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Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · Sep 25

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Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 11h

🇺🇸🇲🇽 NEW: The Trump administration is planning a new mission to deploy US troops and intelligence officers inside Mexico to strike drug cartels. The operation would target drug labs and cartel leaders with drones. A final decision has not yet been made.

Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 14h

🇬🇧🇺🇦 BREAKING: The UK has delivered another batch of Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, per Bloomberg

Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 18h

🇺🇦🇷🇺 NEW: Satellite imagery confirms at least two strikes on the Transneft oil terminal in Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, following the recent attack. An oil tanker at the pier was also damaged, and an oil spill into the Black Sea was observed. The Tuapse terminal is one of Russia’s key southern export hubs.

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Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Ukraine strikes Russia’s Saratov region with drones

Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇦🇷🇺 NOW: Explosions are being reported in Russia’s Saratov region amid Ukrainian UAV activity

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Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 1d

🇩🇪 NEW: Flights at Bremen Airport were halted for 52 minutes Sunday evening after a drone was spotted near the runway, police said. Air traffic resumed at 20:22, but several flights were diverted or delayed. The drone operator remains unknown, per T-Online.

Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇸🇻🇪 Overview of Naval and Air Assets

Sources:
- reuters.com/graphics/USA...
- washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

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Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 2d

🇺🇸🇻🇪 NEW: An overview by the WP details the US military buildup in the Caribbean amid rising tensions with Maduro's Venezuela. Naval and air assets from the US Navy, Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force have been deployed, with some still en route to the region.

Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇸🇻🇪 E. Rohlsen Airport

The airport in St. Croix will likely support US military operations. Officials say upgrades could expand aircraft capacity and strengthen regional radar coverage amid growing activity and counternarcotics efforts near Venezuela.

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Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇸🇻🇪 Rafael Hernández Airport

Here the buildup includes reaper drones, communication gear, and a mobile air traffic control tower.

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Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇸🇻🇪 Roosevelt Roads Base

Major upgrades are being made. Taxiways are being rebuilt for fighter jets and cargo planes. Satellite images show new tents, mobile control towers, signaling preparation for sustained operations in the Caribbean.

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Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇸🇻🇪 NEW: Reuters reveals the US is rebuilding the former Roosevelt Roads naval base in Puerto Rico and upgrading airfields in Puerto Rico and St. Croix as potential staging grounds near Venezuela. The buildup is the largest since 1994.

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Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 1d

🇩🇪 NEW: Germany has lifted all financial limits on defense spending under Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s reforms, The Telegraph reports. The move allows for massive investments in tanks, jets, and warships as Berlin prepares for growing threats from Russia.

Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 1d

🇩🇪🇺🇦 JUST IN: Germany has delivered the promised Patriot systems to Ukraine, President Zelensky announced, thanking Chancellor Friedrich Merz for strengthening Ukraine’s air defense and fulfilling prior agreements, per Unian.

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Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 1d

🇹🇷🇷🇺 JUST IN: Turkey has sharply reduced imports of Russian crude, with major refineries shifting to non-Russian oil following new US, EU, and UK sanctions. SOCAR’s Turkish refinery recently bought four shipments from Iraq, Kazakhstan, and other suppliers, per Reuters.

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Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇸🇻🇪 WATCH: US forces, at President Trump's order, struck a narco-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean in international waters, killing three suspected narco-terrorists. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says the boat carried drugs and vowed more strikes.

Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇦🇷🇺 NOW: A tugboat is on fire at the Port of Kavkaz in Russia’s Krasnodar region. Cause is unknown as of now.

Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇸🇷🇺 NEW: A Kansas National Guardsman, Canyon Anthony Amarys, has been charged with attempting to supply Russia with US military equipment and intelligence. Prosecutors say he agreed to photograph Fort Riley and obtain a helicopter radio for Russian intelligence, planning to smuggle it via Romania.

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Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇦🇷🇺 NEW: In Dnipropetrovsk region, a Russian strike killed four civilians, including two boys aged 11 and 14, according to regional authorities. Ten others were injured, half of them in serious condition.

Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 2d

🇺🇦🇷🇺 UPDATE: Ukraine also struck a substation in Usman, located in Russia's Lipetsk region, with drones. Some reports suggest that the strike was successful and lead to a blackout in the area, though I cannot confirm this currently.

Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 2d

🇺🇦🇷🇺 BREAKING: Ukraine carried out strikes on energy infrastructure in occupied regions and in Russia:

- Tuapse Marine Oil Terminal (Krasnodar)
- Oryol CHP – new fire today after yesterday's strike
- Substation in Alchevsk (occupied Luhansk)
- Substation in Zheleznogorsk (Kursk)

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Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 2d

🇺🇦🇷🇺 UPDATE: Large fire in Tuapse after a Ukrainian UAV struck a port facility

Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 2d

🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Local reports indicate a new fire broke out at the local thermal power plant in the Russian city of Oryol following last night’s drone strike by Ukraine.

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Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 2d

🇺🇦🇷🇺 NEW: Ukraine targets port facilities in Tuapse and Temyruk in Russia’s Krasnodar region.

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Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 2d

🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Ukraine reportedly struck a substation in Zheleznogorsk in Russia’s Kursk region.

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Conflict Dispatch @conflictdispatch.bsky.social · 2d

🇧🇪 NEW: For the second evening, drones were spotted over Belgium’s Kleine Brogel Air Base, which hosts US nuclear weapons and will host F-35s by 2027. Police couldn’t locate the drones or pilots. Defense Minister Francken urged vigilance and said drones may be shot down.

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