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The head of Ukraine’s state defense conglomerate is out. Herman Smetanin announced on social media that he is leaving the post of director general of Ukroboronprom, the state joint-stock company that groups roughly 100 enterprises producing missiles, drones, armored vehicles, and ammunition. The resignation follows the Vyshneve tragedy. On 6Continue Reading

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Europe’s future defense architecture must reach past the EU’s borders. Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto told La Stampa that it should be genuinely continental and include partnerships with Britain, Norway, Switzerland, Moldova, the Western Balkans, Türkiye, and Ukraine, Türkiye Today reports. He is one data point in a recruitment system that has pulled atContinue Reading

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The European Commission officially recommended terminating the €2 million grant to the Venice Biennale due to the reopening of Russia’s pavilion. European Commission Vice President Henna Virkkunen announced the recommendation on X. Russia’s aggression has nothing to do with art and culture. Ukrainian Ministry of Culture data shows that theContinue Reading

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Ukraine needs a minimum of 2,000 PAC-3 interceptors per year to defeat Russian ballistic missiles. Ukrainian military-political analyst Oleksandr Kovalenko from the Informational Resistance group said on Espreso TV that Ukraine’s requirement is 2,000 PAC-3 per year, against Russia’s production of the 9M723 ballistic missile for the Iskander-M complex atContinue Reading

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Ukraine is the first state to fund combat humanoid robots as a separate category in defense procurement. Ukraine’s Brave1 defense cluster has opened a grant competition for developing domestic bipedal humanoid robots designed exclusively for military tasks, Tech Times reports. The decision creates a doctrinal precedent that other armed forcesContinue Reading