Ukraine’s drone campaign has three zones over occupied territories Quadcopters patrol near the gray zone AI drones fly over the main truck routes Fire Point FP-1s and FP-2s blast high value targets such as headquarters Russian forces in southern Ukraine heavily depend on trucks to bring them reinforcements and supplies.Continue Reading
Ukraine has armed at least one Fire Point FP-1/2 one-way attack drone with underwing rockets Now the drone can attack and then return to base for more munitions Making single-use drone reusable expands the overall capacity of Ukraine’s drone force But underwing rockets lack hitting power, so most FP-1/2s willContinue Reading
Ukraine has armed at least one Fire Point FP-1/2 one-way attack drone with underwing rockets Now the drone can attack and then return to base for more munitions Making single-use drone reusable expands the overall capacity of Ukraine’s drone force But underwing rockets lack hitting power, so most FP-1/2s willContinue Reading
The Ukrainian garrison in Kostiantynivka blocks the most direct route for a Russian offensive toward Kramatorsk and Sloviansk The Russians aim to starve the Kostiantynivka garrison, but Ukrainian ground robots keep the supplies flowing The problem for the Ukrainians is that it still takes human infantry to hold Kostiantynivka, andContinue Reading
Russian forces have lost ground in Ukraine for a second month in a row Ukrainian drone strikes are killing Russian troops and weakening Russian regiments before they can even attack But Russia’s devastating campaign of glide bomb strikes is wreaking havoc on Ukrainian defenses, offering the Russians some hope ofContinue Reading
A competitive four-candidate field puts the 35 percent threshold in doubt for the first time in 40 years With just a few weeks until South Dakota’s primary election filing deadline closes, the 2026 battle for the Republican gubernatorial nomination is poised to be its most competitive in decades. So competitive,Continue Reading
Last year, Russian industry fetched around 1,000 50-year-old T-72A tanks from long-term storage Now the upgraded T-72As have begun to reach front-line regiments The upgraded T-72AM is still a pretty flimsy tank, so don’t expect its arrival to make much of a difference Back in September, the Kremlin began pullingContinue Reading
Ukraine’s AI drones are ranging across the Russian logistical zone, hunting buhanka vans The buhankas haul troops and supplies to front-line regiments Blowing up the buhankas weakens regiments before they can attack The Ukrainian counterlogistics campaign may explain why Russia’s spring offensive has stalled Ukraine’s middle-range zones are striking harderContinue Reading
Russia has lost territory in Ukraine for two months straight It’s possible Ukraine’s escalating heavy drone strikes are unraveling Russia’s front-line logistics One observer identified a possible turning point: last year’s battle for Pokrovsk Ukrainian drones are striking harder and more often across occupied Ukraine and even deep into RussiaContinue Reading
To march on Kramatorsk, the Russians must get past Kostiantynivka But the Ukrainian defenders of Chasiv Yar are blocking the likeliest path through Kostiantynivka toward Kramatorsk Recent mechanized assaults have failed, so the Russians may pivot to infantry infiltration The town of Chasiv Yar, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, blocksContinue Reading