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
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
Exclusive A Russian quad bike got a mine plow. Then it drone into Ukraine’s drone zone.. Mines blast Russian assault groups from below. To clear a path, one Russian field army modified an all-terrain vehicle. World draughts readmits Belarus. Its president sees Russia next as soon as the war ends.Continue Reading
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
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
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
Marines from Ukraine’s 30th Marine Corps are participating in the Sea Breeze 26.1 multinational exercise hosted by Romanian Naval Forces at Babadag Training Area, the corps announced on social media. The Ukrainian delegation includes unmanned aerial system operators, scouts, combat medics, and officers from a multinational battalion staff, with trainingContinue Reading
Russia may have lost over 70% of its combat-ready Tu-22M3 long-range bombers since 2022 and now retains only nine to ten operational aircraft, per a Defense Express analysis. The Ukrainian defense outlet published its assessment as another Tu-22M3 crashed on 15 June 2026 in Russia’s Irkutsk Oblast. It’s the thirdContinue Reading
Russia may have lost over 70% of its combat-ready Tu-22M3 long-range bombers since 2022 and now retains only nine to ten operational aircraft, per a Defense Express analysis. The Ukrainian defense outlet published its assessment as another Tu-22M3 crashed on 15 June 2026 in Russia’s Irkutsk Oblast. It’s the thirdContinue Reading
Latvian Defense Minister Raivis Melnis has transferred 14 CVR(T) family combat vehicles to Ukraine’s Third Army Corps during his visit, per Ukrinform. The British-made vehicles will replace outdated Soviet equipment for defense operations and special tasks in the immediate frontline area at the Borova-Lyman direction. Anti-FPV drone protection systems willContinue Reading
Six Ukrainian servicemembers and two civilians have been charged in a fuel-theft scheme that diverted over 15 tons of diesel fuel from a military unit in 2025, the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Defense Sector of the Central Region announces. The scheme caused damages of over $22,500 to the military unit,Continue Reading
Ukraine maintains a 1.5-to-1 FPV drone advantage over Russia, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi confirmed at the monthly meeting on unmanned systems development. In May 2026, Ukrainian unmanned systems hit nearly 180,000 confirmed enemy targets, which is 12.7% more than in April, the General Staff reports. Syrskyi also disclosed that Ukrainian droneContinue Reading
Germany’s Quantum Systems has unveiled the Pulse P19, an optionally-piloted aircraft designed to hunt drones and repel massed drone attacks, per Defense Express. The technology company already supplies Vector reconnaissance drones to Ukraine. The Pulse P19’s primary mission profile, which is hunting drones and repelling massed drone attacks, addresses exactlyContinue Reading