War Monitor

The United States is expected to unveil a long-awaited farm aid package on Monday, providing $12 billion in assistance to farmers affected by low crop prices and recent tariff policies, Bloomberg News reported Sunday, citing a White House official.

Royal Thai Air Force F-16A Fighting Falcons have conducted multiple strikes on the Chong Arn Ma Casino, located across from Nam Yuen District in Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani Province. The abandoned casino, situated near the Thai–Cambodian border, has reportedly been repurposed by the Cambodian Army as a command-and-control center and munitions depot. The Chong Arn Ma Casino — along with several other deserted resorts along the frontier — was also heavily targeted during the previous round of clashes between the two countries in July. https://blossom.primal.net/d307066ef5f6929bece34f97dc884243e747482e1e2eab7bf14c67c06f17cda5.mp4

According to the Royal Thai Army, the casualty count from today’s renewed clashes along the border between Thailand and Cambodia has risen to two killed and four injured, most if not all as a result of artillery and rocket attacks by the Cambodian Army.

After earlier reports from the Royal Thai Army of a Cambodian rocket artillery buildup along the border, Thailand’s Second Army Area now says that at 8:30 a.m., the Royal Cambodian Army fired multiple BM-21 rocket rounds into Thailand. The strikes hit civilian areas in Ban Sai Tho Kao, located in the Ban Kruat District of Buri Ram Province.

In her first full interview since announcing her resignation from Congress following a series of public attacks from President Donald J. Trump, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told *60 Minutes* that Trump’s remarks “directly fueled” death threats against her and her family. She said she raised the issue with the White House but received an “extremely unkind” response from the president. Greene also claimed that many Republicans are afraid to “step out of line” with Trump, saying that behind closed doors they have mocked him — and her — but that since 2024 they have all begun “kissing his ass.” https://blossom.primal.net/e64789a51b1649d9d3332577ad19cfa5ed7d8270e75349393a8ca062c7ffa520.mp4

The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed to AFP that it is conducting operations to “contain a coup” in the West African nation of Benin. Fighter jets — likely JF-17s — are carrying out targeted strikes against military leaders and soldiers backing the coup, in accordance with the “mandate and protocols” of ECOWAS and the ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF).

Japan has filed a formal diplomatic protest with China after two incidents on Saturday in which J-15 carrier-based multirole fighters from the Chinese aircraft carrier *Liaoning* locked their fire-control radars onto Japanese F-15Js. The F-15Js had been scrambled in response to potential Chinese airspace incursions near Okinawa in southern Japan.

On Friday, the German Parliament voted 323–272 to approve a bill that would expand the Bundeswehr from its current force of 180,000 service members to 260,000 by 2035, supported by an additional 200,000 reservists. While the bill stops short of reintroducing mandatory conscription, it offers incentives to encourage voluntary enlistment, including raising the monthly starting salary to €2,600 — an increase of €450. However, the government would retain the authority to introduce needs-based conscription, known as Bedarfswehrpflicht, if recruitment targets are not met.

Reports out of Belgorod this evening describe an incident involving the Russian Air Force in which a FAB-1000, a 1,000-lb aerial bomb, is believed to have been accidentally dropped near a residential area and an electrical substation. The site has since been cordoned off by security personnel and Air Force bomb-disposal teams. https://video.nostr.build/b95790eb74676850014133445be399a8e9eaed807ebd723194b093bc814d3d70.mp4

When asked today at the 2025 Reagan National Defense Forum about releasing the full video of the September 2 strikes on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not give a direct answer, saying only, “We are reviewing it.” https://video.nostr.build/20e5bd86995d537f57c0b4b018367c1edc305dd5271404678d59fead3a17ca35.mp4

Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced Friday that the United States has offered to sell Poland 250 Stryker armored fighting vehicles currently serving with U.S. Army units in Europe for the symbolic price of $1. The Strykers—likely from the Second Dragoons of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment—would be transferred to Poland rather than shipped back to the United States, as part of the Trump Administration’s proposed large-scale drawdown of U.S. forces across Eastern Europe.

After a five-day port visit on the island of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) was seen departing Frenchman’s Cove this morning to continue her ongoing deployment in the Caribbean Sea as part of Operation Southern Spear.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has released footage from Tuesday showing the interdiction of a cartel narco-trafficking vessel carrying 20,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific. The operation was conducted by an MH-65E Dolphin helicopter from the U.S. Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON), deployed with the Legend-class cutter USCGC Munro (WMSL-755). In the video, a sniper aboard the MH-65E uses a Barrett M82 .50 BMG anti-materiel rifle to disable the fast boat’s engine, allowing a Coast Guard Special Purpose Craft launched from the Munro to board and seize the vessel as part of Operation Pacific Viper. https://blossom.primal.net/e5f9199e2c0d9b4cdc17f82f382bb535aa26851b3333976310c67d9344a8dc23.mp4

Reports emerging from Grozny in the Chechen Republic suggest a drone strike may have taken place. Residents described hearing explosions, and a building in central Grozny appears to have sustained significant damage along one side. The origin of the strike remains unclear, but local sources say Russian authorities have imposed flight restrictions at several airports in the region.

Reports emerging from Grozny in the Chechen Republic suggest a drone strike may have taken place. Residents described hearing explosions, and a building in central Grozny appears to have sustained significant damage along one side. The origin of the strike remains unclear, but local sources say Russian authorities have imposed flight restrictions at several airports in the region.

During a Fox News interview tonight, host Sean Hannity questioned FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino about conspiracy theories he had previously promoted online regarding the January 6, 2021 pipe bombs placed outside the DNC and RNC headquarters — including claims that it may have been an “inside job” by D.C. Metro Police or even the FBI. Bongino replied, “I was paid in the past, Sean, for my opinions — that’s clear. One day I may return to that space, but that’s not what I’m paid for now. I’m paid to be your deputy director, and we base investigations on facts.” https://video.nostr.build/d236f40165b1f70953802158870fcccb54c88721e01245cc781f05ff03d1f0a2.mp4

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has released footage of a strike earlier today on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific — the first such operation under Operation Southern Spear since November 15. According to SOUTHCOM, the strike, ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, killed four suspected members of a designated terrorist organization. Intelligence indicated that the vessel was carrying illicit narcotics and traveling along a known trafficking route off the coast of Latin America. https://video.nostr.build/1de3e1abad6de5d0d09c787f82e92529eb41b68617ac8a7e12a3a51c8f0506e7.mp4

In a rapidly escalating internet crackdown this week, Russia has banned FaceTime, Snapchat, WhatsApp, and Roblox. A note: These are the exact, verbatim justifications given by Roskomnadzor, the country’s state internet regulator.

Shortly after the plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Dublin on Monday, four large, unidentified military-style drones entered the no-fly zone and began circling over Dublin International Airport, according to The Telegraph. Sources say the drones would have been directly in Zelensky’s flightpath had his aircraft not taken off and arrived ahead of schedule. Officials in Ireland and across Europe are describing the incident as an “act of hybrid warfare” and possibly an assassination attempt on the Ukrainian president. After circling the airport briefly, the drones headed east, flying over an Irish Navy warship that had been covertly deployed to the Irish Sea in advance of Zelensky’s visit.

European officials have grown deeply distrustful of the United States as negotiations continue over ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, driven largely by mounting skepticism toward White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who are leading the talks. According to notes reviewed by **DER SPIEGEL** from a recent confidential crisis call between European heads of state and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron warned Zelensky that “there is a chance that the U.S. will betray Ukraine on territory without clarity on security guarantees,” adding that there is “a big danger” ahead for the Ukrainian leader. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also cautioned Zelensky to be “very careful” in the coming days, telling him, “They are playing games with both you and us,” in an apparent reference to Witkoff and Kushner. Even Finnish President Alexander Stubb — traditionally a close Trump ally — voiced disappointment with the current negotiations, saying, “We mustn’t leave Ukraine and Volodymyr alone with these guys,” again pointing to concerns over the two U.S. envoys.