A senior Iranian military official has said Iran increased the production rate of attack drones tenfold in the months following the US-Israeli attack in June 2025.

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the Nizhny Novgorod region on Tuesday to observe joint military drills with Belarus, according to Russian state television.

Poland has begun moving military equipment toward its border with Belarus.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced that Germany will halt the supply of weapons to Israel that could potentially be used in the Gaza Strip.

Amid Europe’s growing rift with President Donald Trump, a French lawmaker called on the United States this weekend to “give us back the Statue of Liberty,” now that Americans “have chosen to side with the tyrants.”

Iran has been focusing on building most of its defense systems domestically due to decades of sanctions, which have hindered its ability to acquire advanced military equipment like new aircraft and ships.

Editor's note: Russian military-political analyst, expert in the field of strategic security, specialist in the Middle East and Africa Vladimir Bekish. The article expresses the personal opinion of the author and may not coincide with the view of News.Az.

A cargo plane from Iraq landed early in the morning at a US military base in Al-Shaddadi, south of Hasakah in northeastern Syria, News.az reports citing foreign media.

The Polish government has signed two deals worth almost €4 billion with a domestic arms producer in a bid to strengthen the country’s defense capabilities.