https://freerepublic.com/tag/zeepharderdude/ en-us Sat, 6 Jun 2026 09:46:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382551/posts Ukraine launched one of its largest drone offensives of the war overnight into June 6, sending more than 400 unmanned aircraft deep into Russian territory and striking targets that included a naval weapons depot near Saint Petersburg, an oil refinery in Siberia, a port in Russian-occupied Mariupol, and munitions warehouses in the Leningrad region. Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its air defenses shot down 376 of the incoming drones, a figure that, if accurate, still left dozens reaching their intended targets across a geographic spread stretching from the Baltic coast to western Siberia. The attacks came on the final day of... Defense Blog https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382551/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2026 09:46:02 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382638/posts Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy said the country and the U.S. will sign an agreement to design an underwater tunnel connecting Russia’s Chukotka region to Alaska across the Bering Strait. Kirill Dmitriev, who is also head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, made the announcement Thursday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “As regards, the tunnel, we have a piece of news for tomorrow that we will continue tunnel engineering. The tunnel will take place,” he told Russian TV channel Zvezda, according to a translation by state-owned news agency TASS. He added that this will be one of... The Washington Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382638/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2026 21:46:57 GMT