Benjamin Murdoch

Nine European defense ministers have urged the European Commission to rapidly approve Ukraine’s requests to purchase Patriot air defense missiles and other critical non-EU weapons under the bloc’s €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan (USL). The request comes as Ukraine faces an acute shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles, the only airContinue Reading

Exclusives The Traitor’s spiritual adviser says he never knew about Kherson’s “human safari”. Pastor Mark Burns pledges to raise Kherson’s drone siege with Congress and the president after learning of it for the first time. Russia lost ground for a second straight month in June. CSIS says it has lostContinue Reading

Russia’s state-run “Russian House” cultural center in Chișinău ceased operations on 4 July after Moldova terminated the bilateral agreement that allowed it to operate, according to statements from the center and the Russian Embassy, Newsmaker reports. The closure is the latest step in Moldova’s gradual move away from Russia’s politicalContinue Reading

Russia’s largest employment platform has posted vacancies for drone operators to help defend Moscow from Ukrainian aerial attacks, Reuters reported on 3 July. The recruitment drive comes as Ukraine has stepped up long-range drone attacks on Moscow in recent months, increasingly targeting military, industrial, and energy facilities as part ofContinue Reading

Ukraine struck a key Russian military airbase in occupied Crimea, three ammunition depots, and two bridges used for military logistics overnight on 5 July, while Ukrainian officials also reported a wave of attacks on energy infrastructure supporting Russian forces on the occupied peninsula. The strikes are part of Ukraine’s expandingContinue Reading

Exclusives Russia lost ground for a second straight month in June. CSIS says it has lost the initiative too. The war in Ukraine is grinding into a new frozen state as Russian advances slow or reverse in recent months. The energy superpower now rations fuel by QR code lottery. GovernorsContinue Reading

A Ukrainian defense technology company has unveiled an integrated counter-drone architecture featuring an automated “mini air defense” system designed to intercept FPV drones and an AI-enabled interceptor capable of autonomously targeting Russian reconnaissance UAVs, RBK-Ukraine reports. Ukraine has rapidly expanded development of domestic drone and counter-drone technologies as both sidesContinue Reading

Exclusives Ukraine’s ballistic missile may have reached Moscow. The damage wasn’t the point.. Ukrainian developers rush new weapons into combat to gather data, not to inflict damage—the way Fire Point spent a year missing before the Flamingo started landing. The first ballistic shot was doing that job. Russia’s top bankersContinue Reading

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces said their units struck 13 Russian-controlled energy and logistics targets across occupied Crimea and southern Ukraine over a 48-hour period, disrupting electrical infrastructure and fuel supplies supporting Russian operations. The operation is the latest in Ukraine’s expanding campaign to disrupt Russian military logistics far behind theContinue Reading

Exclusives Defense expert: Ukraine’s interceptor shortage has no quick fix. Only a handful of countries can build ballistic-missile interceptors, and all are short. Defense expert Marc DeVore explains why money can’t fix Ukraine’s interceptor shortage fast — and where the real leverage lies. I came to be bored, then aContinue Reading

Ukraine has brought home 160 military personnel from Russian captivity in a new prisoner exchange coordinated by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. The swap, carried out on orders from the President of Ukraine, is the 76th exchange since the start of the full-scale invasion. AllContinue Reading

Exclusives Poland and Ukraine’s memory war has spilled into the streets. Its consequences might be disastrous.. A wartime decree, a revoked medal, and a teenager beaten on a Warsaw bridge — why the unsettled past is reopening at the worst possible moment for both nations. Ukrainian jets now fly inContinue Reading