Olena Mukhina

Ukrainian defense companies General Cherry and STRIX have integrated a chemical accelerator into the Bullet counter-drone interceptor designed to chase down Russia’s jet-powered Shahed and Geran-4 drones. The system uses a chemical-energy booster rather than jet propulsion, integrated directly into the Bullet’s airframe, Militarnyi reports. The development addresses a speedContinue Reading

American defense firm Red Cat has launched full-rate production of a maritime drone, Variant 7 (V7), which began as a partnership with the Ukrainian manufacturer of the Magura V7. The Blue Ops subsidiary now describes the platform as designed, built, and assembled in the US, and credits the design toContinue Reading

Russia has dropped at least 25 of its own glide bombs on Russian territory and Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine in the first five months of 2026. UK Defense Intelligence reported the figure on 3 June, citing data compiled by the Russian independent outlet ASTRA. The errors are a tracked operationalContinue Reading

At Russia’s flagship economic forum on 3 June, Konstantin Malofeev, founder of the Russian Orthodox monarchist media network Tsargrad and a US-sanctioned financier of Russia’s 2014 Donbas operation, presented a “Russia 2050” report whose “positive” scenario includes the use of nuclear weapons, Russian outlet Agentstvo reports. Alexander Dugin, the ultrarightContinue Reading

A Ukrainian Navy strike with the Neptune coastal missile system disabled two primary refining units and oil storage facilities at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov Oblast on the night of 31 May. The Ukrainian Navy confirmed the use of the weapon and the damage on 3 June, threeContinue Reading

Russia’s monthly production of ballistic missiles for its Iskander and Kinzhal systems is now running ahead of Lockheed Martin’s monthly production of PAC-3 MSE interceptors for the Patriot air-defense system. Ukraine relies on American PAC-3 MSE to stop those exact missiles, Defense Express chief editor Oleh Katkov said on SuspilneContinue Reading

Russia’s GRU military intelligence service was preparing targeted terror attacks against engineers and other officials working at Ukrainian defense-industry factories, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) reports. The announcement came after detaining a GRU agent in Zakarpattia Oblast who was building intelligence files on the personnel involved. Russia has already killed prominentContinue Reading

A Russian overnight strike damaged a Chinese Zeekr dealership in Kyiv’s Podil district on 1-2 June. The premium electric-vehicle showroom at 4 Naberezhno-Luhova Street has temporarily suspended operations, the company said in its statement. China is Russia’s most important wartime economic partner — its top trading partner and a keyContinue Reading

The newest automated remote-controlled turrets joined Kyiv Oblast’s air defense layer overnight on 2 June as Russia launched a “massive” drone-and-missile attack. The strike on the region continues, practically without pause throughout the night, Regional military administration Head Mykola Kalashnyk reports. In 2025, Ukraine announced the deployment of AI-guided defenseContinue Reading

A Ukrainian ground robotic complex (NRK) has destroyed a Russian troop concentration. The group was based in the basement of an industrial building near the front, the 5th Separate Assault Kyiv Brigade reports. The system hit it with an explosion strong enough to collapse the building’s reinforced concrete ceiling ontoContinue Reading

Belarus is now industrially integrated into Russia’s war on Ukraine in ways that go well beyond hosting troops or nuclear weapons, ABC News reports. Over 500 Belarusian industrial enterprises now manufacture weapons and ammunition, repair military equipment, and provide logistics for Moscow’s forces, according to BELPOL.  It is an oppositionContinue Reading

A Russian drone struck the maternity ward of the city hospital in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odesa Oblast, on the morning of 1 June — International Children’s Day. Six new mothers with their newborns were inside the building, along with one woman in active labor, Odesa Regional Military Administration head Oleh Kiper reports.Continue Reading