volgograd Oblast reveal that some of the Ukrainian drones that hit the airfield’s hangars last night were equipped with shrapnel enhancers.

Seen here, an unarmored Russian aircraft shelter sports hundreds of small holes. Appears to have been a number of ball bearings.

Ukrainian attack drones mounted a large strike into Russia tonight, with multiple explosions, smoke and flames seen rising from Oktyabrskoye Airfield in Volgograd Oblast.

Local sources report at least 12 explosions near the Russian airbase. "Video from Kalachevsky district which was subjected to a massive drone attack today"

Early today in Russia's Kursk Oblast, a Ukrainian HIMARS successfully dropped the bridge over the Seym River at Glushkovo, effectively cutting off Russian troops in the town.