Ukraine opened a nationwide investigation into soldiers’ payments five days ago. The State Bureau of Investigation has now charged a deputy commander of a separate security and servicing battalion in Odesa Oblast with issuing travel orders that sent his subordinates to fake combat groupings on paper, the bureau reported onContinue Reading
Ukrainian officers have marched in one of Canada’s oldest military parades for three consecutive years, Ukraine’s Consul General in Toronto, Oleh Nikolenko, said. They took part in the 105th Warriors’ Day Parade in Toronto, an event honoring former and serving military personnel that draws veterans, active-duty soldiers, and their families.Continue Reading
Ukraine’s ground robots ran more than 100,000 missions in the first eight months of 2026. The Defense Procurement Agency will now buy logistics and strike ground robotic complexes according to specifications set by the Defense Ministry, rather than approving models one at a time, the ministry announced. The mechanism isContinue Reading
On 5 August, Russia detained Hanna Pyrozhenko, a resident of Pershokostiantynivka in Kherson Oblast. The 52-year-old former teacher is currently being unlawfully held in Henichesk. Her husband, who tried to find out where she was being held, was tortured by the Russians and ordered to leave the occupied village, ZaremaContinue Reading
Each Russian attack on Kyiv costs the city budget about $12 million. Russian strikes have already damaged more than four thousand buildings in the capital, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in answer to a Novyny.LIVE journalist. Russian forces now strike Kyiv with ballistic and cruise missiles or drones on average almostContinue Reading
Ukraine’s army doesn’t have as extensive human resources as Russia, so it is teaching its machines to do more of the work on their own. Ukrainian developers are building autonomy into aerial and ground drones so the systems take over tasks the operator once did, the defense outlet Oboronka reported.Continue Reading
A Ukrainian officer says the army still has no proper system for getting its wounded off the battlefield. Tetiana Chornovov, the commander of a platoon of anti-tank guided missile systems, has called for systemic reform of casualty evacuation in Ukraine’s Armed Forces, saying that in the fifth year of theContinue Reading
Ukraine is buying the strike drones that Russian jamming cannot touch, and for the first time, to a common standard. The Defense Procurement Agency (DOT) has announced its first purchase of fiber-optic FPV kamikaze drones built to specifications defined by the Defense Ministry, the ministry announced. By defining the specificationsContinue Reading
Ukraine has hit the commander of a Russian brigade notorious for one of the war’s worst atrocities. The 423rd Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment “Scythian Griffons” struck the car of Dmitry Shabaev, commander of Russia’s 64th brigade, seriously wounding him, the regiment reported. The target commands the unit most associated withContinue Reading
Ukraine has built a revolutionary drone to catch Russia’s most modern drones. The Ukrainian arsenal gained its first jet-powered interceptor drone, the Alexa Spatium, developed to destroy small aerial, ground, and surface targets in combat, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry announced. The interceptor is Ukraine’s answer to a threat that has outrunContinue Reading
A Ukrainian drone maker is taking its battle-tested technology to a European factory floor. Ukrainian producer Airlogix has agreed with Finnish technology company Innokas to establish a joint venture in Finland, the company reported. Under the “Build with Ukraine” initiative, the partnership will manufacture uncrewed systems based on Airlogix’s UkrainianContinue Reading
Russia has launched another massed missile attack on Kyiv in the early hours of 20 August. Russian forces struck the capital with ballistic and Zircon hypersonic missiles, with loud explosions heard across the city and region, according to Ukraine’s monitoring channel Yeradar. The strike is the latest in Russia’s campaignContinue Reading
A member of former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov’s team is moving over to the new minister. Mstyslav Banik, who served as a deputy to Fedorov, says he is staying on under the newly appointed Defense Minister, Yevhenii Khmara, Suspilne reports. Khmara will propose that the core of the current DefenseContinue Reading