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Warfare coverage from The Boston Report tracking active conflicts, including Ukraine, Africa and the Middle East, with frontline developments and diplomacy.
Ukraine hit three Yandex data centers Oct. 7-11. Zelenskyy says pro-Kremlin bots fell; researchers say the data shows crawlers, not bot farms.
A weekend spike in Hormuz-area tanker attacks left two Indian seafarers missing near Oman as Iran warned it is targeting the wartime oil shuttle.
Kim oversaw a North Korea hypersonic missile launch from Wonsan; KCNA claimed a 1,000 km hit while South Korea tracked the flight past 700 kilometers.
Pakistan’s contested role in Saudi-led Houthi airstrikes grows under the Mecca Pact; Soufan/NYT cite jets while some Pakistani ministries dispute the reports.
Sudan’s army said air defenses shot down a hostile Sudan Blue Nile drone near Wad al-Mahi after it entered from Ethiopia amid intensifying RSF fighting.
Zelensky told the Warsaw Security Forum the Trump energy ceasefire was already violated as Russia kept striking Ukrainian energy sites after the U.S. claim.
Mariupol siege death toll, Feb. 24–May 20, 2022: UN verified 1,348; HRW says 8,000+; Ukraine says 22,000–25,000+. Sources side by side.
Trump says Russia and Ukraine agreed to an energy ceasefire. Zelensky says he wasn’t told, Moscow hasn’t confirmed, and strikes continue. What we know.
An unnamed source told The Boston Report of a rocket launcher placed in a Zanjan-area town. Unverified: what we know, don’t know and the law.
Iran food crisis: what the FAO, WFP and Iranian data show on prices, plus an unverified source claim about food raids in Zanjan province.
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