Exclusives Russia’s ship strikes stall Ukraine’s grain corridor. The damage is moving inland. Not one ship passed through the corridor on 22 July, at the height of harvest. The choke is now reaching Ukraine’s farmers and its railways. Ukraine’s strikes left Crimea’s prepaid fuel coupons worthless—and the biggest chain won’tContinue Reading
Ukraine’s rescuers have a powerful new firefighting truck. The vehicle fleet of Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (SES) gained a Rosenbauer Panther 8×8 airport firefighting vehicle, which will soon enter service and help rescuers carry out the most difficult tasks, the SES announced. According to the UN, since the start ofContinue Reading
Paintings that Ukraine sent to Poland to save from Russian bombs may not come home. The heirs of Polish prince Andrzej Lubomirski are going to court to prevent the return of two paintings from the Lviv Historical Museum’s collection to Ukraine, which were taken to Poland at the start ofContinue Reading
Ukrainian Lieutenant Colonel Serhii Mahlovanyi has received the award in one of NATO’s most prestigious professional military education programs, according to the ArmyInform. The Advanced Command and Staff Course (ACSC) prepares operational- and strategic-level officers for service in multinational headquarters, joint operations, and the implementation of defense reforms. This achievementContinue Reading
Russia hit a civilian grain ship, waited, and hit it again. A Russian Shahed drone struck a Palau-flagged vessel carrying corn twice as it left a port in Odesa Oblast, setting it on fire, Ukraine’s Minister for Restoration, Infrastructure and Transport Mykola Kalashnyk said. Two sailors are missing, and sevenContinue Reading
Ukraine is pulling its wounded out of the front line in buggies built partly from destroyed Russian tanks. A new modification of the “Predator” evacuation buggy has reached the 17th and 20th Army Corps, Ukrainian military and political analyst Oleksandr Kovalenko of the Information Resistance group reported. The two corpsContinue Reading
Ireland brought more aid to Ukraine. Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Helen McEntee announced a new $146 million package of bilateral support for Ukraine in 2026, during the visit to Kyiv on 23 July, the Irish government reports. Ireland has provided $643 millionContinue Reading
Russia is now tearing apart brand-new planes to keep older ones in the air. The country’s civil aviation continues to deteriorate under international sanctions, forcing it to dismantle even new, fully equipped aircraft to obtain spare parts, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR) reports. About 95% of all passenger traffic in Russia operatesContinue Reading
Ukraine’s president has taken the question of Patriot production to the company that builds the missile. Volodymyr Zelenskyy met a team from the American defense company Raytheon and said Ukraine is negotiating joint production of interceptors for the Patriot air defense systems, one of the country’s key air defenses, heContinue Reading
Ukraine’s newest frontline motorcycle can carry two soldiers, avoid the mines that kill trucks, and recharge a unit’s drones. The Defense Ministry codified the MUL.E, Ukraine’s first all-wheel-drive electric motorcycle, and cleared it for use in the Armed Forces, the Defense Ministry announced. Motorcycles have become one of the mostContinue Reading
Russia has connected two of its drones that could not talk to each other before. Ukraine has documented a case in which Russia controlled “Molniya” drones via “Gerbera” relay drones over a MESH network, which was previously impossible due to a licensing restriction, presidential adviser on defense technology development SerhiiContinue Reading
Ukraine could receive laser weapons for countering aerial targets within the next two to three months, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Andrii Lebedenko said at a briefing, according to UNIAN. Teams inside the Armed Forces and private Ukrainian companies are working on the systems. Ukraine’s main laser system is Tryzub, built by theContinue Reading
Ukrainians opposed the firing of their defense minister by 14 to one. A Rating Group survey conducted on 20-21 July found that 72% of Ukrainians did not support Mykhailo Fedorov’s dismissal as defense minister and 5% supported it, while 55% backed Oleksandr Syrskyi’s resignation as commander-in-chief and 15% opposed it.Continue Reading