far-from-any-front-line:-russia-has-hit-at-least-five-of-ukraine’s-western-border-crossings-with-moldova-and-nato-member-since-late-august

Russia keeps striking the border crossings on Ukraine’s western frontier with NATO member Romania and with Moldova, far from any front line. It has hit at least five of them in Odesa Oblast since late August, killing two civilians at one, State Border Guard Service Spokesperson Andrii Demchenko said, accordingContinue Reading

“neither-pickup-nor-bradley-can-enter”:-retreating-russians-have-mined-sector-where-three-ukrainian-oblasts-meet-so-heavily-that-only-ground-robots-can-cross

Retreating Russian forces have mined the Oleksandrivka sector so heavily that only ground robots can move across parts of it, Serhii Kolesnychenko, a communications officer of the 148th Separate Zhytomyr Artillery Brigade of Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces, says, according to UkrInform. This direction lies on the junction of the Donetsk,Continue Reading

ukraine-moves-to-restore-anti-money-laundering-safeguard-that-it-quietly-weakened,-alarming-eu-and-imf

Ukraine’s government has moved to restore an anti-corruption safeguard it had quietly weakened — the rule that requires banks to monitor the accounts of former senior officials. It has registered a new bill, No. 16051, that rewrites the provision, Deputy Olha Vasylevska-Smahliuk says, Ekonomichna Pravda reports. The new bill changesContinue Reading

ukraine’s-brave1-says-it-can-down-russia’s-banderol-missiles-with-cruising-speed-650-km/h-less-than-they-cost,-and-has-destroyed-at-least-four

Ukraine says it has found a way to shoot down Russia’s Banderol jet missiles for less than the missiles themselves cost. A system from a developer in the Brave1 defense-tech cluster has already destroyed at least four of them, Brave1 said, releasing video of the intercepts. The point is theContinue Reading

ukraine’s-drone-forces-say-they-hit-58,465-russian-targets-in-august,-nearly-1,900-a-day.-three-named-campaigns-did-the-strategic-damage

Ukraine’s drone forces say they struck 58,465 Russian targets in August, an average of nearly 1,900 a day. The tally is up almost 9 percent on July and more than double January’s, and it included 54 vessels of Russia’s shadow fleet, 33 air-defense systems, and 168 energy nodes, Unmanned SystemsContinue Reading

“if-you’re-gonna-f*ck,-f*ck-a-queen,-if-you’re-gonna-steal,-steal-a-million”:-ukraine’s-anti-corruption-bureau-says-senior-official-ran-criminal-ring-inside-prosecutor-general’s-office

Ukraine’s anti-corruption investigators say a senior official in the Office of the Prosecutor General set up and ran a criminal organization from within the office. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) said in a statement on 5 September that the group took bribes toContinue Reading

ukraine’s-lasar’s-group-says-its-bomber-drones-destroyed-rare-russian-zhitel-jammer-55-km-behind-front

A Ukrainian National Guard unit says it destroyed one of Russia’s rarer electronic-warfare stations, 55 kilometers behind the front. Lasar’s Group said its own bomber drones hunted down an R-330Zh Zhitel jamming station near Sievierodonetsk in mid-summer, in a statement on its Telegram channel. The Zhitel is worth the effort.Continue Reading

twenty-ukrainian-firms-are-racing-to-catch-russia’s-jet-powered-shaheds.-this-one’s-interceptor-is-already-flying-combat-missions

Twenty Ukrainian companies are now building jet-powered interceptors to down Russia’s increasingly fast jet-powered drones. One of them, the Ukrainian-British startup Firebolt Engineering, already has an interceptor flying combat missions with two Air Force units and Ukraine’s special operations forces, Defender Media reports. Russia launched more than 2,500 jet-powered dronesContinue Reading

42,020-troops,-1,827-artillery-systems,-89-tanks:-ukraine’s-tally-of-what-it-cost-russia-to-keep-fighting-in-august

Russian losses reached one of the highest of the entire full-scale war in August, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry says, citing General Staff data. Last month, Ukraine killed or wounded 42,020 invaders. As its frontline losses climb, Russia is escalating its terror against Ukraine’s civilians. Moscow uses large numbers of ballistic missilesContinue Reading