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Russia has begun training engineers for its drone industry at a university in occupied Donetsk. A new Center for the Development of Industrial Robotics is opening at the Russian-run Donetsk National Technical University together with Russia’s Innopolis University, teaching mechatronics, machine vision, autonomous navigation, and robotic production lines, skills thatContinue Reading

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Ukraine has codified an upgraded version of the Gyurza-2 armored vehicle. The Defense Ministry has announced that the vehicle was modernized based on combat experience and feedback from front-line troops operating it. The codification clears the upgraded Gyurza-2 for broader procurement and front-line deployment, with substantial protection upgrades from the originalContinue Reading

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Nazar Bokii lost both hands and an eye to a Russian drone. The Ukrainian veteran returned to shooting and helped a workshop design an adaptive rifle, Army TV’s program “What’s that gun” reports.  The adaptive rifle illustrates Ukraine’s bottom-up pattern of front-line military innovation, where soldiers identify needs and workshopsContinue Reading

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A Russian drone strike in Sumy Oblast on 22 June killed a 13-year-old boy, his 36-year-old father, and his 73-year-old grandmother, the Regional Prosecutor’s Office reports. The boy’s 31-year-old mother, his 10-year-old brother, and his 13-year-old sister survived the strike with injuries. The Sumy Oblast Prosecutor’s Office opened a pre-trialContinue Reading

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Ukraine has struck the Hlibivske underground gas storage facility on Crimea’s Tarkhankut Peninsula, Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) Commander Robert “Madiar” Brovdi says. Madiar’s Unmanned Systems Forces hit the Hlibivske underground gas storage facility on the Tarkhankut Peninsula in Crimea on 19 June The same night’s target list also included theContinue Reading

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The Australian Government will provide an additional $70 million in military aid to Ukraine for critical equipment, including air defense capabilities and munitions, the Albanese Government announces. The funding will be delivered in two $35 million tranches over the next 12 months through the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative.Continue Reading

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The Netherlands will allocate $590 million in military aid to Ukraine, Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced, per Ukrinform. In The Hague, he met with his Dutch counterpart Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius.  The assistance will consist of two parts: $295 million for drone production and $295 million for the PURL American air defenseContinue Reading

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Russia’s largest oil company, Rosneft, along with Bashneft and TNK, halted the sale of gasoline in canisters at all gas stations across Russia, citing “increased seasonal demand,” according to Verstka. The restrictions follow a Ukrainian drone strike that damaged the TANECO refinery in Tatarstan on 12 June 2026, with anContinue Reading