Ukrainian drones struck a refinery in western Russia 2,500 km from the Ukrainian border The strike involved a new variant of the Fire Point FP-1 drone The big-wing drone ranges as far as 3,400 km Around seven Ukrainian drones motored more than 2,500 km on Monday to strike, for theContinue Reading
A Russian radar plane helped spot and destroy Ukrainian cruise missile during a recent raid But there probably aren’t enough the planes to keep more than one on station around the clock And Ukrainian strikes are steadily depleting the radar plane fleet Russia has just a few Beriev A-50U radarContinue Reading
Ukrainian firms are developing new ballistic missiles It’s possible one of the missiles just struck Moscow for the first time Ballistic missiles are uniquely difficult to intercept, but development may take trial and error Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently called Russia’s ballistic missiles the country’s “last remaining argument in thisContinue Reading
Ukraine lost three MiG-29 fighters in one day recently: one in the air and two on the ground The arrival of ex-Swedish JAS-39 fighters in 2027 could prevent such heavy one-day losses from recurring The JAS-39 shoots farther than the MiG-29, and spends less time on the ground The UkrainianContinue Reading
Lyman holds, despite reports to the contrary Russian troops have planted a few flags across the eastern city, but that doesn’t mean they stayed Overall, Russian advances are way down compared to this time last year Don’t believe Russian propaganda. There’s no reason to believe Russian forces are about toContinue Reading
Lyman holds, despite reports to the contrary Russian troops have planted a few flags across the eastern city, but that doesn’t mean they stayed Overall, Russian advances are way down compared to this time last year Don’t believe Russian propaganda. There’s no reason to believe Russian forces are about toContinue Reading
Russian forces are trying to get more troops and supplies across the Vovcha River in northern Ukraine But there are no more permanent bridges across the river, so the Russians are deploying improvised assault bridges These lumbering vehicles are easy targets for Ukraine’s drones, however Aiming to expand their footholdContinue Reading
The upgraded Fire Point FP-1 can reach as far as 3,000 km, according to Zelenskyy—up from 1,000 km How Fire Point extended the range is unclear, but it may involve shrinking the warhead The new, farther-flying drone struck a refinery deep inside Russia on Saturday On Saturday, Ukrainian Fire PointContinue Reading
The Russian 58th Combined Arms Army is trying to capture Mala Tokmachka in southern Ukraine The army has a new vehicle: an all-terrain vehicle fitted with a small mine plow As a breaching vehicle, the ATV is better than than nothing—but it has a lot of flaws The town ofContinue Reading
Russia is deploying new jamming systems in a desperate bid to blunt drone strikes on its supply lines But many Ukrainian drones are practically unjammable Now the Russian jammers themselves are targets for drones Without warning back in February, trillionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink firm bricked thousands of stolen and smuggledContinue Reading
The 160th Mechanized Brigade is the fourth Ukrainian unit to get American-made M-1 tanks The inexperienced brigade is adding clumsy anti-drone armor to the tanks But the awkward armor might not matter in the roles tanks currently fulfill in Ukraine The Ukrainian army’s 160th Mechanized Brigade is the fourth unitContinue Reading
Russia has restored thousands of old Soviet-era tanks Despite enormous losses in Ukraine, the Russian tank force is actually bigger than it was pre-war But drones prevent the mass deployment of tanks in Ukraine, so what are all these vehicles for? In 2024, as Russian tank losses in Ukraine exceededContinue Reading