Ukraine’s Third Army Corps, one of the country’s most prominent formations, commanded by General Andrii Biletsky, plans to replace roughly 30% of its infantry with ground robotic systems by the end of 2026, his advisor Vladyslav Sobolevskyi told the Black Sea Security Forum in Odesa, Ukrinform reports. The plan, ifContinue Reading
Russian drones struck three foreign-flagged merchant ships transiting Ukraine’s Black Sea maritime corridor on the evening and overnight of 29 May. The strike ignited fires and injured two crew members on a Vanuatu-flagged vessel, Vice Prime Minister for Restoration Oleksii Kuleba reported. The ship was towed for repairs after the strike. The attackContinue Reading
Ukraine will receive its first Swedish Gripen fighters together with long-range Meteor air-to-air missiles, Deputy Head of the President’s Office Pavlo Palisa said. The combination, Palisa argued, will let Ukraine push back the Russian aircraft that launch guided glide bombs (KABs) at Ukrainian positions from just behind the front line.Continue Reading
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has adopted new rules for handling captured Russian military equipment. They are setting a clear procedure for transferring it and creating legal conditions for its use in defense and international cooperation, the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture said. The decision defines when and how trophyContinue Reading
Albania’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador in Tirana on 28 May over Moscow’s threats of further strikes on Ukraine and its order for foreign diplomats to leave Kyiv, Foreign Minister Ferit Hoxha wrote on X. It was Albania’s second summons of the envoy in days, following Russia’s massive 24Continue Reading
Ukraine has at most six to nine months to seize the initiative on the battlefield and strengthen its position for peace negotiations, Brigadier General Andrii Biletsky, commander of Ukraine’s Third Army Corps, told Reuters. The commander’s assessment that Russia’s army is exhausted and incapable of making major breakthroughs, and thatContinue Reading
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has charged Davor Savičić with war crimes committed during the spring 2022 occupation of Kyiv Oblast. The 46-year-old Bosnian Serb who lives in Khimki, Russia, and serves as a colonel in the Russian Redut private military company. Savičić commanded the “Wolves” (Volki) sabotage and reconnaissance unitContinue Reading
Ukraine’s “People’s Satellite” has delivered more than 5,900 synthetic aperture radar images to military intelligence since operations began that September, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence reports. The cumulative figure marks roughly a 1,700-image increase over the agency’s last public count of 4,173 images in June 2024. The project was funded from $13.5Continue Reading
A six-month deployment of mixed-reality therapy across 47 Ukrainian healthcare organizations reached 1,114 patients through 8,884 sessions. It is the largest documented test of VR mental health care in an active war zone, Defence Blog reported. The study, published on 26 May by Ukrainian health-tech startup Aspichi, with funding fromContinue Reading
Poland has received preliminary approval from the US State Department to manufacture PAC-3 MSE interceptor missiles domestically, says Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk, RMF24 reports. The Americans were initially skeptical, but their position shifted after a Polish delegation visited the US, driven by growing demand and shrinking US stocks. LockheedContinue Reading
Russia again threatens Kyiv with new strikes. Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, Ukrainian defense adviser, says the threats are partly psychological pressure, as Russia is failing on the front lines, according to UNIAN. Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced the planned strikes on 25 May, warning foreign diplomats to leave Kyiv. The announcement followed Russia’sContinue Reading
A Ukrainian drone company advanced in the Pentagon’s $1.1 billion drone competition. Defense-tech General Chereshnia is one of numerous firms selected for the second round of the US Drone Dominance Program (DDP). This is a Pentagon initiative seeking producers of inexpensive, scalable strike drones for the US Army amid theContinue Reading
On 25 May, Russia warned foreign diplomats to leave Kyiv ahead of “systemic strikes,” its Foreign Ministry said on Telegram. Moscow made the announcement a day after the largest strike of the war on the Ukrainian capital, in which it used an Oreshnik intermediate ballistic missile, killing four people. FPVContinue Reading