Ukraine put a machine gun on an occupied beach without putting a man on it. Soldiers of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade have landed a ground robotic complex on the Russian-held shore of the Kinburn Spit in Mykolaiv Oblast, the brigade’s 1st unmanned systems battalion “Zhakh z Nebes” (Terror fromContinue Reading
Exclusives One Russian ship every 112 minutes for a week: Ukraine hits 14 more vessels as total tally nears 100. The Unmanned Systems Forces put July’s running total at 91 vessels, with the live scoreboard still updating as reports get verified. Military Ukraine says Russia’s Alabuga workers, including minors, areContinue Reading
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
Francis realized he had joined the Russian army when they handed him a uniform. The 35-year-old Kenyan, an electrical engineer by training, had signed what he believed was a contract for security guard work in Russia, he told Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Karpenko in an interview after his capture. He isContinue Reading
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
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
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
Australia is testing a reconnaissance drone that Ukraine has hardened for combat use. The Australian Army tested the Vector AI reconnaissance drone during Southern Jackaroo exercises at the Townsville training ground in Queensland, Defense-Blog reports. The Vector AI is made by German company Quantum Systems, which has made Ukraine itsContinue Reading
Ukraine’s air defenses achieved an 89% interception rate in June, but only 40% against ballistic missiles. Ukraine’s Defense Ministry reported that of 6,000 Russian attack drones and missiles launched in June, air defense intercepted 5,300. The performance follows a documented trend. Ukraine climbed to 90% interception in March 2026 asContinue Reading
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told journalists at the recent briefing that eight countries may join Freya, Ukraine’s own ballistic-missile interceptor project, per Ukrinform. He added that if allies supported the initiative, it would be “a big help and breakthrough for Ukraine’s defense-industrial complex. The Freya missile itself is Ukrainian production, butContinue Reading
Russia’s FPV drone killed the last resident of Tokarivka Druha, a Kharkiv Oblast border village. The 57-year-old woman was walking along the road between the villages of Prudianka and Tsupivka when a Russian FPV drone struck her, Vyacheslav Zadorenko, head of the Derhachi City Military Administration, said. She had multipleContinue Reading
Exclusives Russia’s war economy is starving its own strategic projects. Russia’s top arms maker can’t afford to build its own garbage incinerators. Three F-16s and a Patriot battery teamed up to kill Russia’s best fighter. The two systems each have a weakness against Russian jets. Working together—one seeing, the otherContinue Reading
Exclusives Ukraine has a new 3,400-km attack drone. More refineries will burn.. With bigger wings and more fuel, Ukrainian drones can range deeper inside Russia to hit once unreachable targets. Reporters traced 143 properties to Ukraine’s anti-corruption chief’s brother. A court just banned the story.. The lawsuit that justifies theContinue Reading