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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
September 12, 2026
Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun
Bright sunlight glints as long dark shadows mark this image of the surface of the Moon. It was taken on July 20, 1969, by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the lunar surface. Pictured is the mission's lunar module, the Eagle, and spacesuited lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin. Aldrin is unfurling a long sheet of foil also known as the Solar Wind Composition Experiment. Exposed facing the Sun, the foil trapped particles streaming outward in the solar wind, catching a sample of material from the Sun itself. Along with 22 kilograms of moon rocks and lunar soil samples, the solar wind collector was returned for analysis in earthbound laboratories.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S3zbkOr9ds
Sun Super Flare Power Scale, M6.6 Earthquake | S0 News and frens
Sep.12.2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KCNWc2IYd0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4__gA1d9hCc (MrMBB333: POSSIBLE PROOF IT'S HAPPENING! HERE IT IS! weather anomalies and things)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NDiuDyn1pw (Mr Weatherman: Tropical Disturbance coming into the Caribbean…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zP695MbZ0w (EarthMaster: Earthquake Swarms around Los Angeles area tonight.. Big uptick in tremors at Cascadia. Fri Night)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYTnHwOZ_dQ (DRASTIC SUDDEN CHANGE AT VESUVIUS — WHY THIS HAS PEOPLE WORRIED)
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solar
https://watchers.news/epicenter/study-links-lower-solar-activity-to-higher-radiation-proxy-at-flight-altitudes/
https://www.satellitetoday.com/imagery-and-sensing/2026/09/11/noaa-names-14-commercial-providers-for-weather-data-contract/
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wildfires
https://ktvz.com/news/2026/09/11/wyden-questions-trump-administration-over-federal-wildfire-resources-as-oregon-fires-strain-crews/
https://thisisreno.com/2026/09/reno-wildfire-smoke-air-pollution/
https://www.centraloregondaily.com/news/wildfires/firefighter-dies-austin-fire-mount-hood-national-forest/article_f467b255-605c-50a7-9534-f6785a83061e.html
https://komonews.com/news/local/wildfires-affect-parts-of-mount-rainier-as-crews-prioritize-safety-and-historic-sites
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/timelapse-shows-lucas-wildfire-smoke-032249502.html
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storms and floods
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/severe-storms-bring-heavy-rain-thunderstorms-east-coast-weekend
https://rollingout.com/2026/09/12/east-coast-flash-flood-rain-risk-weekend/
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/four-drown-in-flood-hit-sahibganj-in-five-days/articleshow/134137091.cms
https://www.travelsdubai.com/12-Sep-2026/nepal-floods-uae-rescuers-locate-another-10-missing-people
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tornadoes
https://www.fox9.com/weather/photos-tornado-reported-near-artichoke-mn-sept-12-2026
https://www.jfeed.com/latest-news/tornado-kills-at-least-one-destroys-homes-near-san-pedro-argentina-51601
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hurricanes and frens
https://kmph.com/news/local/eleven-tropical-systems-that-have-made-a-run-at-california
https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/no-atlantic-hurricanes-by-sept-12-breaks-a-60-year-record/1932278
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/tropical-storm-norbert-hurricane-pacific-el-nino-september-2026
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/trade/exports/insights/asian-ports-snarled-as-el-nio-fuels-busy-typhoon-season/articleshow/134109407.cms?from=mdr
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earthquakes
https://www.edhat.com/beyond-local/news/edwards-air-force-base-earthquake/
https://cedarnews.net/newstasks/978528/earthquake-magnitude-3-4-strikes-contra-costa/
https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/darwin-homes-shaken-as-59-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-in-banda-sea-off-timor-coast/news-story/256f3449489c7a57fd97e532dcabb88a
https://suaragarut.id/en/m66-earthquake-hits-java-sea-indonesia
https://watchers.news/2026/09/12/strong-m6-6-earthquake-hits-java-indonesia/
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volcanoes
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2026/09/12/three-more-indonesian-volcanoes-erupt-amid-heightened-volcanic-activity
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dailys
https://schumannresonance.today/
https://www.weather.gov/
https://www.americanforests.org/wildfire-map/
https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn
https://www.tornadohq.com/
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes-volcanoes/news.html
https://www.spaceweather.gov
https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=12&month=09&year=2026
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Help Refine Data from Space Telescopes with Artifact InSPECtor
Sep 11, 2026
How do scientists studying space with data from a telescope hundreds of thousands of miles away know that what they are seeing is real?
A new NASA project, Artifact InSPECtor, invites you to find out – and by doing so, to help missions like Euclid and NASA’s new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope answer fundamental questions about our universe.
"It’s really cool that we can help teach computers new skills," said nine-year-old Maeve F. after trying out Artifact InSPECtor.
Participants of all ages, including those as young as Maeve, can visit the project to learn how they can contribute to science by training artificial intelligence to remove errors in telescope data.
Here's how it works.
The Euclid space telescope, a powerful observatory built by ESA (European Space Agency) with critical contributions from NASA, is collecting light from millions of distant galaxies across the universe.
It will soon be joined by NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a complementary observatory that will capture a similar number of galaxies after it begins science operations, but at different distances and densities across the sky.
Together, these telescopes promise to help scientists answer questions about the expansion of the universe and dark energy – the mysterious force causing this expansion.
To collect data to answer these questions, each telescope uses a special instrument called a spectrograph that works like a prism: it splits the light from each galaxy, even very distant ones, into a rainbow of colors.
By studying these rainbow patterns, called spectra, scientists can figure out how far away each galaxy is, what kinds of stars it contains, and even information about the supermassive black holes at their centers.
But before that can happen, there's a problem to solve.
Telescope data contains many "artifacts" – the general name scientists use for signals that come from things other than real astronomical objects like galaxies or stars.
Artifacts can be created by light glinting off the telescope's housing, cosmic rays striking the detector, quirks in the camera or electronics, or other sources.
It's a bit like when a smudge on your phone's camera lens shows up in a photo, or when a glare from the Sun blocks part of your picture.
To find and remove these artifacts, astronomers have created artificial intelligence (AI) tools that learn to recognize them, similar to how your phone recognizes faces in photos.
But recognizing artifacts in data from relatively new instruments is challenging work for the AI, which doesn’t always distinguish them accurately
That's where you come in! As a volunteer with Artifact InSPECtor, you'll look at real space telescope data from Euclid and, starting in early 2027, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
The project will teach you how to recognize artifacts in data from these telescopes. The work you do will then be used to improve the instructions guiding the AI tool.
Working together, you, the AI, the scientists, and these powerful space telescopes will learn more than ever before about how our universe works.
If you want to teach computers new skills and help discover the mysteries of dark energy, use your smartphone, tablet, or computer to visit Artifact InSPECtor and begin today: https://go.nasa.gov/3Uyrguy.
https://science.nasa.gov/get-involved/citizen-science/help-refine-data-from-space-telescopes-with-artifact-inspector/
moar
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-chandra-spots-galactic-gem/
https://www.nasa.gov/ames-partnerships/space-economy-series/
https://x.com/NASASolarSystem/status/2098759784560239073
https://x.com/NASA/status/2098520709056065990
NASA History Office
@NASAhistory
"We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
President John F. Kennedy's speech at Rice University OTD in 1962 inspired the nation to take up an audacious goal to become the world's leader in space exploration.
8:00 AM · Sep 12, 2026
https://x.com/NASAhistory/status/2098788726352552185
https://x.com/NASAArtemis/status/2098773625012728069
https://x.com/NASAMoonBase/status/2098776449276686820
https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/2098640246267433033
President Kennedy's Speech at Rice University
May 18, 2013
On Sept. 12, 1962, President John F. Kennedy announced that the United States would land men on the moon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZyRbnpGyzQ
Rocket Lab launches mystery satellite to orbit for secret customer
September 11, 2026
The "Happily Ever Faster" mission sent a private Earth-observation satellite to orbit, but Rocket Lab is mum on the details.
Rocket Lab just launched a mystery mission to orbit.
An Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site on Thursday (Sept. 10) at 11:28 p.m. EDT (0328 GMT and 3:28 p.m. local New Zealand time on Sept. 11).
The launched kicked off a mission the company called "Happily Ever Faster," which we know little about.
Rocket Lab did not livestream the mission or reveal who booked it, saying only that it aimed to loft "a single commercial satellite to a 500 km low Earth orbit." That did indeed happen successfully, the company announced via X about 80 minutes after launch.
Speculation has worked to fill the information vacuum, as it generally does. For example, some outside observers think "Happily Ever Faster" carried up a "Gen-3" satellite for the geospatial intelligence company BlackSky.
These spacecraft are powerful Earth observers, capable of resolving features as small as 14 inches (35 centimeters) on our planet's surface.
Rocket Lab has launched BlackSky Gen-3 satellites before, so this is a pretty good bet — especially since, in that post-launch X post, the company revealed that the deployed payload was an Earth-observing craft.
"Happily Ever Faster" was Rocket Lab's 16th launch of 2026, and the 13th involving the 59-foot-tall (18 meters) Electron, which gives small satellites dedicated rides to space.
The company has also launched three missions this year with HASTE, a suborbital version of Electron that tests customer equipment in a hypersonic flight environment. All 16 launches in 2026 have been successful.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/rocket-lab-launches-mystery-satellite-to-orbit-for-secret-customer-photo
https://rocketlabcorp.com/missions/launches/happily-ever-faster/
U.S. DOE seeks ‘mass, radiation tolerance, and durability’ in space solar cell manufacturing
12 Sep 2026
Pursuing “space superiority” and critical supply chain risk mitigation, the DOE is providing grants seven to eleven research projects to advance space solar cell technologies, from III-V cells to standard terrestrial silicon and perovskites.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Integrated Energy Systems Office (IESO) and Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation are seeking innovative techniques to move space based solar power forward.
The groups are launching a $12 million funding opportunity open to research laboratories and companies around the country.
Space based solar has gotten a lot of attention lately. Some propose to power data centers in space, while others seek to beam the energy to Earth.
Companies able to compete where “cost per watt is not the binding constraint,” but “mass, radiation tolerance, and durability are,” are specifically sought.
An IESO representative said space photovoltaics (PV) is “one of the few solar energy segments where the U.S. has never given up its technology lead,” since the U.S. launched the world’s first solar powered satellite, Vanguard 1, in March 1958.
The opportunity also marks the program as part of the nation’s critical mineral push.
The document notes that space solar cell manufacturing is inefficient in its use of key resources, such as gallium and germanium, which each have under 1 kt of annual global production.
China banned the export of both to the U.S. in December 2024. The currently suspended ban resumes November 27, 2026, seven weeks after this solicitation closes.
The program, the Space Photovoltaics (PV) Research and Development Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) opportunity, will fund seven to eleven awards in total, across two separate tracks of topic areas:
Next-generation Cell Innovation (Topic 1): Projects will focus on the advancement of high-performance, low-cost, and durable space-grade PV cells in the lab environment. DOE anticipates $8 million for this track, spread across five to nine awards.
Rapid Production and Demonstration (Topic 2): Projects will focus on advancing innovative, high-volume manufacturing processes and demonstrating third party-validated performance of module prototypes in space or near-space environments. DOE anticipates $4 million here, across two to three awards.
The DOE says Topic 1 research is eligible for up to $1.5 million in funding, while topic 2 can gain up to $2 million. The program will cover up to three years of funding. Applications are due 11:59 p.m. ET on October 8, 2026.
An informational webinar is scheduled for 1 p.m. on September 15, with office hours on September 29 and October 6. DOE expects to name selections in December 2026.
The opportunity notes a “special interest” in standard space solar cells (type III-V), as well mainstream terrestrial solar cell types. Each product class also has unique technological requests:
III-V PV – substrate reuse techniques that still deliver at least 27% cell efficiency with greater than 95% yield after five wafer reuses
crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV -radiation hardened cells that retain at least 80% of beginning of life peak power across missions longer than 10 years or in high radiation orbits, alongside thin wafer cells reaching 23% efficiency at air mass zero
emerging perovskite PV -prioritizing tandem and multijunction designs above 30% efficiency that can survive thermal cycling, ultraviolet exposure, atomic oxygen, and humid storage
These three technologies are the current focus of space based solar cells.
The press release notes it is seeking those working on “advanced, space-applicable PV technologies or specializing in PV characterization and stress testing.”
The DOE is also looking for “industry teams advancing near-commercial, pilot-scale space PV solutions with testing partnerships and the capability to fly PV prototypes or panels in space.”
Regarding III-V type solar technologies, the DOE notes that while these perform reliably, and have shown the ability to last 15 or more years in space, they remain expensive at over 100 times the cost of terrestrial technology.
The solicitation calls the manufacturing process “time-consuming, difficult to automate,” with “low material utilization rates of critical minerals, which all drive high costs.”
Thus, faster manufacturing processes could expand the supply chain, lowering costs overall through scale.
The DOE notes that the program aligns with the administration’s “Space Superiority” goal.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/09/12/doe-seeks-mass-radiation-tolerance-and-durability-in-space-solar-cell-manufacturing/
https://www.techwerx.org/opportunities/IESO-SPACEPV
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/commentary-us-space-command-always-led-by-guardian/
moar Space Force
https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4599066/us-international-partners-to-bolster-global-secure-communications-with-updated/
https://www.vandenberg.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4599558/911-remembrance-ceremony-at-vandenberg-sfb/
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him?
The reason is operational, not parochial: Guardians are the military professionals best prepared to integrate spacepower into global, multi-domain operations, and the Space Force exists to generate the nation’s combat-ready space forces.
Space is no longer an uncontested domain, merely enabling others; it is a warfighting domain and capable of delivering decisive effects. U.S. Space Command’s job is to secure space superiority to preserve access to space capabilities, and plan, execute, and integrate military spacepower into multi-domain global operations. Its commander therefore must be more than familiar with space-enabled capabilities. The position demands mastery of orbital warfare, space domain awareness, command and control, electromagnetic and cyber dependencies, counterspace threats, and the integration of space effects across every geographic combatant command. Guardians are the only service members who train from accession through senior command around that full mission set.
By law, the Space Force must provide freedom of operation for the United States in, from, and to space; conduct space operations; and protect U.S. interests in space.
That statutory responsibility matters. Other services have space expertise to support their missions, but Congress made the Space Force uniquely responsible to organize, train, and equip forces for prompt and sustained space operations.
A Guardian commanding U.S. Space Command brings both the depth to fight for space superiority and the breadth to lead Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and allied forces as a joint team.
Jointness is not achieved by rotating a command among services for the sake of balance; it is achieved by selecting the officer best prepared to accomplish the assigned mission.
When U.S. Space Command was re-established in August 2019, President Trump selected General John “Jay” Raymond, soon to be the first Space Force Guardian, as the commander.
But this was a temporary one-year arrangement, as Gen. Raymond was also named the first Chief of Space Operations after the Space Force was created four months later.
President Trump selected Army General James Dickinson to lead U.S. Space Command from August 2020 to January 2024. When Gen. Dickinson assumed command, the Space Force was still in its first year.
No pool of seasoned Guardians existed to compete for the position.
Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor thereafter.
That’s no longer the case. In 2023, President Biden nominated and the Senate confirmed Gen. Whiting for the position.
Since then, the Space Force has continued to develop Guardian leaders with the critical operational experience, expertise, and an unparalleled understanding of space as a warfighting domain.
Gen. Dickinson’s selection was a sound transitional exception, not a precedent for an enduring Army-Space Force rotation.
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The Space Force now has multiple positions and pathways to prepare its senior leaders for the responsibilities of Commander, U.S. Space Command.
First is Combat Forces Command, which traces its lineage to Space Operations Command and Air Force Space Command, where Gen. Whiting and Gen. Raymond, respectively, commanded before taking the reins of U.S. Space Command. Lt. Gen. Gregory Gagnon is, the current commander of CFC.
His predecessor, Lt. Gen. David “Rock” Miller, is still serving, now as Deputy Chief of Space Operations, Strategy, Plans, Programs and Requirements on the Space Force staff.
Second are the Space Force’s component commands, which present the service’s forces to different combatant commands.
These component commanders range in rank from colonel to 3-star general in Lt. Gen. Dennis Bythewood at Space Forces-Space.
These positions build essential experience in integrating space effects into combat operations and provide Guardians with a distinct expertise in integrating space effects with those of all domains to achieve national objectives terrestrially and in orbit.
That pipeline now produces leaders who have both commanded space forces and integrated their effects across the U.S. military, the precise combination U.S. Space Command requires.
The Army’s June 2026 decision to create its own Space Operations Branch, along with U.S. Space Command’s relocation to Huntsville will understandably fuel an Army case to lead Space Command in the future.
But neither development changes the underlying command requirement: to deliver space superiority in support of national objectives in all domains.
The Army branch is designed to improve Army component access to space-enabled capabilities at the tactical edge; it does not displace the Space Force’s responsibility for space warfare or its much broader mission set.
Likewise, while Redstone Arsenal’s Army space expertise will be valuable to U.S. Space Command, that expertise is both technical and geographical.
It has little to do with governance. Locating a combatant command on an Army installation does not justify an Army claim to command it.
Some might argue that a Guardian commander would somehow make U.S. Space Command less joint. This is specious. The command will continue to employ capabilities and personnel from every service and work with the intelligence community, allies, and commercial partners.
But to ensure space superiority, the officer heading U.S. Space Command must be able to make time-critical decisions to protect, defend, and employ space combat power under attack.
At that level, the domain expertise inherent to Space Force Guardians is not a mere parochial preference; it is an operational warfighting requirement. Jointness does not require rotation for rotation’s sake. It requires the right commander for the mission.
The President should make the institutional logic explicit: future commanders of U.S. Space Command should come from the Space Force. The Senate should reinforce that standard in confirmation.
Doing so would align operational command with the service Congress created to protect U.S. interests in space. It would also sharpen accountability for space superiority and preserve, rather than diminish, the command’s joint character.
The move to Huntsville should deepen U.S. Space Command’s and the Space Force’s partnership with the Army, but should not blur responsibility for leading the nation’s space warfighting enterprise.
Gen. Whiting’s successor should be a Guardian. So should every commander who follows.
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NATO troops in Ukraine would mean war with Russia – Putin
11 Sep, 2026 22:59 | Updated 12 Sep, 2026 05:59
EU citizens are beginning to understand where the globalist elites are leading them, the Russian president has said
The deployment of troops from European NATO countries to Ukraine would mean a direct war with Russia, President Vladimir Putin warned, arguing that political shifts across the EU reflect growing public discontent with the policies of the Western “globalist elites.”
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Friday, Putin said Europe’s current political and economic troubles are the result of “systemic mistakes” made by its leaders in foreign policy, security, and economics after the end of the Cold War.
The globalist elites, Putin said, have convinced themselves that they are “at the top of Olympus” and effectively incapable of being wrong, but their mistakes have since accumulated “like a snowball.”
In the sphere of security, Putin pointed to NATO’s eastward expansion and Western efforts to bring Ukraine into the US-led military bloc, which Moscow considers a root cause of the conflict.
Western governments are now frightening their populations with an imaginary ‘Russian threat’ while pushing Europe closer to a direct confrontation, he argued.
“We are not threatening and are not going to threaten European countries. Why would we?” Putin said.
He warned, however, that plans floated by a number of European NATO members to deploy forces to Ukraine could cross that line.
“They are now talking about how they are considering sending troops into Ukrainian territory. This means war with Russia.”
Moscow has warned that it will not accept troops from NATO countries being stationed in Ukraine under the guise of security guarantees or a peacekeeping mission.
Russian officials have argued that Kiev and its European backers are seeking a pause in the fighting rather than a lasting settlement in order to allow Ukrainian forces to rearm and regroup before the hostilities resume.
Putin argued that European voters increasingly recognize where these policies could lead.
“I understand that the citizens of European countries understand what is happening,” he said, suggesting that this is reflected in political trends across the continent, such as the recent landslide victory by the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) in Saxony-Anhalt’s regional election.
Putin declined to comment directly on German domestic politics, but said the results and broader political trends in Europe appear to be rooted in growing dissatisfaction with the direction taken by the continent’s current leadership.
https://www.rt.com/russia/645533-putin-nato-troops-ukraine-war/
moar RT
https://www.rt.com/news/645532-tucker-carlson-going-underground/
https://www.rt.com/business/645519-germany-ditch-russian-gas-cost/
https://www.rt.com/news/645536-brics-summit-india-day-two/
https://www.rt.com/russia/645489-belarus-military-mobilization-lukashenko/
Drones Strike Russian Aviation Plant Servicing Tu-95 Bombers and Chemical Giant in Tolyatti
Sep 12, 2026 12:05
Drone attacks struck industrial and military facilities in the Russian cities of Taganrog and Tolyatti overnight on September 12, with fires reported near an aircraft complex that services A-50 surveillance planes and Tu-95 strategic bombers, as well as at one of Russia’s major chemical producers.
According to Exilenova+ on September 12, satellite fire-detection data and footage shared by local residents showed several fires in Taganrog, including near the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex.
The facility specializes in maintenance and modernization of Russia’s A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft, Be-series amphibious aircraft used by the Russian Navy, and Tu-95MS/MSM strategic bombers.
Russia uses Tu-95 bombers to launch Kh-101 air-launched cruise missiles against Ukraine.
NASA FIRMS satellite data showed fire hotspots in the area of the aviation enterprise. The nearby Taganrog-Yuzhny airfield serves as the Beriev complex’s main flight-testing base.
Separately, ASTRA reported that drones may also have targeted the Taganrog-Central military airfield, home to Russia’s 708th Military Transport Aviation Regiment. The 325th Aircraft Repair Plant, which repairs military transport aircraft, is located nearby.
Another fire was recorded near Taganrog’s automobile plant, according to satellite observations and reports from local residents.
In Tolyatti, Samara region, drones targeted the KuibyshevAzot chemical plant, according to monitoring group Exilenova+. A fire was reported on the plant’s premises following the attack.
KuibyshevAzot produces ammonia, ammonium nitrate, urea, ammonium sulfate, nitric acid, caprolactam, and polyamide products.
The company is among Russia’s major producers of nitrogen fertilizers and caprolactam, a chemical used in the production of polyamide plastics and synthetic fibers.
Earlier, on September 11, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck the sanctioned Volgogradpromproekt enterprise in Volgograd with FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, triggering a fire at the facility.
The company is involved in Russia’s military-industrial complex and produces ferrocene-based combustion catalysts and chemical production technologies.
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/drones-strike-russian-aviation-plant-servicing-tu-95-bombers-and-chemical-giant-in-tolyatti-22501
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84363
other Russia and Ukraine
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84333
https://united24media.com/world/ukraine-reportedly-opens-new-drone-front-against-russia-in-africa-22506
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Drone-crashes-in-Romania-after-crossing-Ukraine-Moldova/67093972
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/12/russia-is-working-to-modernize-its-weapons-on-every-front-this-month-its-drones-are-expected-to-carry-20-element-anti-jam-antennas-to-outpace-ukraines-jamming/
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/2026-09-12/live-updates-908405
other Israel
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Lebanon-confirms-Israeli-blasts-across-the-country/67093944
https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/idf-chief-security-zone-in-lebanon-remains-unchanged-after-strategic-hezbollah-base-dismantled
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/42cqck6ju
https://www.timesofisrael.com/lebanese-official-to-toi-indiscriminate-idf-strikes-hinder-hezbollah-disarmament/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-rejects-testimonies-in-israeli-made-documentary-about-ai-powered-killing-in-gaza/
Live Updates: Iraq, Iran investigate sites used in Saudi attack, Bahrain refuses Iran talks until ties restored
September 12, 2026
Iraqi military commander dismissed following drone attack on Saudi Arabia • Houthis capture both sides of Bab al-Mandeb Strait • US announces new terror sanctions
September 12, 7:54 PM
Iran, Oman deal sets path to reopen Hormuz, Iranian source tells Tasnim
An understanding between Iran and Oman does not provide for the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz but establishes the basis on which it could reopen, an Iranian source told the semi-official Tasnim news agency on Saturday.
The source said the arrangement would be a step towards Iran exercising sovereignty over the strait and that its reopening depended entirely on the United States meeting Tehran's conditions.
September 12, 6:30 PM
Iranian Rial hits record low as economic fallout from war takes hold - report
Iranian workers are going on strike as inflation rises to 128% and the fuel crisis worsens living conditions across the country.
Iranian civilians are struggling to pay for fuel and other essentials as the Rial plunged to 2.3 million per one US dollar and the economic impact of war takes hold, according to a Thursday Wall Street Journal report.
The economic fallout from the war and the US's naval blockade on Iranian ports along the Strait of Hormuz is driving up the price of goods for Iranians, many of whom earn roughly $250 a month, according to a study by Euronews.
On Monday, the Iranian regime doubled the price of gasoline for users surpassing 110 liters per month. The increases targeted passenger vehicles exceeding their allocated quotas following Tehran’s slashing of monthly subsidies. The shrinking gas supply has reportedly left some drivers stranded without fuel, prompting taxi and truck drivers to go on strike.
The regime is also attempting to repair damage sustained by its refineries during the war and faces difficulties importing fuel and other goods due to the US naval blockade.
September 12, 6:26 PM
BRICS summit: Iran, UAE, others urge restraint over Middle East escalation
The BRICS summit opened with a call for maximum restraint over escalating Middle East tensions, as the bloc sought consensus among members including Iran and the UAE.
The BRICS group of nations unanimously adopted a joint declaration on Saturday, expressing "deep concern" over the war in the Middle East and urged maximum restraint, advocating for a "multilateral approach" that respects national viewpoints.
The declaration, adopted on the first day of the BRICS leaders' annual summit in New Delhi, comes at a time when US and Iran have resumed tit-for-tat strikes against each other, after a pause in fighting for much of August.
The BRICS bloc includes both Iran and Washington-ally United Arab Emirates, which was expected to make clinching a joint statement consensus a particularly challenging task for host New Delhi.
"We express deep concern over the continued escalation of tensions in the Middle East…call for exercising maximum restraint…avoiding actions that could further aggravate the situation," the 'New Delhi Declaration' said.
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September 12, 6:25 PM
No signed Hormuz deal expected yet from Oman, Gulf States meeting on Monday, Iranian official says
The meeting, which will not count on the presence of all the Gulf states, aims to find a solution to the situation in the Strait of Hormuz.
A meeting between Iran and Gulf states planned for Monday in Oman will be a chance to discuss issues including the Strait of Hormuz, but is not expected to yield a signed agreement over the blockaded waterway, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday.
Iran has been negotiating for months with Oman, which controls the opposite bank of the strait, over a deal that would govern transport through it. Oman has long said other Arab countries in the Gulf support its negotiations.
Tehran announced on Friday that it was planning to attend a meeting with Gulf countries in Oman on Monday. Oman has not officially announced the meeting, and other regional states have so far remained silent. Bahrain said on Saturday it would not attend meetings with Iran.
The Kingdom of Bahrain said it will not attend the meeting to discuss the Strait of Hormuz until diplomatic ties between the two countries are restored, according to state media.
September 12, 6:19 PM
Iran used Chinese-sourced satellite images to target US bases, intelligence reveals - report
Iran obtained satellite imagery of US bases from Chinese sources ahead of a strike that killed three US servicemen, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
Iran obtained high-resolution satellite imagery of a US base in Jordan from Chinese sources before launching the missile attack that killed three American soldiers in July, according to a Friday report by The Wall Street Journal, which cited US officials familiar with the matter.
The WSJ reported that Washington has drawn a direct line between the Chinese-sourced imagery and the July 17 strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, but did not confirm direct involvement from the Chinese government.
The officials told the WSJ that Iran acquired the images both ahead of and following the assault, though they would not name the Chinese firms involved and stopped short of accusing Beijing's government of direct involvement.
September 12, 4:14 PM
Iraqi PM approves joint probe into drone launch platforms near Iran border
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi has agreed to an Iranian request for a joint investigation into the discovery of drone launch platforms near the Iraqi-Iranian border, the prime minister's office said on Saturday.
The investigation will examine the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the platforms near the border area, the statement said, after it was used to launch attacks on the Saudi Arabia East-West pipeline.
September 12, 4:05 PM
Bahrain says no Hormuz talks with Iran until diplomatic ties resume
Bahrain said it will not attend any meeting with Iran to discuss the Strait of Hormuz until diplomatic ties between the two countries are restored, according to state media.
September 12, 12:28 PM
Trump says Strait of Hormuz, Saudi concerns will 'work out just fine'
Trump says everything would 'work out just fine' regarding Saudi concerns about traffic in Hormuz
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that everything would "work out just fine" when asked whether he could help move traffic through the Strait of Hormuz amid fresh concerns about Saudi Arabia.
"Everything will work out just fine," Trump said, speaking in Dublin after meeting Irish President Catherine Connolly.
September 12, 9:36 AM
US limits times tankers can sail through Hormuz in response to increased Iranian attacks
The US has asked tankers traveling through the Strait of Hormuz to sail only at specific times to guarantee military protection after Iran stepped up attacks on ships traveling at night, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.
Washington has been offering air-based defense since May to ships wanting to sail via a route hugging the Omani coast on the strait's southern side. That period during which ships would be protected was cut down to two specific time slots daily around the start of September, the FT reported, citing emails sent by the US naval co-ordination center to maritime advisers.
September 12, 9:17 AM
Aoun claims no negotiations between Israel, Lebanon are in progress - report
Lebanese President claimed that there are no negotiations with Israel
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun reportedly claimed that no negotiations between Israel and Lebanon are currently in progress during a Saturday visit to the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiya, according to Saudi state-owned outlet Al Hadath.
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