Massive explosions tore through Russia’s Belbek airbase in occupied Crimea on the night of December 17–18, 2025. According to Ukrainian officials, the country’s Security Service, known as the SBU, carried out a precise drone strike on the site near Sevastopol.

Venezuela's air defenses failed to down a single American aircraft, though experts said that could be more credit to US proficiency than the systems' own failures.

Over the past month, Ukrainian soldiers from the Asgard battalion have destroyed 8 Russian air defense systems, and their spectacular hits were shown in a video, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

EADaily, . At the air defense long-range detection stations in Venezuela had communication problems during the US attack. This was stated on the air of the TV channel "Solovyov Live" by the Russian Ambassador to Venezuela's Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov.

Russia has used its latest missile against Ukraine for a second time in the nearly 4-year-old war, a forceful signal to Kyiv and its Western allies as peace talks are in a crucial stage.

Ukrainians have encountered a Shahed drone equipped with MANPADS for the first time. The Shahed is fitted with a camera and a radio modem. The drone is operated from the territory of the ruSSian Federation and poses a threat to Ukrainian aviation. pic.twitter.com/1TySNTpxmr

A man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) that was found mounted on one of Russia's Shahed-type attack drones in early January has been set to lock on to a target and fire.

Air defense power stems from a system's ability to find and take out a threat, putting mission effectiveness above considerations of range, speed, and power.