Poland’s prime minister says the next seven or eight months could decide the region’s security. Donald Tusk said there are signs of serious Russian preparations to escalate tensions, both in the war against Ukraine and across the region, according to Ukrinform. Tusk’s warning follows weeks of similar alarms from theContinue Reading
Ukraine’s new defense minister wears his war on his wrist. Yevhenii Khmara’s bracelet carries, on each of its chains, the engraved name of a comrade who did not come back from the war, The National Interest reported. Khmara took over the Defense Ministry on 19 August, replacing Mykhailo Fedorov, whoseContinue Reading
Russia is looking for its next foreign recruits in Indonesia, Kyiv says. Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service reports that it has obtained documents on at least eight Indonesian citizens recruited into the Russian occupation army. Russia has recruited at least 27,000 foreign nationals from more than 130 countries since February 2022,Continue Reading
Ukraine’s drone interceptors work until the weather turns. On 28 July, Presidential advisor Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov wrote that fog and cloud in fall, winter, and spring can leave an interceptor pilot unable to see more than a dozen meters, and that success rates fall as soon as winter begins, aContinue Reading
China is helping Russia build a faster Shahed. Russia has begun using upgraded Shahed drones with Chinese-made turbojet engines that fly at speeds close to three times those of earlier versions, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Shahed jet is designed to beat Ukraine’s air defenses. Ukrainian interceptors have downedContinue Reading
Ukraine has drawn up a list of those who build Russia’s ballistic missiles and wants all of them sanctioned by its allies. Kyiv is asking partners to impose sanctions on more than 100 Russian ballistics producers, presidential sanctions commissioner Vladyslav Vlasiuk said at a press conference in Kyiv, according toContinue Reading
Ukraine is turning ordinary cars into robots instead of building them from scratch. Three units of the Armed Forces received the Kaban remote-control system, which converts vehicles into uncrewed ones, developer Drone Fight Group told Defender Media. Ground robots have become a daily part of Ukraine’s front. Ukrainian units ranContinue Reading
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