One pilot, five bombers: Ukraine’s Lasar’s Group ties whole raid to single operator to save manpower
Facing a manpower shortage, Ukraine is building autonomy into its drones and ground robots so one operator can run several at once.
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Evacuation is “force majeure that no one is ready for” in most Ukrainian units, and robots are too slow to fix it, commander says
Chornovol says casualty evacuation remains improvised chaos in most Ukrainian units, calling for dedicated evacuation teams and light-armored transport.
From Warsaw to New York, Ukrainians will form human chains on Independence Day
Communities scattered by Russia’s invasion will revive a symbol from Ukraine’s independence movement to keep the country visible abroad.
Ukrainian intelligence units will not help: Analyst warns that once Russia breaks into Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, reinforcing them only delays inevitable
Russian forces are 12 to 13 km from Sloviansk and Kramatorsk and could begin infiltrating the fortress-belt cities by late 2026.
Four times pixels of anything before it: Ukrainian firm’s rare thermal camera aims to see targets from much farther away
Ukrainian company Oko Camera is developing the Oko HD thermal camera.
“Only Ukrainians will decide for themselves who our heroes are,” says Zelenskyy at International Veterans Forum with US envoy, as number of veterans passes two million
Zelenskyy said Ukraine will create a national pantheon for those who shaped its identity.
Ukrainian drones hit warehouse belonging to Russian online retailer Ozon for the first time
Ozon suspended operations at the Chapayevsk hub and began redirecting deliveries and orders through other facilities.
Ukraine says its drones hit major Russian refinery amid deepening fuel shortages
Militarnyi describes the target as one of Russia’s 10 largest refineries. Damage or interruption to production remains unconfirmed.
Russia has burned 13 million Ukrainian books in three months, nearly third of everything country printed in 2025
Publishers have asked President Zelenskyy to convene the National Security Council.
Intelligence: Putin ordered secret biolab built on island, so protected that fishing is banned, and its own guards fear infection
Ukraine's military intelligence says Russia runs a secret biolab complex in Tver Oblast, an inversion of Russia's own false claims about Ukraine.
Russia struck Kyiv and Boryspil, its main airport hub, twice in 24 hours with ballistics Ukraine can’t stop without US Patriots, days before Independence Day
Russia has struck Kyiv and its suburbs with ballistic missiles for a second consecutive day, killing civilians. Meanwhile,…
Ukrainians rally across dozens of countries to demand Europe use Russia’s frozen billions
The EU backed a €90 billion Ukraine loan with its budget while €210 billion in Russian central bank assets remain immobilized.
Ukraine is buying jam-proof fiber-optic drones for first time to single standard, so any maker can compete
Ukraine's Defense Procurement Agency launched its first buy of fiber-optic FPV kamikaze drones to Defense Ministry-defined specifications.
Ukraine finally hit three Russian Kalibr ships on 12 August. On the 19th, an untouched one hit Kyiv
Prior to 12 August, the Russian Black Sea Fleet had eight warships capable of firing Kalibr cruise missiles. It still has at least four.
Ukraine has shown its answer to Russia’s most powerful drones for first time. Meet Alexa Spatium, which can carry thermobaric warheads and fly back home
Ukraine codified its first jet-powered interceptor drone, the Alexa Spatium, built to destroy Russia's jet Geran drones.
Ukrainian drone unit seriously wounded Colonel Dmitry Shabaev, commander of Russia’s 64th brigade, tied to 2022 Bucha atrocities that killed 637 civilians
The strike hit 80 km behind the front line.
Russia’s North Korean missiles could threaten Kyiv and six other regions, ISW says
Moscow is expected to keep saving ballistic and cruise missiles for periodic mass attacks designed to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1640: Russia’s drone strike on a Kryvyi Rih shopping center kills 15 and wounds 130, then a second wave hits the rescuers
As Kyiv warns of sabotage around its 24 August Independence Day, a daytime strike set the mall ablaze before a follow-up drone targeted the emergency crews sent in.
Ukraine is fielding more drone-hunters than ever. Free simulator now lets operators learn each one before it reaches their hands
Two Ukrainian interceptor drones, the P1-SUN and Bullet, were integrated into the UFDS combat simulator.
Russian groups keep trying—and failing—to reach Lyman, gateway to Donbas’ fortress belt, officer says
Russia is trying to push small infantry groups through Ukrainian defences as it seeks to capture Lyman and open the way towards Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, he noted.