Olena Mukhina

Ukrainian defense companies entering the US market face draconian US protectionist conditions, including the formation of a US legal entity and partial disclosure of technical documentation, Defense Express analyzes. The analysis comes as two Ukrainian companies — F-Drones, via the US-registered Ukrainian Defense Drones Tech Corporation (UDD), and General CherryContinue Reading

Three years after Russian forces destroyed the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant on 6 June 2023, the real death toll remains unknown. At least 34 people were killed, 80 settlements were flooded, and nearly 4,000 people were evacuated according to official figures, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister for Reconstruction Oleksii Kuleba says.Continue Reading

A Russian FPV drone strike near a residential building in Kramatorsk on the morning of 6 June killed a man born in 1976, the Kramatorsk City Council reports. These types of drones are operated in real time, so the Russian pilot saw the target before launching the weapon at theContinue Reading

Ukraine is now Quantum Systems’ second-largest international base, with several hundred employees across local production, R&D, and product modernization. The German drone manufacturer is establishing three joint ventures with Ukrainian partners and has a Germany-funded contract to deliver 15,000 interceptor drones to Ukraine’s National Guard, the company’s deputy spokesperson, Krista-MarijaContinue Reading

Ukrainian defense companies General Cherry and STRIX have integrated a chemical accelerator into the Bullet counter-drone interceptor designed to chase down Russia’s jet-powered Shahed and Geran-4 drones. The system uses a chemical-energy booster rather than jet propulsion, integrated directly into the Bullet’s airframe, Militarnyi reports. The development addresses a speedContinue Reading

American defense firm Red Cat has launched full-rate production of a maritime drone, Variant 7 (V7), which began as a partnership with the Ukrainian manufacturer of the Magura V7. The Blue Ops subsidiary now describes the platform as designed, built, and assembled in the US, and credits the design toContinue Reading

Russia has dropped at least 25 of its own glide bombs on Russian territory and Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine in the first five months of 2026. UK Defense Intelligence reported the figure on 3 June, citing data compiled by the Russian independent outlet ASTRA. The errors are a tracked operationalContinue Reading

At Russia’s flagship economic forum on 3 June, Konstantin Malofeev, founder of the Russian Orthodox monarchist media network Tsargrad and a US-sanctioned financier of Russia’s 2014 Donbas operation, presented a “Russia 2050” report whose “positive” scenario includes the use of nuclear weapons, Russian outlet Agentstvo reports. Alexander Dugin, the ultrarightContinue Reading

A Ukrainian Navy strike with the Neptune coastal missile system disabled two primary refining units and oil storage facilities at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov Oblast on the night of 31 May. The Ukrainian Navy confirmed the use of the weapon and the damage on 3 June, threeContinue Reading

Russia’s monthly production of ballistic missiles for its Iskander and Kinzhal systems is now running ahead of Lockheed Martin’s monthly production of PAC-3 MSE interceptors for the Patriot air-defense system. Ukraine relies on American PAC-3 MSE to stop those exact missiles, Defense Express chief editor Oleh Katkov said on SuspilneContinue Reading

Russia’s GRU military intelligence service was preparing targeted terror attacks against engineers and other officials working at Ukrainian defense-industry factories, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) reports. The announcement came after detaining a GRU agent in Zakarpattia Oblast who was building intelligence files on the personnel involved. Russia has already killed prominentContinue Reading

A Russian overnight strike damaged a Chinese Zeekr dealership in Kyiv’s Podil district on 1-2 June. The premium electric-vehicle showroom at 4 Naberezhno-Luhova Street has temporarily suspended operations, the company said in its statement. China is Russia’s most important wartime economic partner — its top trading partner and a keyContinue Reading