Tetiana Frolova

Despite possessing a sizable arsenal of Russian-made air defense systems, Venezuela failed to counter US aircraft during the rapid Operation Absolute Resolve, suffering significant losses among its surface-to-air missile units.

Russia attacked Ukraine using the Oreshnik missile system, a weapon associated with intercontinental nuclear strike capabilities. Moscow appears to have ordered a second such launch against Ukrainian territory, though the strike in the western Lviv region was carried out without a warhead and appears to have been intended primarily as a psychological demonstration rather than a kinetic attack.