Nigeria’s Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has taken action against private jet operators flouting regulations by suspending the Permit for Non-Commercial Flights (PNCF) of three operators caught conducting commercial flights. This crackdown follows warnings issued in March 2024. Acting Director General Capt. Chris Najomo stated that increased surveillance at Nigerian airports […]
UKRAINE WAR
CNN — A lack of air defenses meant Ukraine was powerless to prevent a Russian airstrike last week that destroyed the biggest power plant in Kyiv region, President Volodomyr Zelensky said. Russia fired 11 missiles towards the Trypilska power plant, Zelensky said. Ukrainian air defenses downed the first seven missiles, but the next four completely destroyed […]
Both sides pursued their strategies in the war, with limited success for each, as ammunition shortages plagued Ukraine.
A new drone attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant has raised the risk of a “major nuclear accident”, the UN’s atomic watchdog has warned. Russia said Ukraine was behind the attack, which it said injured three people. Ukraine has denied involvement. The giant Russian-held nuclear plant, with six reactors, is […]
Ukrainian strikes hit Russian airfields in occupied territory, potentially damaging a military helicopter base in Russia Ukrainian special forces early on Tuesday struck two Russian military airfields, saying they successfully destroyed nine Russia military helicopters, an anti-aircraft missile system, and an ammunition warehouse. Ukrainian defense forces made use of US-made long-range ATACMS […]
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President Putin also said it was hard to implement a ceasefire when the Ukrainian army was on the offensive.
Attacks were also reported in the capital, Kyiv, the city’s military administration said on the Telegram channel.
Saudi Arabia has agreed to buy Turkish drones, one of several lucrative contracts President Recep Tayyip Erdogan secured for Turkey’s struggling economy
Russia launched overnight air attacks on Ukraine’s south and east, using drones and possibly ballistic missiles, Ukrainian officials say.